HH Holmes Part 1 - Listener Request
This episode comes to you per the request of a longtime fan of the show.
I briefly mentioned HH Holmes while covering the history of the World's Fair and one of you asked for a deeper dive on the notorious serial killer. This week starts us off on Holmes' background and his first suspected murders.
Come back next week as I wrap up his story and share a little about how he became so infamous.
Sources Used In This Episode:
Selzer, Adam. H.H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil. Skyhorse, 2019.
Thomas, Heather. “Early American Serial Killers.” Early American Serial Killers | Headlines and Heroes, Library of Congress, 22 Oct. 2019, blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/10/early-american-serial-killers/.(LINK)
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