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	H. H. Holmes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Holmes was the alias of Herman Webster Mudgett (1861 - May 7, 1896).
		His early criminal career was based on fraud and forgery, including a cure for alcoholism, real estate scams, and a machine that made natural gas from water.
		Mudgett, the executioner did bungle; Mudgett's neck did not snap immediately, and he died slowly and painfully of strangulation over the course of about 15 minutes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herman_Mudgett (516 words)

	Herman Mudgett and the Chicago 'Torture Castle'
		Mudgett later admitted to having murdered 200 girls during the Chicago Exposition alone, and the orgy of bloodletting might have continued for much longer but for the phoney doctor's greed.
		It was not any of his many murders that finally brought Mudgett to justice but the jumping of bail in Missouri and the theft of a horse, a capital offence in Texas at that time.
		Detectives traced Mudgett through his aged mother who was happy to give them the whereabouts of the son of whom she was so proud.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/7268/mudgett1.html (703 words)

	Herman Webster Mudgett: Chicago serial killer
		Herman Webster Mudgett was born in Gilmonton, New Hampshire in 1861.
		It soon became evident Mudgett used the chutes to transport the bodies from the middle floor to the basement.
		Herman Webster Mudgett was convicted for the murder of Benjamin Pitezal and was hanged May 7, 1896 at Moyamesing Prison in Philedelphia.
	ks.essortment.com /hermanwebsterm_rosz.htm (845 words)

	Poison Doc - America’s First Serial Killer Herman Webster Mudgett.
		Answering a newspaper ad placed by a drugstore owner seeking to hire a pharmacist, Mudgett found the proprietor to be terminally ill. The pharmacist’s wife had been trying to keep the business going, but she needed help.
		Mudgett traded on his looks and charm to lure young women to his house, which he advertised as a “hotel” for single women.
		Mudgett had killed him in Pittsburg, the crime that finally sent him to the gallows at Pennsylvania’s Moyamensing Prison on May 7, 1896 — nine days after his 36th birthday.
	www.texasescapes.com /MikeCoxTexasTales/205-Americas-First-Serial-Killer-Herman-Webster-Mudgett.htm (915 words)

	Novel tells story of nation's first serial killer: 6/24/00
		Mudgett's story is told in a novel by five writers who have collaborated on "The Devil's Rood." Known as the U.S. Five, the writers are Jacksonville University professor Bob Stanton and four of his former students: Sandi Branum, Gary Izzo, Dedra Torelli and Nina Wade.
		Mudgett, who had five distinct personalities, is believed to have killed as many as 250 people, many of whom were visitors to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
		Mudgett's trial was covered extensively by The New York Times, which called it the "Trial of the Century." It was discovered that he was married to three women at the time of his arrest.
	www.s-t.com /daily/06-00/06-24-00/b05ae071.htm (780 words)

	Herman Mudgett biography
		Herman Webster Mudgett sounds like a name a writer would give to a humorous character in a story about small town life.
		Mudgett, AKA HH Holmes, was born in a small town, but there was nothing humorous about him.
		Herman Mudgett, AKA HH Holmes, was hanged at Moyamensing Prison on May 7, 1896.
	www.njnj.essortment.com /hermanmudgettb_rzsg.htm (921 words)

	Serial Killers; Herman Mudgett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Herman Mudgett, now the owner of a grand hotel, placed newspaper advertisements offering women lucrative work or advantageous marriage in a large city.
		Mudgett persuaded each of them to bring him all she possessed, as he wooed her into captivity.
		Over a period of three years, Herman Mudgett has a steady stream of gullible young women taking residence in the Castle, which proved to harbor a warren of soundproof, escape proof death chambers.
	home.cfl.rr.com /hagar/Mudgett.htm (457 words)

	looking for info on \"the devil inthe white city\" but - PointAsk Question (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		To contrast this Herman Mudgett who called himself H H Holmes after the famous fictional detective was the devil.`` Here is a really nifty site that has a list of Mudgett links, all about him and the serial murders:
		Herman Mudgett was tried for murder and he confessed to 28 killings and an additional six attempted homicides.
		Herman Webster Mudgett (1861-1896) graduated from UM Medical School in 1884 and moved to Chicago to practice pharmacy.
	www.pointask.com /pointask/f_q.php3?qid=38020 (453 words)

	Futility Closet
		Herman Mudgett, an enterprising serial killer, built a row of three-story buildings near the Chicago fair and opened it as a hotel.
		Guests discovered -- too late -- that it was a maze of more than 100 windowless rooms, where Mudgett would trap them, torture them in a soundproof chamber, and then asphyxiate them with a custom-fitted gas line.
		No one knows how many people Mudgett killed; he confessed to 28, but estimates go as high as 200.
	home.nc.rr.com /gregblog/2005/10/wrapped-image.html (133 words)

	Horror of Buried.com - Parris Reaves Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mudgett didn't want the fame, he wanted money; he was greedy; he wanted his work to be kept secret.
		Mudgett's last request was that no one interfered with his body for scientific testing and wished that he be cemented in his casket.
		Mudgett's wish was granted, but as his casket lowered into the ground, it was so heavy, it fell over falling face down and that's the way they left him; facing hell.
	www.buried.com /interviews/parris_reaves.shtml (1250 words)

