INSIDE THE MURDER CASTLEPopularized in the bestselling book The Devil in the White City, H. H. Holmes has gone down in history as America’s first—and possibly most prolific—serial killer. A master swindler who changed names about as often as most people change coats, Holmes built a three-story building down the street from the World’s Fair site…
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Brief Update
There’s been a bit of a delay with getting the e-singles out; they should be available any time now. Naturally, I’ll have links to all of them right here! Meanwhile, I’m gearing up for a busy october! At 2pm CST today, I’ll be talking with Dane Ladwig on his internet radio show. On Sunday afternoon,…
New podcast today: Inside the Murder Castle
It’s a big day here at Chicago Unbelievable – our three new “e-singles” from Llewellyn Press are scheduled to hit Amazon today! I’ll have links to each of them. In the mean time, today I can release all of the “murder castle” stuff! Look to your right and there’s a link to the “murder castle…
Sorry Beefalow
In the basement of the murder castle site, my audio recorder picked up a sound like that of a little girl singing. The voice is clearer and louder than my own, but what she’s saying is a bit unclear. The nearest transcription I can make is “Sorry Beefalow,” which I’ve been joking sounded like the…
Jean LaLime at the Excalibur Club
Finally saw an episode of Ghost Adventures. I had honestly never seen it before; I don’t watch many of those programs. It’d be like a cop going home and watching cop shows. I got a bit frustrated with it because the history they told was flat-out wrong in the beginning. The remains of Jean LaLime…
The Remarkable Cow of Kilgubbin
Back in the old days, the lower north side, around Orleans and Chicago Avenue and up to Division and the River, was an Irish enclave known as Kilgubbin. It was apparently after the name of the part of Ireland from which many of the early settlers hailed, though no one ever seemed to be able…
Chicago Ghost Hunt, 1922
In 1922, people didn’t bring scientific gadgets on ghost hunts – they brought guns. In October of that year, there were wild reports of a ghost in the near north side – it was heard unleashing blood-curdling shrieks and laughs, and the area was plagued by a sound likened to “padded bricks dropping onto coffins.”…
New Updates to Old Posts
We here at Chicago Unbelievable always want to keep our facts straight – part of the reason I HAVE this blog is to refute some of the stories that less scrupulous tour guides tell, and to set the record straight if I find out that I’m wrong on something myself. Blog entries are updated as…