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KING OF THE MURDER CASTLE - H.H. HOLMES : THE TORTURE DOCTOR

Episode #6 / Part 2

"The Torture Doctor is in, back here to confess his sins..."
[The 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 Part 2, we delve into Holmes's early criminal career while he was still Herman Mudgett, as he moved from small town to small town...and then fled. Wherever he went, death and destruction seemed to follow. And soon he shed his birth name, moved to Chicago, and became a legend...

#DevilintheWhiteCity #TortureDoctor #HermanWebsterMudgett #HenryHowardHolmes #HHHolmes #Chicago #WhiteCity #WindyCity #ChicagoWorldsFair #ColumbianExposition #MurderCastle #AmericasFirstSerialKiller #SerialKillerPodcast #JackTheRipper #VictorianSerialKiller #VictorianMurder #MurderPodcast

CREDITS / RESOURCES: For Video & Audio Versions of Episode #6, Parts 1 & 2 [Credits are truncated due to space - please see the episode's YouTube video for a full list in the end credits.]

"Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson - Vintage Books / Penguin Random House, NY / 2004 [PenguinRandomHouse.com]

Wikipedia Research : “H.H. Holmes” - “Chicago World's Fair” - “World's Columbian Exposition” - “Great Chicago Fire” - “Octave Uzanne”- “Paul Lindau” - “Antonin Dvořák” - “The Whitechapel Club” - “Finley Peter Dunne” - “George Ade” - “Brand Whitlock” - “Aaron Kosminski”

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.] [History.com]

H.H. Holmes : America's First Serial Killer - Documentary by Waterfront Productions, 2022 [JohnBorowski.com]

“Does a New Genetic Analysis Finally Reveal the Identity of Jack the Ripper?” by David Adam - Science Adviser [Science.org] March 15, 2019

“Historian Who Discovered Jack the Ripper's Real Identity Says '100% him'” by Ashley N. Soriano & Ashleigh Banfield, News Nation [NewsNationNow.com] February 21, 2025

The Murder Castle of H.H. Holmes : Crimehub : A True Crime Podcast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3lDOVjujdwyLS5l3CTSas2?si=cdd7ab9d1b51461d]

Victorian Era Murders / Jack the Ripper Podcast : Ala

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"The Torture Doctor is in, back here to confess his sins..."
[ "The 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 #HHHolmes #Chicago #WhiteCity #WindyCity #ChicagoWorldsFair #ColumbianExposition #MurderCastle #AmericasFirstSerialKiller #SerialKillerPodcast #JackTheRipper #VictorianSerialKiller #VictorianMurder #MurderPodcast

CREDITS / RESOURCES: For Video & Audio Versions of Episode #6, Parts 1 & 2 [Credits are truncated due to space - please see the episode's YouTube video for a full list in the end credits.]

"Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson - Vintage Books / Penguin Random House, NY / 2004 [PenguinRandomHouse.com]

Wikipedia Research : “H.H. Holmes” - “Chicago World's Fair” - “World's Columbian Exposition” - “Great Chicago Fire” - “Octave Uzanne”- “Paul Lindau” - “Antonin Dvořák” - “The Whitechapel Club” - “Finley Peter Dunne” - “George Ade” - “Brand Whitlock” - “Aaron Kosminski”

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.] [History.com]

H.H. Holmes : America's First Serial Killer - Documentary by Waterfront Productions, 2022 [JohnBorowski.com]

“Does a New Genetic Analysis Finally Reveal the Identity of Jack the Ripper?” by David Adam - Science Adviser [Science.org] March 15, 2019

“Historian Who Discovered Jack the Ripper's Real Identity Says '100% him'” by Ashley N. Soriano & Ashleigh Banfield, News Nation [NewsNationNow.com] February 21, 2025

The Murder Castle of H.H. Holmes : Crimehub : A True Crime Podcast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3lDOVjujdwyLS5l3CTSas2?si=cdd7ab9d1b51461d

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The Murder Scene Podcast - a quickie episode on the tragic deaths of Hollywood acting legend, Gene Hackman, and his wife, Betsy Arakawa.

CREDITS FOR BOTH AUDIO & VIDEO VERSIONS OF THIS PODCAST :

INTRO MUSIC -"Empty Rooms" by Gal Lev [GalevMusic.com & Artlist.io]

INTRO VIDEO FOOTAGE & LOGO - FreePik [FreePik.com]

ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST - [ArchitecturalDigest.com] - “Revisiting Gene Hackman's House in Santa Fe” by Joan Chatfield-Taylor

THE NEW YORK TIMES [NYTimes.com] - “A Haunting Coda : The 7 Days Gene Hackman's Wife Could No Longer Care for Him” by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Julia Jacobs, and Richard Fausset

PEOPLE MAGAZINE [www.People.com] - “Gene Hackman's Wife Betsy Arakawa's Body Had Signs of 'Mummification' When Discovered Here’s What That Means” by Vanessa Etienne

ASSOCIATED PRESS [APNews.com] - “Gene Hackman Died at Home a Week After Wife Betsy Arakawa Died from Hantavirus, Authorities Say” by Morgan Lee, Susan Montoya Bryan, & Lisa Bauman

HUFFINGTON POST [HuffPost.com] - “Gas Company Has “No Significant Findings” from Gene Hackman Home : Sheriff” by Marita Vlachou

INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE [IMDB.com] - “Gene Hackman" “The Quick and the Dead” “The French Connection” “Superman”

WIKIPEDIA [Wikipedia.org] - “Gene Hackman”

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS [Commons.Wikimedia.org]

Photographs of Gene Hackman :

“Gene Hackman at a book signing in June 2008”by Christopher Michael Little [ThisIsChrisLittle.com] - CC BY 2.0

“Gene Hackman at a book signing in June 2008” by Trish Overton - CC BY 2.0

“Newspaper interview photo of Gene Hackman” by Chicago Daily News, 1972 - PUBLIC DOMAIN

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