Cooling Weather
The weather is cooling down. Book a walking tour with us for either the Dallas West End or the Garland Square. View our [...]
H.H. Holmes and Minnie Williams – bonus episode
Most articles (even contemporary newspapers) list Minnie Williams' uncle as Dr. JRP Williams, having died in 1878. Well, I found him - all [...]
Fun with Historic Advertisements
Sitting in the archives of the Dallas Public Library going through tax rolls and city directories is tough on the back, but a [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIV
For our final (!) post about H.H. Holmes in this twenty-four part series (!), we return to Frank Geyer. Remember our tenacious Philadelphia [...]
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 [...]
H.H Holmes in DFW, Part XXII
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, [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXI
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 [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XX
In 1895, serial killer H.H. Holmes (aka Herman Mudgett) is sitting in Moyamensing prison on charges of insurance fraud while a thorough investigation [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XIX
Detective Frank Geyer was tasked with retracing serial killer H. H. Holmes’ steps throughout the Midwest and Canada. He was looking for hard [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XVI
Photo 1 – Moyamensing Prison when it was in use around 1904 Photo credit – Hidden City Philadelphia website Photo 2 – rampart [...]