H H Holmes

Directed by john borowski.

H h holmes. In 1884 holmes passed his medical exams and in 1885 he moved to chicago where he got a job working at a pharmacy under the alias dr. Holmes planned for the first floor to contain an entire block of storefronts he would be able to rent out to the flood of new businesses opening up in the city. Holton s drugstore at the southwest corner of south wallace avenue and west 63rd street in englewood. With tony jay harold schechter thomas cronin marian caporusso.

When the owner of the drugstore passed away he left his wife to take over the responsibilities of the store. Torture chambers acid vats greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the torture doctor h h. The third floor would contain apartments for the growing population of the city looking to make it big in the windy city some of whom would become holmes s. Holmes he came across elizabeth s.

Holmes was born herman webster mudgett in new hampshire in 1861. Holmes american swindler and confidence trickster who is widely considered the country s first known serial killer. Holmes arrived in chicago in august 1886 which is when he began using the name h. Holmes one of america s first well known serial killers is hanged to death in philadelphia pennsylvania although his criminal exploits were just as extensive and occurred during the.

As an adult he abandoned his young wife and child in 1885 to move to illinois. During the 1893 columbian exposition he lured victims into his elaborate murder castle. Holton gave holmes a job and he proved to be a hardworking employee eventually buying the store. Holmes was the alias of one of america s first serial killers.

Holmes in his castle of horrors. After initially confessing to 27 murders he increased the total to more than 130 though some researchers put the real number at more than 200.