	FictionPress.Com Story : Black Marks on History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Herman W. Mudgett, who is better known as H. Holmes, was America’s first, real serial killer.
		Each of these people prove to be worthy of the term evil when one considers all the blood they spilt and so it is fair to state that H. Holmes, Elizabeth Bathroy, and Vlad Tepes are three of the most evil people of all time.
		Even as a child, Mudgett was always in trouble, he had been a bully and was cruel to animals (Murder).
	www.fictionpress.com /read.php?storyid=1582929 (1736 words)

	Herman survivor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		But survivor Herman Landau said he would not ask for any of the money and that CJC must define who is needy and eligible.
		Herman is professor of clinical psychiatry at Harvard University Medical...
		Herman says that when a survivor is not yet ready to take care of herself, it is important to network with family, close friends or other acquaintances.
	www.wushulink.com /herman+survivor.html (1030 words)

	Herman L. Hoeh - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Herman L. Hoeh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Herman L. Hoeh - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Herman L. Hoeh.
		Herman L. Hoeh was born in 1928 and died on November 21, 2004 and became known as the person who put together the prophetic framework of time cycles which underpinned the belief system taught by Herbert W. Armstrong.
		Herman L. Hoeh, who was awarded a PhD by Ambassador College, became the primary architect of a belief system that Herbert W. Armstrong accepted and promoted.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Herman-L-Hoeh.html (606 words)

	The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As H.H. Holmes, also ...
		Sometime around 1998 I discovered a paragraph or two about the killer Herman Mudgett on some amateur websites, the kind of seat-of-the-pants efforts that consigned them to early webdeaths.
		They offered measly details about Mudgetts appearance and his castle, but the rousing story arc was there; A fiendish charlatan preying on travelers trekking to Chicago to see the 1893 Worlds Fair, followed by a chase and his "castle" in flames.
		Mudgett is just one of several deviate serial killers associated with Chicago (along with John Wayne Gacy, Larry Eyler, Leopold & Loeb and Richard Speck.
	www.onlinemerchantaccountnow.com /BookStore/isbn1561633658.html (1105 words)

	Notorious Chicago
		Herman W. Mudgett, who went by the name of Henry Holmes, had a bizarre theory that the human body can be stretched to twice its size and that he can produce a race of giants.
		Mudgett built a dungeon consisting of 100 windowless rooms and a torture chamber with crematory in the basement.
		Although he has admitted to killing 27, it has been estimated the actual number to be between 30 and several hundred.
	www.chicagology.com /Notorious.htm (1006 words)

	Directory - Society: Crime: Murder: Serial Murder: Serial Killers: Mudgett, Herman Webster
		Herman Mudget, aka H.H. Holmes · cached · An overview of Mudgett's crimes.
		New Standard: Doctor's Victims · cached · A partial list of the murders Herman Mudgett confessed to before his execution.
		Herman Mudgett · cached · A short overview of the life, crimes and eventual arrest of H.H. Holmes.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=484898 (139 words)

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		For example, Herman W. Mudgett or H.H. Holmes, the notorious mass murderer, who was later hanged at Moyamensing Prison on May 7, 1896, was entered in this record after his arrest on November 17, 1894 for conspiracy and the murder of Benjamin F. Pitezel.
		The entry in the Register of Descriptions of Criminals reveals that Mudgett, who was arrested under the alias of H.H. Holmes also used the aliases of H.M. Howard, Alex E. Bond and Horace H. Williams.
		The Police also probably photographed Herman W. Mudgett for their rogues' gallery which had been introduced into the Detective Department in 1859; and measured his body according to the Bertillion system of measurement, which the Police had adopted on July 16, 1892.
	www.phila.gov /PHILS/Docs/otherinfo/newslet/crime5.htm (2344 words)

	DVD Review: H H Holmes : America's First Serial Killer
		Herman Webster Mudgett was one such man, well educated and a somewhat shrewd businessman, he crossed America to set up shop in Chicago.
		Herman Webster Mudgett grew up in a suffocating environment; his father was a staunch religious man and he was prone to being bullied at school.
		In John Borowski’s debut movie, a documentary behind the man and mind of Mudgett who later recreated himself as H. Holmes, it is an assured look into the psyche of America’s first serial killer with Tony Jay providing an ominous tone in the narration of events.
	dvd.monstersandcritics.com /reviews/article_9058.php/DVD_Review_H_H_Holmes__Americas_First_Serial_Killer (790 words)

	H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		H.H. Holmes, America's First Serial Killer is a feature-length documentary film depicting the entire life of Herman Mudgett, AKA Holmes, and his castle of horrors.
		Holmes - born Herman Mudgett (and with a monicker like that one, wouldn't anyone be eager to get rid of it?) was probably America's first serial killer.
		As these guys don't generally advertise in major newspapers and the police weren't quite as well equipped in the late 1800s, we can safely say that he's the first serial killer ever apprehended in America.
	www.gothicrevue.com /hhholmes.html (539 words)

