From (A)rsenic to (Z)ombies, Macabre: A Dark History Podcast exhumes the darkest corners of the past. We dig deep into deadly devices, ghastly crimes, and sinister secrets that history tried to bury. Join us as we unearth the truth—one morbid tale at a time through a not-so-serious approach to storytelling, MACABRE offers a uniquely entertaining escape into the strange and sinister corners of the world.
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From (A)rsenic to (Z)ombies, Macabre: A Dark History Podcast exhumes the darkest corners of the past. We dig deep into deadly devices, ghastly crimes, and sinister secrets that history tried to bury. Join us as we unearth the truth—one morbid tale at a time through a not-so-serious approach to storytelling, MACABRE offers a uniquely entertaining escape into the strange and sinister corners of the world.
Warning: This podcast explores graphic and disturbing themes. Listener discretion is advised.
#morbid #macabre #darkhistory #truecrime #darkhumor
He was no longer Herman Mudgett—he was H.H. Holmes, and Chicago was his playground. As the city prepared for the glittering World’s Fair of 1893, Holmes began constructing something far darker: a hotel designed not for comfort, but for control, cruelty, and death. Step inside as we follow Holmes’ arrival in Chicago, and the rise of his sinister empire in the shadow of the White City.
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Franke, David. The Torture Doctor. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975. Well-researched and detailed discussion about Holmes.
Geary, Rick. The Beast of Chicago: The Murderous Career of H. H. Holmes. New York: NBM Comics, 2003.
Holmes, H. H. Holmes’ Own Story. Philadephia: Burk & McFetridge, 1895. Holmes’s autobiography.
Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. New York: Vintage, 2004. Schechter, Harold. Depraved: The Shocking True Story of America’s First Serial Killer. New York: Pocket, 1994. Another accessible, detailed account of Holmes’s criminal career.
Wilson, Colin. “H. H. Holmes: The Torture Doctor.” In The Mammoth Book of Murder, edited by Richard Glyn Jones. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1989. Brief but useful, with minor errors.
The History of Murder. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000. Contains a slightly revised version of the essay .