Sachse Celebration of Souls – Saturday, October 7
Kick your halloweekends off properly by joining me, costumed actors and the Sachse cemetery for a tour.
McMillen Cemetery, Murphy, TX
Coming at you with another wee hidden cemetery from the DFW area. This is the McMillen Cemetery in Murphy. The cemetery was on [...]
Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part V – Republic of Texas edition
Rounding out our interesting headstones from the Rowlett Creek Cemetery in Plano, I present the double headstone of the Baccuses. Jacob Baccus and [...]
Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part IV
Closing out our cool Woodmen of the World headstones (but not our Rowlett Creek cemetery series!), I present for your visual enjoyment the [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, Marjorie Fuller comes home
In our last post, we discussed Marjorie Fuller and her mother (Seraphine) being held by the Japanese in China, losing their passports under [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, Charles Paglee
The second player in our wild story is Charles Paglee. Charles Paglee was a tourist (some articles say student) in China when he [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKillop Family
Pecan Grove Cemetery, Take II McKillop Family The swanky burial in Pecan Grove Cemetery that interested me was that of Harry Emmett McKillop. [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney
Alrighty, kids, sit back because have I got a doozy of a story for you. Once upon a time, four days ago, when [...]
On This Day In Dallas History – 75 years ago
Dallas Morning News, October 17, 1944 Fatal Shooting Brings Dismissal of Divorce Suit Judge John A. Rawlins Monday dismissed a divorce suit styled: [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIII
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 [...]