First Serial Killer in America
H.H. Holmes was one of America's first documented serial killers, infamous for his elaborate "Murder Castle" in Chicago...
Short Summary of H.H. Holmes
Despite his confession to 27 murders, including those of some people who were verifiably still alive Holmes was convicted of, and sentenced to death for, only one murder: that of Benjamin Pitezel, his accomplice in several of his cons.
It is believed that he also killed three of Pitezel's children, as well as three mistresses…
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