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 ...
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 known ...
It was a spectacle few people had the opportunity to witness on May 7, 1896, but that didn't stop them of gathering outside the Moyamensing Prison at 13th Street and Passyunk Avenue. "Thousands of ...
The notorious American serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett aka H.H. Holmes was executed in Moyamensing Prison on May 7, 1896. Although several sources said that his kill count exceeded 130, and in ...
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