Stories From History's Dust Bin

H. H. Holmes: America‘s First Serial Killer - Episode 47

10.26.2021 - By Wayne Winterton, Ph.D.Play

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Herman Webster Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes, also known as Henry Howard Holmes, was America's first documented serial killer.

 

He confessed to 27 murders, but researchers estimate the number could be as high as 200.

 

 

Stories from History’s Dust Bin is a 3-volume set of historical short stories. These are the nuggets of gold that had fallen by the wayside… the little known and unusual. Many of these gems were destined to be forever lost until they were collected, dusted off and brought back to life by author Wayne Winterton.

 

Each podcast episode features one of over 450 short stories from either Winterton’s Award-Winning Stories from Dust Bin series* or the companion volume, From Ace to Zamboni: 101 More Dust Bin Stories, as narrated by either the author or his son, William, or daughter, Jana.

 

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* Winner of the Arizona Book of the Year Award for 2016

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