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| H.H. Holmes | |||||
| At the same time that Jack the Ripper was terrorizing London, America was home to its own psychopathic monster. Calling himself Dr. H.H. Holmes, he was at least as notorious in his own way as "Saucy Jack." But while the latter's fame has grown through the years, Dr. Holmes--for unexplained reasons--has largely been forgotten. In the chronicle of American crime, however, he occupies a special place: he was our country's first documented serial killer. Much about his life and crimes remains shrouded in mystery. We know that his real name was Herman Mudgett, that he was born in the tiny N.H. village of Gilmanton Academy, and that--like other budding sociopaths--he enjoyed conducting "medical experiments" on small, living creatures during his childhood. |
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