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Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist and serial killer active between 1891 and 1894. By the time of his execution in 1896, Holmes had engaged in a lengthy criminal career that included insurance fraud , forgery , swindling , three or four ...
The "Beast of Chicago", H.H. Holmes, confessed to 28 murders -- but many experts suspect he may have had a hand in the gruesome deaths of as many as 200 people.. Herman Webster Mudgett was born on ...
H.H. Holmes's recorded crimes began in Chicago in 1893 when he opened a hotel called The World's Fair Hotel for the World's Columbian Exposition.The structure, built by Holmes, would later be known as the 'Murder Castle', as demonstrably false press accounts averred that labyrinthine constructions on the top two floors were used by Holmes to torture and kill numerous victims.
English: The U. S. Post Office of the Englewood neighborhood, 611 West 63rd Street, Chicago, IL 60621, partially overlapping the site of H. H. Holmes' Murder Castle demolished in 1938 (the plot of the left section of the current building and further to the left).
If you've ever read The Devil in the White City, then you'll be familiar with Herman Webster Mudgett, aka H. H. Holmes. Evan Peters's character on American Horror Story: Hotel , was loosely based ...
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Mudgett, an English-language family name and place name in America, may refer to: Mudgett Township, Minnesota Herman Webster Mudgett , a.k.a. H. H. Holmes , 19th-century American serial killer
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