Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist and serial killer active between 1891 and 1894. By the time of his execution in … See more

Holmes moved to Chicago in August 1886, which is when he began using the pseudonym "H. H. Holmes".
Soon after his arrival, he came across a drugstore at the northwest corner of South Wallace Avenue and West 63rd Street in the See more

On July 4, 1878, Holmes married Clara Lovering in Alton, New Hampshire. They had one son, Robert Lovering Mudgett (February 3, 1880 – November 3, 1956), who was born in See more

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Holmes was born Herman Webster Mudgett on May 16, 1861, in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, the third child of Levi Horton Mudgett and Theodate Page Price, both of whom were … See more

Holmes' murder spree finally ended when he was arrested in Boston on November 17, 1894, after being tracked there from Philadelphia by the private Pinkerton National Detective … See more

The case was notorious in its time and received wide publicity in the international press.
In his 1927 essay called Supernatural Horror in Literature See more