“I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing — I was born with the ‘Evil One’ standing as my sponsor beside the bed where I was ushered into the world, and he has been with me ...
The 1893 World’s Fair inChicago—known at the time as the Columbian Exposition—celebrated the 400th anniversaryChristopher Columbus Who Was H. H. Holmes? H. H. Holmes was born Herman Webster Mudgett inNew Hampshirein 1861. As an adult, he abandoned his young wife and child in 1885 to ...
fairground of such magnitude. Chicago had just risen from the ashes not long ago, and no one at the time could have anticipated the city would one day be in the running for a World’s Fair. Additionally, the city had grown at such a fast pace that traffic congestion plagued the down...
Gangsters and Ghosts Tours are focused on the thing that they know best—Chicago’s dark and ominous history. Tours are hosted by knowledgeable historians who share stories to paint a picture of the sinister world of the windy city’s past. Spooky tales of gangsters and ghosts along the stree...
meet on the street. He had hopes and dreams and a family. He just happened to be a murderer. And up to that point, I have to say I had been a pretty hardcore “lock ‘em up” advocate. And I think that conversation marked the beginning of my path to a more nuanced view of ...
"What irritates me, my daughter's murderer is still standing on the streets," said Foster. Six months after Porshe Foster's murder, there still have been no arrests. "I don't see why one gets more attention than the other. I am thinking that had they took the action that they're ta...
Holmes and the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago are all part of The Devil & the White City Tour offered by Weird Tours. The tour based on the book by Erik Larson travels to sites where the mysterious murderer sought his unfortunate victims, but also provides an in-depth look ...
“The world is run by spoiled rich pricks,” opines Otto, speaking only of and for himself. leave a comment “Where’s My Roy Cohn?” Not in White House. Posted in Uncategorized by Bill Stamets on October 13, 2019 Where’s My Roy Cohn? directed by Matt Tyrnauer written by Tom Ed...
The stones lack frills, sticking to a basic combination of name, birth and death dates, either a nickname or the designation “BLUESMAN,” and an appropriate graphic. Most get guitars or keyboards. Johnny “Daddy Stovepipe” Watson, and “Stagger Lee” inspiration/murderer “Stag”Lee Shelton ...
This alternate history fantasy is set in a world where the Union used Warlocks to help win the Civil War, and after the war continued to use Warlocks to advance the country's Manifest Destiny. In 1876 Emily Edwards, a small town witch in California, acquires an enchanted artifact (or ...