53: History of Everything: HH Holmes, Americas First Serial Killer

History of Everything

History, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist and serial killer, the subject of more than 50 lawsuits in Chicago alone. Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Join the Book Club on http://chirpbooks.com/history Get some delicious COFFEE Podcast Youtube Channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.3	You've probably already noticed that from the beginning here, Gabby is not here.
0:44.2	I'm going to go ahead and provide a little bit of an explanation.
0:46.2	There are two reasons for that.
0:48.6	First and foremost, she is sick.
0:51.1	So it is just me that is going to be telling this story here today.
0:54.6	Secondly, considering the subject of the matter, or matter of the subject, wait, am I messing that up?
1:02.5	Okay, considering the subject of what it is that we are talking about today, this is not exactly something that she is too keen on hearing anyway.
1:12.6	If you recall that whole episode that we did,
1:15.0	the main one involving the serial killer of Russia,
1:20.1	yeah, that got to be pretty gruesome.
1:23.6	Now, because of that, mind you,
1:25.8	we're not going to put in necessarily nearly as much detail,
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