Summer of The Chicago Bat!
So, we have a new mystery in Chicago! Throughout the Spring and Summer of 2017, we’ve had a number of sightings of a giant, flying cryptid. Sometimes it’s described as… Read more »
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The Sad Saga of Jeanette Hoy
Newspaper writers of the early 20th century found lots of amusing euphemisms for LGBT couples – enough that one sees references to a young woman and her “aide” and it’s… Read more »
Podcast: The Hanging and Burial of HH Holmes
Listen above or on iTunes! Well, it’s been a busy week here! News has broken that HH Holmes is being exhumed from his grave in Philadelphia, where he was interred… Read more »
Victorian Criminologist’s HH Holmes Data Discovered
In the middle of researching HH Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil, a podcaster asked me if I’d found everything, or if research was just for completism…. Read more »
Podcast: She Dreamed of a Skeleton
Listen above, at archive.org or check out the podcast on iTunes! In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Chicago papers published a number of articles about how many… Read more »
Chicago’s Newest Ghost: Rose Hill Pedro!
(listen to the podcast above, or see us on iTunes!) So, here’s a tale for you all: In the winter, I drive for Lyft, one of those “taxi alternative” apps…. Read more »
“I Keep the Tavern Like Hell and Play the Fiddle Like the Devil”
In 1880, the Calumet Club held their annual reunion of early Chicago settlers. Now approaching a population of a million, half a century before Chicago had been little more than… Read more »
HH Holmes “Murder Castle” Architect’s Diagram Discovered
I’ve been sitting on the above photo for quite a while, but now that advance copies of my book, HH Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil, are… Read more »