Descending from Evil: The Story of Herman Webster Mudgett
On the surface Herman Webster Mudgett seemed to be a productive member of society. Born and raised in the small state of New Hampshire, Herman turned his fascination with the human body into a career when he graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1884. Wealthy, well-educated and refined, the young doctor moved to Chicago where he became the owner of a drugstore, and eventually opened a hotel. Women were drawn to the handsome, finely-dressed and charismatic businessman. He was a total lady-killer. The 60-room hotel loomed over the Englewood suburb of Chicago, opening its doors shortly before the 1893 World #39;s Fair. Beneath the cover of a successful entrepreneur, Herman Webster Mudgett - better known as HH Holmes - designed the hotel with one thing in mind: murder. During construction, Holmes used several different contractors so that none of them would catch on to his monstrous plans. The hotel, or \"Murder Castle,\" came complete with stairways to nowhere, windowless rooms fitted with gas lines and body chutes used to drop his sedated victims down to the basement level. Once in the underbelly of the castle, victims were subjected to real-life horrors that would make Dexter #39;s \"Dark Passenger\" sit up and take notice. The basement came complete with vats of acid, lime pits, an oven and a surgical table. It was here that Dr. HH Holmes, the living-breathing monster - worse than anything Hollywood could ever imagine - dissected his victims, selling their ...From:AncestryComViews:154 6ratingsTime:15:51More inPeople Blogs<\/p>\n
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