Bibliograph

H. H. Holmes, the true history of the White City Devil, Adam Selzer

Type

Label

H. H. Holmes, the true history of the White City Devil, Adam Selzer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-422) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

H. H. Holmes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

979413723

Responsibility statement

Adam Selzer

Sub title

the true history of the White City Devil

Summary

A detailed historical account of the serial killer calls on never before examined primary documents to reveal how he managed to take advantage of the crowds drawn by the 1893 World's Fair to create his own castle of horrorsHerman W. Mudgett, better known by his alias, H. H. Holmes, is considered America's first-- and most notorious-- serial killer. During the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the basement of his house in Englewood, Illinois contained a torture chamber with crematory. Mudgett confessed to killing 27 people, but legends say the number may be in the hundreds. Selzer reveals not only the true story but how the legend evolved, taking advantage of hundreds of primary sources that have never been examined before

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Mudgett -- Swindler -- Victims -- A World's Fair hotel -- Holmes goes west -- Philadelphia -- On the run -- Mudgett again -- Caught -- The calm before the storm -- Exposed -- Holmes mania -- Dog days of August -- The trial -- After the judgment -- The confession -- The hanging -- Aftermath -- Evolution of a legend -- Appendix A: Victims -- Appendix B: Aliases used by Herman Webster Mudgett

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