We used to call it “The Body Dump.” It was a little bit of a stretch to give it a name like that, but really… who can think of a reason a known multi-murderer would want a 150 foot long furnace? Right near the homes of half of his known local victims? The site…
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Shadows at the Body Dump?
Some interesting shots from the tours lately. First of all, for you Hull House fans, the last tree in the adjacent courtyard (subject of much ghostlore and superstition) fell down some time in the last week: The garden / courtyard area is the subject of a lot of real nonsense stories that go around –…
Meanwhile, Back at the Body Dump
December 27th and there still hasn’t been any snow in Chicago, other than something like 1/10th of an inch at O’Hare a week or so ago. Here and there you see little patches on cars, but that’s about it so far. This made it especially odd to pull into the “H.H. Holmes Body Dump” site…
The Tree That Dripped Blood?
On the old Sobieski Street, where once upon a time arch-fiend H.H. Holmes had a “glass bending factory” (which was more likely a place for cremations; the man had no real idea of how to bend glass), we’ve had plenty of odd nights on the tour. Even in the summer, the trees on the sidewalk,…
Another Shadow at the Body Dump?
Odd shadows at the north side spot where H.H. Holmes once operated a “glass bending factory” (read: probably body dump, as covered in our recent podcast and many posts) have been in no short supply lately. Here’s one shot by Lexie Manke. Here’s the unedited version: And a lit-up close-up on the odd shadowy figure on…
Ghosts at the H.H. Holmes body dump?
My, but there’ve been a lot of ghost shots here, lately, haven’t there? I’ll have to get some historical stuff going soon just to balance it out! I started taking people to the HH Holmes “glass bending factory” site (click for podcast and more info) in 2008 as a historical curiosity on Holmes tours –…
Podcast: H.H. Holmes and the Great Glass Bending Factory (Part 1)
New Episode!HH Holmes andthe Great GlassBending Factoryor archive.orgMore Podcasts BLOODSTAINS a novel based on a true story by Jeff Mudgett. We’ve spent a lot of time looking into the story that H.H. Holmes used a glass bending factory on Sobieski Street (now Seeley Ave) as a crematory. Results (as with all things to do with…
Where Was the HH Holmes Glass Bending Factory?
Now that I’m running ghost tours again, I’m back to making regular visits to to little stretch of road once known as Sobieski Street. Here, in 1895, police found a building that H.H. Holmes, America’s first known serial killer, had said was a glass bending factory, but which was more likely a body dump. Some…