The Devil in the White City
Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Erik Larson
NEW YORK TIMES
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the count...
They said they also read The Devil in the White City and recommended it.
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I just read devil in the white city too, which I also recommend.
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They said they also read The Devil in the White City and recommended it.
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I just read devil in the white city too, which I also recommend.
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The hosts mentioned that they had recently read the book, noting it covered the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the construction of the first Ferris wheel.
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I read Devil in the White City recently. I'm on Eric Larson kick, which is about the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893, I believe. And that was when the first Ferris wheel was built.
The dishwasher was debuted at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, which is where the book "The Devil in the White City" is set.
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The 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the white city where the devil in the white city is set.
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The dishwasher was debuted at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, which is where the book "The Devil in the White City" is set.
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The 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the white city where the devil in the white city is set.
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It was mentioned as a book that describes the 1893 Chicago World's Fair in great detail, though it was not confirmed whether zippers are mentioned within it.
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Have you ever read Devil in the White City?
God, the guy does such a great job of describing that World's Fair and like the importance of it.
Episode: Zippers: Humans’ Greatest Invention? No, But Still...
It was mentioned as a book that describes the 1893 Chicago World's Fair in great detail, though zippers were not necessarily discussed in it.
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Have you ever read Devil in the White City?
I know I've asked you before. I saw it already.
You still have it? No. Man, you're really going to like it, Chuck.
But anyway, it was that World's Fair. God, the guy does such a great job of describing that World's Fair and like the importance of it.
Far as I know, he doesn't mention zippers, but he may because he did some pretty good research, obviously.
Episode: Zippers: Humans’ Greatest Invention? No, But Still...
It was mentioned as a book that described the 1893 Chicago World's Fair in great detail, but it was not clear whether zippers were mentioned within the book itself.
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Have you ever read Devil in the White City?
God, the guy does such a great job of describing that World's Fair and like the importance of it.
Far as I know, he doesn't mention zippers, but he may because he did some pretty good research, obviously.
Episode: Zippers: Humans’ Greatest Invention? No, But Still...
It was mentioned as a book that provided a good description of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, although zippers weren't mentioned in the book.
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Have you ever read Devil in the White City?
God, the guy does such a great job of describing that World's Fair and like the importance of it. Far as I know, he doesn't mention zippers, but he may because he did some pretty good research, obviously.
It was mentioned as a book about the World's Fair in Chicago, and one of the hosts had read it previously.
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Especially really the book the devil in the white city. Yes, we were talking to you read that
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It was mentioned as a book about the World's Fair in Chicago, and one of the hosts had read it previously.
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Especially really the book the devil in the white city. Yes, we were talking to you read that
I think there was a book and then I was like
Don't call that one this second the words out of the month, and then I was like that's right. It's called devil
It was mentioned briefly as a book about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, which was also known as the White City, focusing on its design aspects alongside a serial killer storyline.
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Also known as the White City some of you might recognize it from Eric Larson's book called devil in the white city
— Episode: Full Spectrum
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It was mentioned briefly as a book about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, which was also known as the White City, focusing on its design aspects alongside a serial killer storyline.
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Also known as the White City some of you might recognize it from Eric Larson's book called devil in the white city
The book was highlighted as a compelling, page‑turning narrative that immersed listeners in the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and a chilling serial‑killer story. Hosts and guests repeatedly praised its vivid portraits and called it a fan favorite, expressing excitement about rereading it. One episode mistakenly described it as covering the lead‑up to the Civil War, but the overall tone was enthusiastic endorsement.
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The book Devil in the White City was referenced as a great work about the leadup to the Civil War written by Erik Larson.
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He wrote Devil in the White City and he wrote this great book that's about the lead up to the Civil War and he does portraits of all these different people that were slave owners and in politics.
Episode: Erik Larson (historical author)
It was praised as a pageturner that immerses readers in the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and a serial killer story. The host and guest both expressed excitement about rereading it.
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The devil in the white city, tasty.
I couldn't have read the boring book about the world's fair and then looked at the footnotes and then read five more books.
Episode: Erik Larson (historical author)
Larson's bestselling narrative about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair was highlighted as a fan favorite and a major influence on listeners. It was praised for its pageturning quality.
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He wrote The Splendid in the Vial, Dead Wake in the Garden of Beasts, Thunderstruck, and of course, The Devil in the White City.
I read The Devil in the White City and was, well, a lot of things completely blown away with it. Couldn't stop reading it. It's such a page turner.
The hosts repeatedly highlighted the book as a non‑fiction account of H.H. Holmes' murders during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, noting how the chaos of the event helped him evade detection. They described it as a creepy yet compelling story and praised it as a fantastic audio listen, encouraging listeners to check it out. Their enthusiastic remarks indicated strong endorsement of the title.
The Devil in the White City was discussed as a non-fiction book about HH Holmes and the World's Fair in Chicago and his crimes.
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It's the story of HH Holmes all around the world's fair in Chicago and how he was able to get all this done because there was so much stuff going on and it's really creepy and really great fantastic fantastic listen.
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It is the story of H.H. Holmes, all around the world, spare in Chicago, and how he was able to get all this done because there was so much stuff going on and it's really creepy and really great.
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The title I'm listening to right now that I'm having a lot of fun listening to is The Devil in the White City. It's called It's by Eric Larson it's the story of H.H. Holmes all around the world spare in Chicago and how he was able to get all this done because there was so much stuff going on and it's really creepy and really great fantastic fantastic listen.
