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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 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 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 XVII
Taking a break from the bleak story of Holmes’ crimes, let’s go back to the mess he left in Fort Worth – the [...]
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 [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XV
Pictured: what was 1316 Callowhill Road in Philadelphia Photo Credit: Me! I was there! Just a few days ago! Why am I flying [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XIII
Image: A life insurance policy dating to 1893 – it is unrelated to serial killer H H Holmes himself, but gives us an [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, part XII
Our famous serial killer, H.H. Holmes has hightailed it out of Fort Worth, leaving the workers building his new hotel unpaid. He has [...]