Are we dealing with a modern day HH Holmes?

In 1896, a man was hanged in a Philadelphia prison yard. His name was Herman Webster Mudgett, but the country knew him as H. H. Holmes, and the story that outlived him was about a building. A hotel in Chicago with sealed rooms and chemical vats and a body count that grew every time the story was retold.

Most of that story was invented. The building was ordinary. The legend was not.

I'm telling you that first, because right now, one hundred and thirty years later, there is a boarded-up rowhouse in North Philadelphia that the internet has already decided is the next murder castle.

And the truth is stranger, and sadder, than that.

Join Halley for this bonus episode, Macabre TRUE CRIME on this in real time case of the Olney House investigation.

Our ancestors thought everyone was sinning. You've probably sinned at least 10 times before really starting your day, according to some ancient religious beliefs(and listening to this episode counts as one way to sin). Join Blaire and Halley for the last episode before taking a brief hiatus---not to worry we will be back for SPOOKY Season. We hope you enjoy this unhinged episode on the top 10 Funniest ways to SIN .

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Long before Ouija boards and ghost-hunting shows, millions believed the dead could speak. Born in the wake of war, disease, and unimaginable loss, the Spiritualist movement promised grieving families something they desperately wanted, one more conversation with those they had lost. In this episode of MACABRE, we explore the rise of Spiritualism, the séance craze that swept Victorian society, the mediums who claimed to bridge the gap between life and death, and the extraordinary events that left believers convinced the veil between worlds had grown thin. Was it faith, fraud, or something far more unsettling?

Join us as we uncover the history behind one of the most captivating supernatural movements of all time.

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