	Herman Mudgett -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Herman Mudgett -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Herman Webster Mudgett (1861 - May 7 1896) was a (Click link for more info and facts about 19th-century) 19th-century (Someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval) serial killer, better known as H.H. Holmes.
		He was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Gilmanton, New Hampshire) Gilmanton, New Hampshire, son of Levi Horton Mudgett and his wife, formerly Theodate Page Price.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/herman_mudgett.htm (543 words)

	Ali-Baba.com » Society » Crime » Murder » Serial Murder » Serial Killers » Mudgett, ...
		Herman Mudgett - A short overview of the life, crimes and eventual arrest of H.H. Holmes.
		Herman Mudget, aka H.H. Holmes - An overview of Mudgett's crimes.
		New Standard: Doctor's Victims - A partial list of the murders Herman Mudgett confessed to before his execution.
	www.sports-d-hiver.com /Society/Crime/Murder/Serial_Murder/Serial_Killers/Mudgett,_Herman_Webster (200 words)

	Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Message Boards: Mudgett, Herman, aka, Holmes, Dr. Henry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mudgett confessed to having travelled outside the United States.
		District Attorney Graham is in the Mudgett case, I am not sure who the DA is in the Ripper case.
		Mudgett DID acquire a building from an elderly couple, but this wasn't his infamous castle of death.
	www.casebook.org /cgi-bin/forum/show.cgi?tpc=4927&post=102289 (1705 words)

	Crime Serial Killers Mudgett, Herman Webster in Relationships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Herman Mudgett: A short overview of the life, crimes and eventual arrest of H.H. Holmes.
		Herman Mudget, aka H.H. Holmes: An overview of Mudgett's crimes.
		New Standard: Doctor's Victims: A partial list of the murders Herman Mudgett confessed to before his execution.
	www.datingserviceonline.org /People/Relationships/Crime/Murder/Serial_Murder/Serial_Killers/Mudgett,_Herman_Webster (136 words)

	The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Holmes was born Herman Webster Mudgett in New Hampshire's Lake Country to a family of devout Methodists.
		After graduating, Mudgett began his criminal career in insurance fraud, devising elaborate schemes with the help of a friend from medical school.
		When he arrived in Illinois in 1886, Mudgett registered his name as Holmes and sought out work as a druggist.
	www.randomhouse.com /crown/devilinthewhitecity/holmes.html (301 words)

	Mudgett, Herman Webster
		A brief biography and drawing of Herman Mudgett.
		A comprehensive account of Mudgett's life and his infamous 'murder castle'.
		A partial list of the murders Herman Mudgett confessed to before his execution.
	society.allfind.us /c/1e674 (131 words)

	Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Message Boards: Geyer, Detective Frank P. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I would like to post something hopefully worth mentioning about Detective Geyer, who worked on the Mudgett case in 1890 since I am one who believes there is a link between Herman Mudgett and Jack the Ripper.
		Unsurprisingly enough, Herman Mudgett wrote his own version of the crime which is still there at the DC library, published about the same time Detective Geyer authored "The Holmes-Pitezel Case".
		It's been a number of years since I read about the Mudgett case, but as I recall, Geyer knew who he was after and tailed him across several different states.
	www.casebook.org /cgi-bin/forum/show.cgi?tpc=4924&post=102279 (1881 words)

	Allan W. Eckert Official Website: Publication Description
		A novel based on the life of Herman Mudgett, alias Dr. Henry H. Holmes, one of the most notorious serial killers of all time, who, before the turn of the century, murdered no less than 133 people.
		A fascinating view of this dangerous person from the time of his first murder, when he is only 12 years old, to his adult years when he has built a huge, 105-room mansion in Chicago, with most of the space devoted to chambers for torture and death.
		Having gone out of print in both editions several years ago, the book has recently been reprinted in a softcover books-on-demand format by iUniverse.com, Lincoln, NE, and may be ordered by calling their toll-free number, 1-877-823-9235.
	www.allaneck.com /b_scarlet-mansion.html (213 words)

	Encyclopedia: Herman Mudgett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Updated 104 days 16 hours 12 minutes ago.
		Herman Webster Mudgett (1861 - May 7, 1896) was a 19th-century serial killer, better known as H.H. Holmes.
		He was hanged on May 7, 1896, in Philadelphia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Herman-Mudgett (881 words)

	The Pluperfect Phantom
		This is no ordinary haunting, for the chilling purpose of the ghostly visitations is to spirit women away in the present and murder them in past time.
		The charming psychopath is the shade of Chicago’s first documented serial killer, Dr. Herman Mudgett, alias H.H. Holmes.
		In her reading, she came across accounts of one of the city’s first documented serial killers, Herman Mudgett.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?q3=5607uyOwSJM= (1362 words)

	New Hampshire Travel Attractions Tours Guide Posters Cemeteries Webster Greely Frost Eddy Ghosts Haunted
		ALTON – Mass murderer Herman W. Mudgett mad Clara Lovering were married here in 1878.
		In 1893, Mudgett was known as Dr. H.
		GILMANTON – Mass murderer Herman W. Mudgett was born here (in 1861) and raised here.
	www.yourhometown.org /page38.html (1465 words)

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