H H HOLMES

THE BEAST OF CHICAGO

WORST SERIAL KILLER IN US HISTORY?

 

H H HOLMES

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Dr. Henry Howard Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett). PUBLIC DOMAIN PD: PRE 1928 NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS. 

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Full confession of H. H. Holmes. The Journal, New York, April 12, 1896 Page 3

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Herman Webster Mudgett aka H H Holmes. PUBLIC DOMAIN PRE-1928/AUTHOR+100<

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Sidney Paget Illustration, The Strand Magazine 1893 PUBLIC DOMAIN PRE-1928 NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS

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H.H. Holmes Castle c. 1890s. PUBLIC DOMAIN PRE-1928 NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS

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FULL CONFESSION OF H.H. HOLMES 12 APRIL 1896 THE JOURNAL (NEW YORK) PUBLIC DOMAIN PD: PRE 1927 NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS. 

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WORLD NEWSPAPER,  NEW YORK 1895. PUBLIC DOMAIN PRE-1928

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CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR OCT 9 1893 PUBLIC DOMAIN PD: PRE 1927 NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS. 

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World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893 IABI “The Site and How to Reach It”

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Benjamin Pitezel PUBLIC DOMAIN PD: PRE 1928 NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS. 

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Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 1894 Illustration 1. PUBLIC DOMAIN PRE-1928 NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS

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Marion Hedgepeth, St Louis Detectives Department 1892 PUBLIC DOMAIN PRE-1928

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Philadelphia City Detective Frank Geyer PUBLIC DOMAIN PD: PRE 1928 NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS. 

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Full confession of H. H. Holmes The Journal Newspaper, New York April 12 1896

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FULL CONFESSION OF H.H. HOLMES 12 APRIL 1896 THE JOURNAL (NEW YORK)

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EXECUTION OF H.H. HOLMES (MOYAMENSING PRISON 1896). PUBLIC DOMAIN PD: PRE 1927 NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS. 

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HERMAN WEBSTER MUDGETT, AKA DR. HENRY HOWARD HOLMES OR H.H. HOLMES CIRCA MID 1880’S – EARLY 1890’S

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HERMAN WEBSTER MUDGETT ALIAS HENRY HOWARD HOLMES CIRCA MID 1880S-EARLY 1890S

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Moyamensing, Philadelphia County Prison 1901. PUBLIC DOMAIN PRE-1928

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The Castle of a modern Bluebeard. The World Newspaper, New York August 11, 1895

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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS 

 

LARSON, ERIC  THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY: MURDER, MAGIC, AND MADNESS AT THE FAIR THAT CHANGED AMERICA. NEW YORK, VINTAGE 2004.

 

“H. H. HOLMES BIOGRAPHY” BIOGRAPHY.COM EDITORS. APRIL 2, 2014 UPDATED MAY 26, 2021. ACCESSED 28 JANAURY 2022.  https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/hh-holmes

 

WORTHEN, MEREDITH. “COULD H.H. HOLMES BE JACK THE RIPPER?”  BIOGRAPHY  JULY 7, 2017 UPDATED SEPT 16, 2020. ACCESSED 28 JANUARY 2022. https://www.biography.com/news/american-ripper-hh-holmes-jack-the-ripper

 

“H.H. HOLMES” CRIMEMUSEUM.ORG. ACCESSED 28 JANUARY 2022. https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/

 

KILLELEA, ERIC  “SERIAL KILLER H.H. HOLMES’ BODY EXHUMED: WHAT WE KNOW”. MAY 4, 2017. ACCESSED 28 JANUARY 2022. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/serial-killer-h-h-holmes-body-exhumed-what-we-know-126699/

 

SOLLY, MEILAN. “THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF H.H. HOLMES, AMERICA’S ‘FIRST’ SERIAL KILLER”. MAY 7, 2021. ACCESSED 28 JANUARY 2022.  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enduring-mystery-hh-holmes-americas-first-serial-killer-180977646/

 

MARTIN, JOHN BARTLOW  “THE MASTER OF THE MURDER CASTLE”. HARPERS MAGAZINE. DECEMBER 1943 ISSUE. ACCESSED 28 JANUARY 2022. https://harpers.org/archive/1943/12/the-master-of-the-murder-castle/

 

LITTLE, BECKY “DID SERIAL KILLER H.H. HOLMES REALLY BUILD A ‘MURDER CASTLE’?” HISTORY.COM 23 JANUARY 2020. ACCESSED 11 APRIL 2022. https://www.history.com/news/murder-castle-h-h-holmes-chicago

 

“SERIAL KILLER H.H. HOLMES IS HANGED IN PHILADELPHIA”. HISTORY.COM. 13 NOV 2009 UPDATED MAY 4 2021. ACCESSED 11 APRIL 2022. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-serial-killer-is-hanged

Crighton, J. D. (2017). Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer. Murrieta, California: RW Publishing House. ISBN 978-1-946100-02-3.

Crighton, J. D. (2017). Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders – Lied Then Died. Murrieta, California: Aerobear Classics, an imprint of Aerobear Press. ISBN 978-1-946100-01-6.

    

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