Show Notes for Episode 2.8
Check out the episode below:
His weakness was his belief that evil had boundaries
Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City
Quick links from the episode:
- Folio Facts: This week Paige presents the world’s oldest novel, The Tale of Genji. Written in the earliest years of the eleventh century, this story is a classic of Japanese literature and it also happens to be written by a woman! To learn more, check out the Wikipedia article on the author, Murasaki Shikibu.
- The Devil in the White City was published in 2002.
- BBE Bookstore: Paige’s Bookstore pick for this week is Njal’s Saga, an Icelandic saga in which blood feuds and other shenanigans abound. The saga is believed to be describing events in the tenth and eleventh centuries.
- Creatives’ Corner: This week Jennifer presents Bookish Realm, a bookish YouTube channel. Ashley is a librarian, which is awesome, and even has a series videos on being a librarian!
- Can’t get enough true crime? Want to know more about H.H. Holmes? You’re in luck! Below are some documentaries available on streaming services right now:
- H.H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer – available on Amazon Prime
- American Ripper – a very cool History Channel show about Holmes’ great-great-grandson trying to prove he was, in fact, Jack the Ripper
- And here’s the latest on the Hulu adaptation in the works.
The slideshow below was created using images from the Digital Public Library of America.
Machinery Hall, C.D. Arnold c/o University of Illinois Library 
View of the fair grounds, C.D. Arnold c/o Minnesota Historical Society 
Photograph by Charles W. Jerome, c/o Minnesota Historical Society 
The Columbian Fountain, Frederick MacMonnies, c/o University of Michigan Library 
Administration Building (dome to the right), Frank A. Waugh Papers, c/o University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries