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Serial Killer Autopsy: H. H. Holmes

by J. F. Nealon
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798224212576
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: J.F. Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: J.F. Publishing
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  • Pages: 328
  • Original Price: GBP 23.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 381 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Historical

Serial Killer Autopsy: H. H. Holmes

A Forensic Examination of America's Most Mythologized Murderer

H. H. Holmes has been called America's first serial killer, credited with as many as 200 murders in his elaborately designed "Murder Castle" during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. His story has been told in bestselling books, documentaries, and countless articles, a tale of unprecedented evil, sadistic torture chambers, and gothic horror in Victorian Chicago.

There's only one problem, most of it is false.

In Serial Killer Autopsy: H. H. Holmes, true crime meets forensic methodology as we perform a comprehensive "autopsy" of one of history's most sensationalized criminals. Rather than perpetuating the mythology, this book systematically examines the evidence, construction documents, trial transcripts, detective reports, and contemporary accounts to separate documented fact from more than a century of sensationalist fiction.

What emerges is a portrait both less dramatic and more disturbing than the legend: not a sadistic torture-obsessed killer who murdered hundreds, but an intelligent, charming psychopath who killed approximately 8-15 people as part of sophisticated fraud schemes. Not a purpose-built "Murder Castle" with gas chambers and secret passages, but a shabby commercial building used opportunistically for crime. Not America's "first" serial killer (several preceded him), but a well-documented case study in instrumental violence, complete absence of empathy, and the exploitation of institutional failures.

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