Season 2, Episode 26 of The Eldritch Estate is Part 1 of our season 2 finale! H.H. Holmes, born Herman Webster Mudgett, is largely considered to be America's first serial killer. He set up shop in Chicago in the 1880s and set to work constructing his "murder castle," a hotel with several horrors that would claim the lives of many young men and women. In Part 1 we will discuss his background, arrival in Chicago, and the start of his killings. Part 2 (and Part 3) will go up in the proceeding weeks.
References for this episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes
“The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America” by Erik Larson
https://www.biography.com/news/american-ripper-hh-holmes-jack-the-ripper
https://www.historicmysteries.com/was-hh-holmes-jack-the-ripper/
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