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Almost everything you’ve heard about H.H. Holmes is wrong… and the real story is somehow even more disturbing. Behind the myths, the Murder Castle and decades of exaggeration was a calculated conman whose crimes spiralled into one of the most infamous investigations in history.
H.H. Holmes has become one of the most talked-about figures in true crime history. But over the last century, fact and fiction have become so intertwined that it’s often impossible to know what actually happened.
Did the Murder Castle really contain torture chambers? How many victims did Holmes truly kill? Why did investigators believe him for so long? And how did one failed insurance scam ultimately expose everything?
In today’s deep-dive documentary, we’re separating documented evidence from urban legend, following Holmes’ life from his earliest frauds through the Chicago World’s Fair, the Murder Castle, the Benjamin Pitezel insurance scheme, his nationwide manhunt, arrest, trial and execution.
Using court records, contemporary reporting and documented evidence, this is the complete story of H.H. Holmes—without the myths.
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Creator: Anna Templeton