King of the Murder Castle - H.H. Holmes - The Torture Doctor - 1

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"The Torture Doctor is in, back here to confess his sins..."
[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 this Part 1, we visit the historic backdrop of Gilded Age Chicago and her World's Fair, and look at the pre-Fair years where Chicago suffered birthing-pains of her rapid growth from scarred burn victim after the Great Chicago Fire, to her rise from the ashes as the beautiful, glittering jewel of the Mid-West, and the arrival of a dark, mysterious out-of-towner...

#DevilInTheWhiteCity #TortureDoctor #HermanWebsterMudgett #HenryHowardHolmes #H.H.Holmes #Chicago #WhiteCity #WindyCity #ChicagoWorldsFair #ColumbianExposition #MurderCastle #AmericasFirstSerialKiller #SerialKillerPodcast #JackTheRipper #VictorianSerialKiller #VictorianMurder #MurderPodcast

CREDITS : [For BOTH Video & Audio Versions]

DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY :
by Erik Larson
[Non-Fiction Book - Vintage Books / Penguin Random House, NY / 2004]

WIKIPEDIA :
[Wikipedia.org]
“H.H. Holmes”
“Chicago World's Fair”
“World's Columbian Exposition”
“Great Chicago Fire”
“Octave Uzanne”
“Paul Lindau”
“Antonin Dvořák”

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.]

H.H. HOLMES : AMERICA'S FIRST SERIAL KILLER :
Documentary by / Waterfront Productions / 2022

THE MURDER CASTLE OF H.H. HOLMES :
Crimehub : A True Crime Podcast
[https://open.spotify.com/show/3lDOVjujdwyLS5l3CTSas2?si=cdd7ab9d1b51461d]

VICTORIAN ERA MURDERS / JACK THE RIPPER PODCAST :
Alan R. Warren interviewing Jeff Mudgett on the possibility his great, great Grandfather, H.H. Holmes may have been Jack the Ripper.[https://open.spotify.com/show/7mm2xhQnJZOvb2wMcoxSqb?si=ad3f49b8e5484ee6]

INTRO MUSIC :
“Empty Rooms” by Gal Lev
[GalevMusic.com & Artlist.io]

BUMPER MUSIC :
“Winter Train Home”
[Podcastle.AI]

INTRO VIDEO FOOTAGE & LOGO GRAPHICS :
FreePik
[FreePik.com]

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