Only Minnies in the Building: A True Crime Podcast

A historical true crime podcast about people named Minnie. Get more cool stuff on Patreon.com/adamchicago.

Episode 4: Minnie Wallace (1869-1957)

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Minnie Wallace probably murdered her husband a month after their 1885 wedding. But you know, when you’re a 48 year old man and ask a 15 year old girl to marry you, and then she poisons you and takes your money… Well, them’s the breaks, mac. And when Minnie’s second elderly husband also died right after the wedding and the money came to her…. well, she couldn’t help it if she was lucky!

Minnie Wallace, age 16, shortly after the death of her 48 year old husband, the mayor of Emporia, Kansas.
It came out during the trial that the 48 year old mayor who asked Minnie to marry him when she was 15 was…. a gentleman of questionable demeanor. Shocking.

Episode 3: Minnie Williams, 1895

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Just as HH Holmes was being accused of murdering Minnie Williams, another Minnie Williams was killed in one of San Francisco’s most celebrated – and misunderstood – cases.

Episode 2: Minnie Williams, 1893

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Episode 2 covers the most puzzling of all HH Holmes victims. Could she have been complicit in his crimes? Did she think she was just using Holmes to relaunch her theatrical career?

The one known photo of Minnie, published in a detective’s memoir. Many known Holmes victims have no known photos at all.
Detail from a picture from a theatrical program – Minnie appeared in the show, and this looks about like her, but it’s impossible to confirm.

More data and photos on Minnie will be posted 9/15/21 on the adamchicago Patreon in the Deep Research tier. For a ton more, see the book HH Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil.

Episode 1: Minnie Chergwin, 1882

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Episode 1 uncovers the tale of Minnie Chergwin (also spelled Minnie Chergwin), a New Jersey girl who was killed by a jealous would-be lover in a Cornish mining enclave – a whole forgotten world that existed an hour from Manhattan. See more pics, original articles, and more on patreon.com/adamchicago

Minnie Chirgwin and James Treglown (also spelled Minnie Chergwin and James Treglawn)
This guy was a heavy advertiser in Minnie’s local paper, The Iron Era. Because every woman wants a guy who looks like a sick Millard Fillmore to help when she has “female complaints.”

Every tier on patreon.com/adamchicago gets the script for the episode plus an audio file; the Deep Research tier and above also get ten original articles and sources from 1882-3, plus a pdf for the pamphlet you could order from Dr. Marchisi. I know -I- got curious after seeing the ad over and over!