Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American serial killer. Despite his confession of 27 murders, Holmes was convicted and sentenced to death for only one murder, that of accomplice and business partner Benjamin Pitezel. It is speculated that he may have killed as many as 200 people. Victims were killed in a mixed-use building which he owned in Chicago, located about three miles (5 kilometers) west of the 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, supposedly called the World's Fair Hotel (informally called "The Murder Castle"), though evidence suggests the hotel portion was never truly open for business.

How did he source his victims (mostly young, beautiful women.) Was it his magnetic personality? Or perhaps his fashion style? Some believe it was his magnificent stache. Come with us on journey through the twisted, demented, murderous mind of Dr. H. H. Holmes.

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