Often touted as one of America's first serial killers, H.H. Holmes was said to have constructed a hotel with maze-like hallways and deadly traps in the late 19th century.
Using Chicago's World Fair as a cover, he supposedly lured hundreds of people to their deaths within his hotel. The hotel eventually became known as his murder castle and today H.H. Holmes is considered one of the most deadly serial killers to have existed.
But who exactly was H.H. Holmes and are the stories of murder and his murder castle entirely true?
Find out the true story of H.H. Holmes and his murder castle on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!
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Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes
https://rebeccafrostwrites.com/2020/12/04/h-h-holmes-victims-minnie-and-nannie-williams/
https://mysteriouschicago.com/kate-durkee-victim-of-the-hh-holmes-curse-or-total-badass/
https://www.history.com/news/murder-castle-h-h-holmes-chicago
https://www.biography.com/news/hh-holmes-victims#comments
https://books.google.com/books?id=XNEZ-sy0MJsC&pg=PA173#v=onepage&q&f=false
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