Beka’s Reviews > The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America > Status Update
Beka
is 32% done
Ok so when a women reports to her boss the goings on of the women’s building and what is happening while she’s away, that’s gossip, but when a man does the exact same shit he’s a spy and skillfully keeping his employer informed, notably without the moral judgment of being a “gossip”
— Jul 30, 2026 08:23AM
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Beka
is 29% done
I love when a nonfiction book unearths a million rabbit holes that I must then immediately explore upon finishing said book. Devil in the White city has already given me a “further reading list” about 10 topics/books long. Unionization and working class movement of the late 1800s, American architecture of the 1800s, circuses/freakshows, origins of true crime fanaticism, AC vs DC electricity drama, and much more!
— Jul 22, 2026 03:48PM
Beka
is 12% done
H. H. Holmes was a scammer for the love of the game, my guy couldn’t go two days without committing insurance fraud or writing fake checks. Buying hella bicycles on credit, reselling them, then not paying the creditors is objectively hilarious and should not be punishable.
— Jul 16, 2026 01:10PM
Beka
is 10% done
I can feel the hyper fixation taking hold. I gotta know everything there is to know about the 1893 Chicago World Fair also I need to time travel there and I need to eat a meal they would’ve eaten at the fair and I need to ride a Ferris wheel stat
— Jul 13, 2026 08:16PM