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America’s First Serial Killer Was Also a Con Man, a Bigamist, and a Fraud

Before he was a legend, before he was a monster, before he was the subject of books and documentaries and true crime podcasts, Herman Webster Mudgett was simply… Read the full story →

May 9, 2026 ✦ 15 min read

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On This Day in Dark History

May 10 2026

1869
Transcontinental Railroad Completed — Chinese Workers Erased from the Photo

The golden spike was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah. The famous "Champagne Photo" of the ceremony shows almost no Chinese workers — despite the fact that 10,000–20,000 Chinese laborers had built the more dangerous western half of the line, paid less and given deadlier assignments than their white counterparts.

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America’s First Serial Killer Was Also a Con Man, a Bigamist, and a Fraud

Before he was a legend, before he was a monster, before he was the subject of books and documentaries and...

May 9, 2026 ✦ 15 min read
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Did You Know?

The White House has been reported as haunted since the early 1800s. Abraham Lincoln's ghost is the most frequently reported, with sightings by Winston Churchill, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and multiple First Ladies.

— Dark History

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