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 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 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 Dallas, Part XI

By |2019-07-31T01:16:13+00:00July 31st, 2019|architecture, castle, cemeteries, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, fort worth, graves, Men, Murders, oak cliff, train history, trains, Women|

After killing Minnie and her sister Nannie Williams in the Chicagoland area in 1893/94, H. H. Holmes quickly moved to claim his ill-gotten [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part X

By |2019-07-28T19:18:35+00:00July 28th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, fort worth, graves, Men, oak cliff, South Dallas, Texans, train history, Women|

Image: 705 N Marsalis Street, the (Charles) Betterton house, has been standing since 1888.  It is in this area of the DFW metroplex [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part IX

By |2019-07-24T00:37:34+00:00July 24th, 2019|architecture, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, Men, Murders, oak cliff, Texans, Women|

Image: a drawing of a quick lime grave from the basement of the ‘Murder Castle’, belonging to H.H. Holmes, aka Herman Mudgett.  He [...]

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H.H. Holmes and Dallas, part I

By |2019-06-26T21:06:32+00:00June 26th, 2019|architecture, Carnival, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, Men, Murders, oak cliff, South Dallas, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Links to Dallas Did you know that Devil in the White City is supposed to be made in to [...]

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Honorary Dallasite – All the babies edition

By |2019-02-18T16:34:40+00:00February 18th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, beer, Children's Toys, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, graves, Immigrants, innovations, Men, Restoration, train history, trains, Women|

Adolphus Busch, honorary Dallasite and his powerhouse wife, continued. I didn’t want to be a bummer on Valentine’s day, so I only mentioned [...]

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John Neely Bryan – Part I

By |2019-01-07T18:59:07+00:00January 7th, 2019|architecture, cemeteries, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, Men, Murders, Texans, Women|

John Neely Bryan, the credited 'founder' of Dallas, had a wild ride of a life, capped off by being buried in an unmarked [...]

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