Ep. 252: The Psyche of a Serial Killer: H.H. Holmes

In the 1890s, Dr. H.H. Holmes became famous for being America’s 1st Serial Killer, even though he technically wasn’t the first. He’s also famous for building a murder castle in Chicago, where he reportedly murdered over a hundred victims with torture devices, secret gas chambers, and a secret crematorium. But what really happened in Holmes’ murder castle? Today, we’re going to talk about H.H. Holmes and his basic BS. 

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Episode Source List:
H.H. Holmes
https://thewestendmuseum.org/history/era/immigrant-neighborhood/h-h-holmes/ 

https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-h-h-holmes 

https://www.history.com/articles/murder-castle-h-h-holmes-chicago 

https://www.biography.com/crime/hh-holmes 

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/ 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes 

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-hauntings-h-h-holmes-murder-castle-post-office/ 

https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=forensic_scholars_today 

https://poklib.libguides.com/c.php?g=648949&p=4551261 

https://www.biography.com/crime/hh-holmes-victims 

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/married-to-murderer-h-w-mudgett/ 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-7/a-serial-killer-is-hanged 

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-h-holmes 

https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/05/28/chicago-journalism-history/ 

Belle Gunness
https://laportecountyhistory.org/exhibits/belle-gunness/

https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-belle-gunness-murder-farm

https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-belle-gunness-murder-farm/selected-articles 

https://www.pbs.org/video/death-on-the-farm-how-belle-gunness-amassed-a-fortune-by-luring-men-to-her-farm-and-chopping-them-to-pieces-l6avan/