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It is a story about HH Holmes and the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and how he was able to get away with his crimes because there was so much going on at the fair, and it's really creepy and great.
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The title I'm listening to right now that I'm having a lot of fun listening to is The Devil in the White City. It's called It's by Eric Larson it's the story of HH Holmes all around the world spare in Chicago and how he was able to get all this done because there was so much stuff going on and it's really creepy and really great fantastic fantastic listen.
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It was described as a creepy and great listen, telling the story of HH Holmes during the world's fair in Chicago and how he was able to get away with his crimes.
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It's called It's by Eric Larson. It's the story of HH Holmes all around the world's fair in Chicago and how he was able to get all this done because there was so much stuff going on and it's really creepy and really great fantastic fantastic listen as an Audible
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The Devil in the White City is a non-fiction book that tells the story of H.H. Holmes, a serial killer who operated during the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.
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The title I'm listening to right now that I'm having a lot of fun listening to is The Devil in the White City. It's called It's by Eric Larson. It's the story of H.H. Holmes all around the world's fair in Chicago and how he was able to get all this done because there was so much stuff going on and it's really creepy and really great fantastic fantastic listen as an Audible member.
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It was a story about H.H. Holmes in Chicago and how he was able to get away with so much because of all that was going on in the city. It was described as creepy but great.
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The title I'm listening to right now that I'm having a lot of fun listening to is The Devil in the White City. It's called It's by Eric Larson. It's the story of H.H. Holmes all around the world, spare in Chicago and how he was able to get all this done because there was so much stuff going on and it's really creepy and really great.
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The Devil in the White City is a book that tells the story of HH Holmes in Chicago during the world's fair, highlighting how his crimes went undetected because of the commotion of the event. The podcast host described it as creepy but a great listen.
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This book, narrated by James Petrogallo, was an audiobook he was listening to at the time of the podcast recording. It tells the story of H.H. Holmes during the World's Fair in Chicago, focusing on his ability to carry out his plans amidst the chaos. It is described as a creepy and fantastic listen.
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The title I'm listening to right now that I'm having a lot of fun listening to is the Devil in the White City. It's called...it's by Eric Larson. It's the story of H.H. homes all around the world's fair in Chicago and how he was able to get all this done because there was so much stuff going on and it's really creepy and really great...fantastic fantastic listen.
It's really creepy and really great fantastic fantastic listen as an Audible member you can choose one title a month to keep from the entire catalog. You can have it. It's fantastic including latest bestsellers and new releases.
It was mentioned as an example of a crime book that the speaker reads.
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I read a lot. I do. I'm a very avid reader. And I do read crime. I read a lot of crime Devil in the White City. And I mean, you know, all those kinds of things.
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It was mentioned as an example of a crime book that the speaker reads.
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I read a lot. I do. I'm a very avid reader. And I do read crime. I read a lot of crime Devil in the White City. And I mean, you know, all those kinds of things.
It was mentioned as a book that Clay recently finished, relating to the start of the Civil War, and considered a good read.
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I'm reading because we've been doing a lot of work with the tunnel the towers guys. And one of my buddies who you've met has been involved in some of the prosecution. He suggested that I read the oral...
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It was mentioned as a book that Clay recently finished, relating to the start of the Civil War, and considered a good read.
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I'm reading because we've been doing a lot of work with the tunnel the towers guys. And one of my buddies who you've met has been involved in some of the prosecution. He suggested that I read the oral history of 9-11, which is it's been out a long time, but it's been, you know, 23 years since 9-11. And I'm reading all of these.
I finished this the book about the start of the Civil War, which was good. The Eric Larson book and now you know what?
I also like the Eric Larson book on Fort Sumner, but I'm a Civil War history buff. So I knew a lot of those details but it was still well done.
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Clay Travis mentioned that he had just finished reading 'The Devil in the White City' which is a book about the start of the civil war, and that it was a good read.
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I'm actually watching the John Adams show with Carrie, the HBO. It's good. It's well done. I mean, that's your body. Jamadi pays, plays Adams. Right. He's a good actor. I wouldn't have gone with him to play John Adams personally. I know it's a little off for me, but it's a well done. It's a well done series on the David McCullough books. Yeah, that, and there's evidently, um, Michael Douglas is playing Benjamin Franklin. Have you heard about this show? And supposedly it's pretty good. I haven't seen it. I am, I am during the summer trying to read more. So I finished this, uh, the book about the start of the civil war, which was good. The Eric Larson book.
It was described as an accurate account of H.H. Holmes, initially making him famous again and becoming a popular read, especially in Chicago. However, further research revealed that the real story differs from the sensationalized version presented in the book.
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For a while, it seemed like everybody on the El was reading Devil in the White City.
— Episode: H.H. Holmes - 164
Episode: H.H. Holmes - 164
It was described as an accurate account of H.H. Holmes, initially making him famous again and becoming a popular read, especially in Chicago. However, further research revealed that the real story differs from the sensationalized version presented in the book.
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For a while, it seemed like everybody on the El was reading Devil in the White City.
But after Devil in the White City made him famous all over again, he really became a popular guy around here and especially in Chicago.
Current book, which is sort of a no brainer for this episode, would be The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson based on the true story account of H.A. Holmes and his going ons in the Chicago area during the World's Fair.
After reading the book, it delves really into the fair and the historical times. And H.H. Holmes is a character running through this story, but it really focuses more on the historical aspects of it. And that's what I found that I like the best about the book.
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