Adolphus Hotel Ghosts, Take IV
For our fourth installment of Adolphus hotel elevator ghosts, we take a look at one of our most tragic haunt-inducing deaths. The day [...]
By Greta|2021-04-02T22:23:04+00:00April 2nd, 2021|adolphus, architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, train history, trains|
For our fourth installment of Adolphus hotel elevator ghosts, we take a look at one of our most tragic haunt-inducing deaths. The day [...]
By Greta|2020-09-05T01:45:32+00:00September 5th, 2020|Freemasons, garland, Texans, Texas State Fair, train history, Women|
Things to do Saturday on the Square in Garland: 10 am to 2 pm: Visit the Garland Landmark Museum. Pick up your [...]
By Greta|2019-10-17T18:11:19+00:00October 17th, 2019|Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, graves, Men, Murders, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|
Dallas Morning News, October 17, 1944 Fatal Shooting Brings Dismissal of Divorce Suit Judge John A. Rawlins Monday dismissed a divorce suit styled: [...]
By Greta|2019-09-11T19:09:26+00:00September 11th, 2019|beer, Dallas People, historic food, Men, night clubs, train history, trains|
Sitting in the archives of the Dallas Public Library going through tax rolls and city directories is tough on the back, but a [...]
By Greta|2019-08-18T16:07:14+00:00August 18th, 2019|Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, police, train history, trains|
A name from the H.H. Holmes serial killing saga that you might not know: Detective Frank Geyer. It is Geyer’s tireless work that [...]
By Greta|2019-08-02T02:57:06+00:00August 2nd, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, fort worth, jail, Men, Murders, rail lines, st. louis, Texans, train history, trains, Women|
Our famous serial killer, H.H. Holmes has hightailed it out of Fort Worth, leaving the workers building his new hotel unpaid. He has [...]
By Greta|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 [...]
By Greta|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 [...]
By Greta|2019-07-22T21:10:01+00:00July 22nd, 2019|architecture, art, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, rail lines, train history, trains, Women|
Famous Serial Killer with Links to Dallas, Part VIII H.H. Holmes, active serial killer in Chicago during the Columbia Exposition of 1893, has [...]
By Greta|2019-07-17T23:30:25+00:00July 17th, 2019|architecture, art, brothel, castle, cemeteries, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, oak cliff, rail lines, South Dallas, Texans, train history, trains, Women|
Famous Serial Killer with Links to Dallas Herman Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes, had been killing women in his ‘murder’ hotel in the shadows [...]