Long before he built his ‘Murder Castle,’ he was just a boy named Herman Mudgett. But even in childhood, the shadows were already there—strange fascinations, disturbing behaviors, and the twisted beginnings of the man who would become America’s first serial killer. In this Macabre Feature, we peel back the layers of H.H. Holmes’ early years, tracing the origins of a monster in the making.

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