The Murder Castle
2017 · Investigation Discovery · 60 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Fight or Flight
Sun, 29 Oct, 1:00 pm
Dr. H.H. Holmes builds his Murder Castle with stolen money and keeps business brisk with stolen bodies, then detectives begin closing in, forcing Holmes to invent new scams in order to fund his fateful, final escape fro Chicago.
About
The Murder Castle delivers the definitive story of H.H. Holmes, America's first serial killer. H.H. Holmes was the alias of Dr. Herman Webster Mudgett, an evil entrepreneur who took advantage of the millions flocking to Chicago looking for work during the World's Fair in 1893. His pharmacy and World's Fair Hotel provided the perfect facade for the deranged madman to lure victims to his "murder castle". He designed the building himself and built it - in stages and in secrecy - so only he knew the deceptions, from an elaborate maze of death traps to rigging rooms with poisonous gas. He built the castle with stolen money and kept business brisk with dead bodies, selling his victims as skeletons for medical schools. Holmes racked up quite the body count, some believe as many as 200, while also accumulating substantial debt, and his bleak, financial prospects would eventually be his undoing.
Episodes
- E01
A Place to Stay
Sun, 29 Oct· 60 minDr. H.H. Holmes welcomes visitors to his hotel, a block-long structure designed to attract young women who need a place to stay during the 1893 Chicago WOrld's Fair; before long, Holmes makes each one of them disappear, never to be seen again.
- E02
Down the Cellar
Sun, 29 Oct· 60 minDr. H.H. Holmes designs his hotel with murder in mind, but, when forced to choose between his wife and his mistress, his next victim may not be his easiest.
- E03
Fight or Flight
Sun, 29 Oct· 60 minDr. H.H. Holmes builds his Murder Castle with stolen money and keeps business brisk with stolen bodies, then detectives begin closing in, forcing Holmes to invent new scams in order to fund his fateful, final escape fro Chicago.
