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 »
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HH Holmes and Jack the Ripper: The Chicago Evidence (podcast)
Is it April 4, 2017 already? You know what that means – my massive new book, HH HOLMES: THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE WHITE CITY DEVIL is out today from… 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 »
New Master List of HH Holmes Victims
I spent much of the last year digging through thousands of sources working on my new book, H.H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil, due in April 2017… Read more »