The Murder Factory: Life and Work of H. H. Holmes, First American Serial Killer police Lisa Baraitser

Lisa Baraitser

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The Murder Factory: Life and Work of H. H. Holmes, First American Serial Killer police Lisa BaraitserIn 1896, at the age of 35, Henry Howard Holmes, whose real name was Herman Webster Mudgett, became the first serial killer in the United States, confessing to dozens of crimes. To carry out his activities quietly, he built in Chicago a building so vast that his neighbors called it the Chteau. Located just a stone's throw from the most sophisticated slaughterhouses in the world, lethal, practical, and comfortable, Holmes's building was equipped with