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Did you Ìýmiss out on the sold out Mysterious Chicago: Grave Robbing 101 tours or the cemetery walks in October? Good news! I'll be teaming up with Atlas Obscura to run a few in November, as well. See for all the info.

In other news:

- Ìýis out in paperback! And , my YA novel for young adults who worship the devil, is an Illinois Reads pick for 2017.

- The Illinois Association of Teachers of English named me Author of the Year, for some reason.

- My band, 82nd Street, will have a new album out soon entitledÌýDinner and a Crime Spree. It's a concept album co-written with author Libby Cudmore.

- Did you see me four episodes of American Ripper? Or the recent Murder CastleÌýseries on Discovery? Now that it's over I think I can post Ìý. My recent Holmes bio, , is doing pretty well, from what I've heard.

- Also still available: The book! Unsolved murders, phantom kangaroo sightings, UFOs over O'Hare, unexplained grave stones, missing mansions and more, all with new data unearthed from the archives, personal interviews, and more.

- On Nov 17, I'll be talking about Chicago's various antique serial killers at .

- No new books are currently scheduled, but I'm working on several, ranging from middle grade fiction to more true crime.

On Saturday, 4/29, I'll be .

On thurs, May 4, I'll be talking about him at the at 7pm.


Tonight (4/28) there are apparently some NBC segments on Holmes airing in a few cities; I'll be appearing in the Chicago one. I hear there's some news. I'd watch. ÌýI don't know if I'm allowed to talk about it yet but I'll be on WGN Radio tonight at 11 with my brother, who will be talking about the Race to Wrigley. It may come up.

And, of course, get my new book, HH HOLMES: THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE WHITE CITY DEVIL, at the bookstore of your choice:




And check out my many Holmes posts over at the , including a podcast about .

Hey, everybody! I don't post much here these days (author websites are sort of old fashioned, aren't they?) But I really should take a minute to plug my new biography of antique serial killer HH Holmes, due out April 4!


Some advance blurbs:


“Exhaustively researched, highly readable…you’re drawn into the narrative as though reading a Caleb Carr novel.â€� â€� M. William Phelps, author ofÌýDangerous Ground: My Friendship with a Serial Killer"Using thousands of primary sources...what emerges is a picture of a terrible but intriguing man.. whose story leaps off the page in Selzer's uniquely suited hands. A must-read." - Booklist (starred review)“Adam Selzer’s masterful sleuthing proves to us, ‘the devil IS in the details.â€� Impeccably researched, the author has wiped away the 19th century cobwebs. Highly recommended.â€� â€� Steve Hodel, author ofÌýBlack Dahlia Avenger“Selzer takes apart the dove-tailed pieces of fact and legend to show the myth-making behind one of America’s most infamous bogey-men. Not to be missed by any crime enthusiast.â€� â€� Donald Rumbelow, author ofÌýThe Complete History of Jack the Ripper
I've also spent the year working with the History channel on a new series about Holmes, American Ripper, which I believe premiers a week after the book comes out. You can follow along with my own research on the Holmes posts at There'll be a number of book store and library events around Chicagoland for the book - more info coming soon, or ask your local store or library to book one!Ìý

Hi, folks! Been a busy couple of months; I had two new books out (the novelÌýÌýand nonfiction ),Ìýfilmed talking head shots for several episodes of Mysteries at the Museum, and also worked on Discovery and History Channel shows about H.H. Holmes, my book about whom is out in April. I was even the subject of ÌýLots of events left for the Halloween and fall season while I work on new projects for next year!

Sat Oct 22:
11am signing/talk on ²¹²Ô»åÌýÌý(with early copies available!) at 7419 Madison St, Forest Park, IL (where Megan lives in JKM!) Free!

Sun Oct 23


Mon Oct 24:
Ghost talk at the library in Northbrook, IL

Tues Oct 25
r in Chicago's Lincoln Park, ÌýClick for .

Wed Oct 26
7pm book signing at , 123 W Jefferson, Naperville, IL. Free!

Thurs Oct 27
Walking Mysterious Chicago ghost tour, 7pm, Wacker and LaSalle

Fri Oct 28
8pm Mysterious Chicago ghost tour (bus tour)

Sat Oct 29




8pm

Sun Oct 30


Mon Oct 31


Tues Nov 1


Nov 11-13


Nov 25-27

Hi, everybody! ÌýIn the midst of rolling out new podcasts, setting up the , conducting interviews, and finishing off theÌýMysterious ChicagoÌýbook, I almost forgot I had a new novel! On Aug 30, Simon and Schuster releasedÌý , a novel about a ghost tour guide who makes places more haunted by killing people at them. Since there are lots of real historical mysteries in the book, they had me throw together a series of videos about the research that went into each aspect of the story. Here's one about Tomb Snooping, including a tour clip from my Grave Robbing 101 tour:




ÌýThere are videos about four more topics (plus one joke one about my research into the "killing people" angle) up at .

