King of the Murder Castle - H.H. Holmes - The Torture Doctor - 2

KING OF THE MURDER CASTLE - H.H. HOLMES : THE TORTURE DOCTOR

Episode #6 / Part 2

"The Torture Doctor is in, back here to confess his sins..."
[The Torture Doctor by Alkaline Trio]

Here at The Murder Scene Podcast, H.H. Holmes is one of our favorite subjects.  His story is entwined with a magickal time in the history of Chicago, the World's Fair held there in 1893, and his own growing mythos that he just might have been the OG Serial Killer - Jack the Ripper!

Episode #6 of The Murder Scene Podcast delves into the life, background, serial killings, scams & schemes and shenanigans pulled off by the murder-trickster, H.H. Holmes.

In Part 2,  we delve into Holmes's early criminal career while he was still Herman Mudgett, as he moved from small town to small town...and then fled.  Wherever he went, death and destruction seemed to follow.  And soon he shed his birth name, moved to Chicago, and became a legend...

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CREDITS / RESOURCES: For Video & Audio Versions of Episode #6, Parts 1 & 2 [Credits are truncated due to space - please see the episode's YouTube video for a full list in the end credits.]

"Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson - Vintage Books / Penguin Random House, NY / 2004 [PenguinRandomHouse.com]

Wikipedia Research : “H.H. Holmes” - “Chicago World's Fair” - “World's Columbian Exposition” - “Great Chicago Fire” - “Octave Uzanne”- “Paul Lindau” - “Antonin Dvořák” - “The Whitechapel Club” - “Finley Peter Dunne” - “George Ade” - “Brand Whitlock” - “Aaron Kosminski”

American Ripper - History Channel TV Series / 8 Episodes / 2017 with Jeff Mudgett [Great Great Grandson of H.H. Holmes,] and Amaryllis Fox [former CIA Agent.]  [History.com]

H.H. Holmes : America's First Serial Killer - Documentary by Waterfront Productions, 2022  [JohnBorowski.com]

“Does a New Genetic Analysis Finally Reveal the Identity of Jack the Ripper?” by David Adam - Science Adviser [Science.org] March 15, 2019

“Historian Who Discovered Jack the Ripper's Real Identity Says '100% him'” by Ashley N. Soriano & Ashleigh Banfield, News Nation [NewsNationNow.com] February 21, 2025

The Murder Castle of H.H. Holmes : Crimehub : A True Crime Podcast on Spotify  [https://open.spotify.com/show/3lDOVjujdwyLS5l3CTSas2?si=cdd7ab9d1b51461d]

Victorian Era Murders / Jack the Ripper Podcast : Ala