On the morning of May 7, 1896, thousands of people gathered outside the high stone walls of the old Moyamensing Prison in South Philadelphia to await the hanging. Herman Webster Mudgett, better kno… ...

A recent fascinating article in Hidden City recently shed light on the history of Moyamensing Prison, which once stood at the corner of 11th and Passyunk where the Acme now stands.Built between 1832 ...

As the sun rose on May 7, 1896, gawkers crowded outside the high stone walls of Moyamensing Prison in anticipation of the execution of one of the United States’ first serial killers. Policemen ...

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The question all along, spurred on by the show's co-host and Holmes' great-great-grandson, Jeff Mudgett, was whether Holmes actually hanged at Moyamensing Prison in South Philadelphia in 1896 and ...

The notorious serial killer, executed at Moyamensing Prison in South Philadelphia in 1896, had been buried beneath the water table in a Delaware County cemetery. READ PART ONE: A death-defying dig ...

The exhumation came after a History Channel special titled American Ripper revived a century-old rumor that Holmes bribed his way out of Philadelphia’s Moyamensing prison on the day of his ...

According to newspaper accounts, Holmes was marched to the gallows at Moyamensing Prison where he was hanged. The prison was located on 1400 South 10th Street in Philadelphia before it closed in ...