Famous Jail Cell, Part III

By |2020-01-29T17:12:13+00:00January 29th, 2020|architecture, brothel, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, jail, Men, Murders, police, Politics, Texans|

Our famous jail cell at 106 S. Harwood Street in Dallas is now part of the UNT-Dallas Law School.  This cell became famous [...]

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Famous Jail Cell, part II

By |2020-01-28T22:57:23+00:00January 28th, 2020|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, jail, Men, Murders, police, Texans|

Our famous jail cell held Lee Harvey Oswald!  Several people guessed that, but it is only partially correct.  Another famous guest was held [...]

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Famous Jail Cell

By |2020-01-28T00:55:28+00:00January 28th, 2020|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, jail, Men, night clubs, police, Politics, Texans|

Trivia!  This Dallas jail cell is quite famous.  Who did it hold? Find out in our next post who was held in the [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIV

By |2019-09-03T17:12:13+00:00September 3rd, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, fort worth, hanging, jail, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, Private Investigators, Texans|

For our final (!) post about H.H. Holmes in this twenty-four part series (!), we return to Frank Geyer.  Remember our tenacious Philadelphia [...]

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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 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 XIX

By |2019-08-19T23:59:20+00:00August 19th, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas People, fort worth, jail, Men, Murders, philadelphia, police, Private Investigators|

Detective Frank Geyer was tasked with retracing serial killer H. H. Holmes’ steps throughout the Midwest and Canada.  He was looking for hard [...]

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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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