H.H Holmes

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H.H. Holmes spent his early career as an insurance scammer before moving to Illinois in advance of the 1893 Chicago World Trade Fare to work as a pharmacist. It was there that Holmes built what he referred to as his murder “castle”—a three-story inn that he secretly turned into a macabre torture chamber. Some rooms were equipped with hidden peepholes, gas lines, trap doors and soundproofed padding, while others featured secret passages, ladders and hallways that led to dead ends. There was also a greased chute that led to the basement, where Holmes had installed a surgical table, a furnace and even a medieval rack.

Both before and during the World’s Fair, Holmes led many victims—mostly young women—to his lair only to asphyxiate them with poisoned gas and take them to his basement for horrific experiments. He then either disposed of the bodies in his furnace or skinned them and sold the skeletons to medical schools.

At the same time, Holmes worked insurance scams—collecting money from life insurance companies. Holmes was finally caught one of his co-conspirators tipped off the police when Holmes failed to deliver his pay-out. Holmes was eventually convicted of the murders of four people, but he confessed to at least 27 more killings before being hanged in 1896.

 Holmes was eventually convicted of the murders of four people, but he confessed to at least 27 more killings before being hanged in 1896

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