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Born Herman Mudgett in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, in 1861; the twisted swindler eventually moved to Chicago and took a job as a pharmacist under the name

Holmes allegedly killed as many as 200 by luring visitors to his lair during the Chicago World's Fair. But historians say many of the stories about Holmes, the "devil," may be myth.

Attorney Jeff Mudgett, Holmes' great-great-grandson, claimed that H. H. Holmes was indeed Jack the Ripper, who was never caught.

H.H. Holmes confessed to killing 27 people. However, several claim that he might have killed 133 or even more than 200 individuals.

H.H. Holmes was executed in Moyamensing Prison on May 7, 1896, for the murder of his business partner/accomplice, Benjamin Pitezel.

You walk into a room, and the door suddenly slams behind you. You hear gas hissing. A sinister eye stares hungrily at you from a hole behind you while you

Of all the science happening around him, it is objectively hilarious that Mobius M. Mobius instantly thought about H. H. Holmes in 'Loki.'

An explainer of who serial killer H.H. Holmes was, related to The Chicago World's Fair episode of "Loki."

Experts dispel a number of Holmes myths, including the notion that he silently murdered dozens of people in the bustling community of Englewood.

Henry H Holmes was America's first serial killer, and he may well have been its most prolific, luring unsuspecting guests into his castle of horrors.