Bibliograph

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

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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

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individual biography

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

H.H. Holmes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Adam Selzer

Sub title

the true history of the White City Devil

Summary

Herman 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

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Mudgett -- ch. Two Swindler -- ch. Three Victims -- ch. Four A World's Fair Hotel -- ch. Five Holmes Goes West -- ch. Six Philadelphia -- ch. Seven On the Run -- ch. Eight Mudgett Again -- ch. Nine Caught -- ch. Ten The Calm Before the Storm -- ch. Eleven Exposed -- ch. Twelve Holmes Mania -- ch. Thirteen Dog Days of August -- ch. Fourteen The Trial -- ch. Fifteen After the Judgment -- ch. Sixteen The Confession -- ch. Seventeen The Hanging -- ch. Eighteen Aftermath -- ch. Nineteen Evolution of a Legend

Target audience

adult

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True history of the White City Devil

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