The Beast of Chicago: The Murderous Career of H. H. Holmes (A Treasury of Victorian Murder)
He was the world's first serial killer and he existed in the late 19th century, operating around the Chicago World's Fair, building a literal house of horrors, replete with chutes for dead bodies, gas chambers, surgical rooms. He methodically murdered up to 200 people, mostly young women. The...
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He was the world's first serial killer and he existed in the late 19th century, operating around the Chicago World's Fair, building a literal house of horrors, replete with chutes for dead bodies, gas chambers, surgical rooms. He methodically murdered up to 200 people, mostly young women. The infamous H. H. Holmes is the next subject of Geary's award-winning and increasingly popular series.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781561633654 (1561633658)
ASIN: 1561633658
Publish date: 2004-04-01
Publisher: NBM Publishing
Pages no: 80
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Mystery,
Crime,
Horror,
True Crime,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Historical
Hey, kids. I'm waaay behind in my reviews, as well as in keeping up with all of your reviews and my favorite blogs and websites. But I'm catching up slowly. Here's a two-fer-one. Talk about extreme malpractice. Herman Webster Mudgett, a.k.a. Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, earned his medical degree in 188...
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