H.H. Holmes By Cheyenne Andres

About Holmes CAREER- Murderer EDUCATION – University of Michigan PLACE OF BIRTH- Gilmanton, New Hampshire BIRTH DATE – May 16, 1861 He started off as a little con artist He graduated from his local high school in 1877 He studied surgery and medicine Got a job at drug store, later the owners disappeared The drugstore then turned into the “the castle” Holmes appeared to very intelligent at an early age. Young Holmes sometimes dissecting and surgery on both live and dead animals Holmes was bullied during elementary school 1861- Born to a violent alcoholic family In his early schooling classmates forced him to view and touch a skeleton Death sentence May 7,1896 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

CRIMES/ NICKNAMES H.M. Howard - Herman Mudgett - Dr. Henry H. Holmes - Henry Holmes - H.H. Holmes H.H. Holmes was never punished right after his crimes its not until 1896 he gets the punishment for EVERYTHING, the death sentence Scamming people/ con artist 1886 20-200 Death sentence Robbed and killed the doctor and his wife 2

Evidence 20-200 kills The hotel is proof The police questioned Pat Qulan He admitted to doing 27 murders Using profiling, One thing that made this investigation harder was that the profile the were looking for was an uneducated, poor, male, with previous criminal history. Holmes did not meet any of these except for male. The hotel( murder castle) shows that Holmes chose his victims and were not random. He made his pray available and vulnerable through the castle, which relates to victimology. The chloroform was administered in such a high dosage, that it was visible on the stomach lining The were multiple skeletons found in the basement and as well as the skeleton mounts sold to many colleges.

More victims Ben Pitezel, 1894 Alice Pitezel, 1894 Howard Pitezel, 1894 Alice Pitezel, 1894 Nellie Pitezel, 1894 JULIA CONNER, 1891 PEARL CONNER, 1891 EMELINE CIGRAND, 1892 MINNIE WILLIAMS, 1893 NANNIE WILLIAMS, 1893 The 4 in brown, a father and his 3 children found all murdered. This is two of them The names in purple , there bones found in the “castle” basement were Its known that Emeline was given the chance to get away, Holmes gave her the chance because he changed his mind about her but not knowing what was to come for her she said she will stay with him later that night he killed her during her sleep

Quotes “I was born with the devil in me” “I could not help that I am a murderer or none more than a poet can help the inspiration to sing” "It was a wicked and dangerous thing to do to a child of tender years and health." - H. H. Holmes, Holmes' Own Story (Larson, 39 I chose this quote because it revealed the turning point in Holmes' life that opened him up to his fascination with death. From that moment on, Holmes embraced this interest and began capturing and dissecting small animals at a young age. In today's standards, this is a huge sign of Antisocial Personality Disorder, which indicates the characteristics of a sociopath.

Books/films/songs Had any movies or shows made about or focus on his/her life or crime? H.H. Holmes: Americas’ first serial killer (2004) Had any songs written specifically written about and focused on him/her? No songs Had any books specifically written about and focused on him/her? All Non-Fiction - The Devil in the white city (2003) by Erik Larson - The Torture Doctor H.H. Holmes America's First Serial Killer Film Trailer HQ (copy and paste)