Ìý is in stores now, and available at your favorite book store ).

ÌýAnd if those aren't enough videos for ya, dig my impression of

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Advance Praise:
"Ominious, unsettling, and dripping with snark, Just Kill MeÌýis a delicious dark comedy that will leave murdermongering readers jumping at shadows and waiting for a knife in the back. The ending still haunts me." - , author of Strike

"Just Kill MeÌýis a hilarious punch to the brain.ÌýQuirky and full of Chicago ghost history, I raced through the pages to see who would go fromÌýfrom murder-monger to good old fashioned murderer. I loved every page!" - , author of the In the After series.


"A message to all weird and wonderful morbid kids - you've found your heroine." - , "Ask a Mortician" and author of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

Cover, etc, of my new book, due in August:




I'm sure I'll see some of you at the Anderson's Bookstore Children's Literature Breakfast on the 20th. I've been busily working away on a 900 page book on H.H. Holmes for Sky Horse, simultaneously with a Mysterious ChicagoÌýbook. Once these wrap I swear I'll get going on more fiction! I don't know about more YA. I want to do more middle grade. That's where the fun is these days. Ìý
Also: want to come see the original Sherlock Holmes filmÌý
Oh, and dig this:Ìýdeserves to reclaim her place in Chicago history.Ìý
Also also: in 1992 I went around to lunch tables in my suburban Des Moines middle school shaking hands and drumming up votes for my 2016 campaign. I came in dead last at the Iowa Caucus, then conceded and made my endorsement on WGN late that night. I lost pretty badly, but, hey, I managed to pull off a joke that was 24 years in the making, and I did it on national radio, and so that's pretty good.

- Kinda last notice but 82nd Street will be at Burlington Bar on Fullerton tonight (Dec 6). We'll be playing stuff from the new album, plus some older material. It's the time of year when I break out "Heavy Metal Vomit Christmas Party," after all. Some songs on the cue sheet I haven't played since about the 90s. Including one about Charlton Heston whose shelf life seems like it SHOULD be expired since he's dead and all, but still feels pretty relevant.

- I have seen the cover to Just Kill Me, my new YA novel about a ghost tour guide who makes places more haunted by killing people there. I can't show it to you for a couple months yet though, so nyah nyah nyah. Several archaic synonyms for swear words will be appearing in print for the first time since the 1600s.

- There's gonna be a new cover for Play Me Backwards, too. It'll have a similar feel to the one for Just Kill Me. Which is super cool and reminds me of Pushing Daisies. I can't wait to show it off!

- Oh! I have a whole new company! I parted ways with the ghost tour company I was with off and on for the last ten years. And now I've moved the old Mysterious Chicago blog, started a new podcast, and launched new tours at Ìý! Get on the , , and follow Mysterious Chicago on and !

- There are two tours and one cool event coming up NEXT WEEKEND. I'm teaming up with the Obscura Society to launch....

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Ìý ÌýA 2.5 hour bus tour about H.H. Holmes, our most popular antique murderer, Sat Dec 12, 1pm. (I'll be at work on a Holmes book all winter - more details coming soon).

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Ìý ÌýA 90 min specially-priced bus tour of some super-cool Chicago stories I've researched over the years. Sat Dec 12 4pm

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Ìý ÌýA night of drinks from the works of Charles Dickens (Port negus, rum flip, Rocky Mountain Sneezer, etc) and Victorian-inspired food (whitebait fritters, gruel shooters, mutton meat pie, etc) at Knife & Tine. Sun Dec 13 at 5pm.

Ìý Regular walking tours will start in the Spring. Private tours available all the time.

Been a busy fall! ÌýI've done a lot of radio shows lately, including 10 minutes on the on WLS 10/27 and the second half of the Ìýon WGN the night before (click for podcast links).Ìý
I've been running more private tours lately, including some really neat ones for Atlas Obscura, such as "Grave Robbing 101" and "The Darker Side of Taylor Street," and a handful of H.H. Holmes tours for small groups in cars (which allow us to hit a site or two where busses just won't fit). ÌýThere's a whole new page for that stuff -
Advance copies of my new novel, Just Kill Me, should start circulating soon. It's all about a ghost tour guide whose company is making places more haunted by killing people at them. Simon and Schuster is putting it out next year.Ìý
AND, last but not least, after nearly 10 years since the last "Adam Selzer and his Revolving Door All-Stars" album, I just released a new record. The band is called , and the album is called Every Man Has His Price and Mine is $300. It's a rock and roll concept album about a pizza man who picks up a hitch hiker who claims to be a time traveler. You can stream it on spotify, Tidal, and all of those places; iTunes will be up any day. We'll be playing an acoustic set at Windycon on Sunday morning, 11/15. ÌýÌý
Stream/buy links at