Murder Castle Third Floor

Herman webster mudgett may 16 1861 may 7 1896 better known as dr.

Murder castle third floor.

The third floor consisted of apartments offices and holmes living quarters. Despite the confession of the 27 murders during the pitezel trial it is speculated that holmes may. Holmes is notoriously known as one of america s first serial killers who lured victims into his hotel dubbed the murder castle during the chicago world s fair in 1893. The third floor consisted of apartments.

Henry howard holmes or h. Holmes murder castle at 63rd and wallace streets shown in march 1937. While he confessed to 27 murders he was convicted and sentenced to death for only one murder that of accomplice and business partner benjamin pitezel. The initial construction of the building now known as the hh holmes murder castle took place in 1887 at the time it was just a two story building with retail on one floor and apartments on the next.

Holmes was an american serial killer. V iewed from the outside the murder castle was simply a big ungainly building one of the architectural monstrosities common in the nineties. Holmes built in features to facilitate his murder spree including a third floor room padded to muffle sound. But its interior honeycombed with trap doors and secret passageways and walled up rooms was the fulfillment of every small boy s dream of a haunted house.