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22. H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer and his Murder Castle (...?)
H. H. Holmes was an American serial killer and con artist who operated in the early 1890’s and is most well known for luring victims to his “Murder Castle”, a hotel that he built to accommodate guests during the Chicago World’s Fair 1893. A published floor plan of the “Murder Castle” revealed secret torture chambers, trapdoors, gas chambers, and a crematorium in the basement. Though the “Beast of Chicago” only confessed to 27 murders, some reports attribute up to 200 deaths to him between 1886-1894. But how much of what we know about H. H. Holmes was true? Did this so called “Murder Castle” even exist? Today on historically bad we will deep dive into the story of America’s very first serial killer, and how his reign of terror was sensationalized by the media following a shoddy police investigation that left room for speculation by tabloids.
Keep up to date on all things Historically Bad incuding details of our LIVE SHOW on June 1st!
Instagram: @historicallybadpodcast
Website: www.historicallybadpodcast.ca
Patreon: www.patreon.com/HistoricallyBadPatreon
Contact us: [email protected]
Buy some stickers!: https://historically-bad-podcast.square.site/
Historically Bad is created and produced by Tabitha Festa and Carly Sullivan.
Case Sources:
https://www.biography.com/crime/hh-holmes
https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/#google_vignette
https://www.history.com/news/murder-castle-h-h-holmes-chicago
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enduring-mystery-hh-holmes-americas-first-serial-killer-180977646/
https://thewestendmuseum.org/history/era/immigrant-neighborhood/h-h-holmes/
https://ew.com/tv/devil-in-the-white-city-is-officially-dead-at-hulu/
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a26340920/leonardo-dicaprio-martin-scorsese-devil-in-the-white-city-series-hulu/
Crighton, J. D., & Mudgett, H. W. (2016). Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders, Lied Then Died. Aerobear Classics.
Avery, R. (1997). City of Brotherly Mayhem. DIANE Publishing Inc..
Larsen, E. (2003). The Devil in the White City. New York: Vintage.
Selzer, A. (2017). HH Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil. Simon and Schuster.
Generation Why Podcast episode 164: H. H. Holmes
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By Historically BadH. H. Holmes was an American serial killer and con artist who operated in the early 1890’s and is most well known for luring victims to his “Murder Castle”, a hotel that he built to accommodate guests during the Chicago World’s Fair 1893. A published floor plan of the “Murder Castle” revealed secret torture chambers, trapdoors, gas chambers, and a crematorium in the basement. Though the “Beast of Chicago” only confessed to 27 murders, some reports attribute up to 200 deaths to him between 1886-1894. But how much of what we know about H. H. Holmes was true? Did this so called “Murder Castle” even exist? Today on historically bad we will deep dive into the story of America’s very first serial killer, and how his reign of terror was sensationalized by the media following a shoddy police investigation that left room for speculation by tabloids.
Keep up to date on all things Historically Bad incuding details of our LIVE SHOW on June 1st!
Instagram: @historicallybadpodcast
Website: www.historicallybadpodcast.ca
Patreon: www.patreon.com/HistoricallyBadPatreon
Contact us: [email protected]
Buy some stickers!: https://historically-bad-podcast.square.site/
Historically Bad is created and produced by Tabitha Festa and Carly Sullivan.
Case Sources:
https://www.biography.com/crime/hh-holmes
https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/#google_vignette
https://www.history.com/news/murder-castle-h-h-holmes-chicago
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enduring-mystery-hh-holmes-americas-first-serial-killer-180977646/
https://thewestendmuseum.org/history/era/immigrant-neighborhood/h-h-holmes/
https://ew.com/tv/devil-in-the-white-city-is-officially-dead-at-hulu/
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a26340920/leonardo-dicaprio-martin-scorsese-devil-in-the-white-city-series-hulu/
Crighton, J. D., & Mudgett, H. W. (2016). Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders, Lied Then Died. Aerobear Classics.
Avery, R. (1997). City of Brotherly Mayhem. DIANE Publishing Inc..
Larsen, E. (2003). The Devil in the White City. New York: Vintage.
Selzer, A. (2017). HH Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil. Simon and Schuster.
Generation Why Podcast episode 164: H. H. Holmes