Only Minnies In the Building

Our New Podcast: Only Minnies in the Building – Episode 1 – Minnie Chirgwin, 1882.

Welcome to Only Minnies In the Building, a true crime podcast about people named Minnie.

Minnie Chirgwin was murdered by an obsessed suitor in New Jersey in 1882, the above drawing is the only known image of her, but newspapers of the day referenced photos in a family album, and even photos of the crime scene. They could still be out there some place.

For some of the original articles used in this episode, join the deep research tier of patreon.com/adamchicago. And, if you have “female complaints,” look for Dr. Marichi’s Catholicon – a heavy advertiser in newspapers that covered the story of Minnie Chirgwin and James Treglawn. Later, as advertising become a more refined art, executives would learn that guys who look like a sickly Millard Fillmore weren’t the best spokesmen for medicines like this.

The most puzzling of all H.H. Holmes victims. Was the aspiring actress trying to swindle Holmes – or something even more sinister? The first of TWO episodes about a person named Minnie Williams!

Even in 1895, people thought it was odd that more than one prominent murderer killed a woman named Minnie Williams. Besides the Minnie from the last episode, there was a Minnie Williams killed in San Francisco.

Did Minnie Wallace murder her husband of one month in 1885? I have a hard time forming opinions about what Minnie really did to her two husbands, and possibly one other rich guy who died and left her a chunk of his money later on…. but if you’re the kind of 48 year old man who asks a 15 year old girl to marry you, and then she poisons you and takes your money, well, them’s the breaks, mac.