H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIII

By |2019-09-03T16:50:52+00:00August 31st, 2019|architecture, castle, cemeteries, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Fires, fort worth, graves, hanging, jail, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, Texans|

What type of burial does a serial killer request in the late 1890s?  Well, if you are H.H. Holmes/Herman Mudgett, you request to [...]

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H.H Holmes in DFW, Part XXII

By |2019-08-29T18:05:55+00:00August 29th, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, fort worth, graves, jail, Men, Murders, philadelphia, police, Uncategorized, Women|

How did serial killer H.H. Holmes/Herman Mudgett finally meet his end?  Being sentenced to hang at Moyamensing Prison in Philadelphia on May 7, [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXI

By |2019-08-24T00:32:32+00:00August 24th, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, fort worth, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, police, Private Investigators, Texans, Women|

H.H. Holmes, the murderer/insurance fraudster/bigamist at the center of our story, sold not only his memoir from his prison cell in 1895, he [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XX

By |2019-08-21T18:17:40+00:00August 21st, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, fort worth, jail, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, police, Private Investigators, Texans, Women|

In 1895, serial killer H.H. Holmes (aka Herman Mudgett) is sitting in Moyamensing prison on charges of insurance fraud while a thorough investigation [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XVIII

By |2019-08-18T16:07:14+00:00August 18th, 2019|Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, police, train history, trains|

A name from the H.H. Holmes serial killing saga that you might not know: Detective Frank Geyer.  It is Geyer’s tireless work that [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XVII

By |2019-08-16T15:01:17+00:00August 16th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Design, fort worth, graves, jail, Texans|

Taking a break from the bleak story of Holmes’ crimes, let’s go back to the mess he left in Fort Worth – the [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XVI

By |2019-08-15T16:30:17+00:00August 15th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Deaths, fort worth, jail, Men, Texans|

Photo 1 – Moyamensing Prison when it was in use around 1904 Photo credit – Hidden City Philadelphia website Photo 2 – rampart [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XV

By |2019-08-15T00:39:24+00:00August 15th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Fires, graves, Men, Texans|

Pictured: what was 1316 Callowhill Road in Philadelphia Photo Credit: Me! I was there! Just a few days ago! Why am I flying [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XIII

By |2019-08-07T17:40:52+00:00August 7th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, fort worth, jail, Men, oak cliff, st. louis, Texans, Women|

Image:  A life insurance policy dating to 1893 – it is unrelated to serial killer H H Holmes himself, but gives us an [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, part XII

By |2019-08-02T02:57:06+00:00August 2nd, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, fort worth, jail, Men, Murders, rail lines, st. louis, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Our famous serial killer, H.H. Holmes has hightailed it out of Fort Worth, leaving the workers building his new hotel unpaid. He has [...]

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