H.H. HOLMES THE AMERICAN RIPPER 1001 INTERVIEWS AUTHOR JEFF MUDGETT

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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AMERICAN RIPPER, Part 4 of our Jack The Ripper series features an exclusive interview with Jeff Mudgett, host of AE/History Channel's recent 8 episode documentary on the life and crimes of Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.H. Holmes, serial killer, and evidence that their research team has complied that they believe links HH Holmes to the Ripper murders in London. Mudgett discusses his challenges in writing the book "Bloodstains", which inspired the show, as well as the life and crimes of his great-great grandfather, HH Holmes, whose body count from his murder palace hotel in Chicago in 1893 and that of his mistresses and associates will never be fully known, as Holmes tended to incinerate most of his victims. Mudgett also discusses what it was like working with the History Channel teams in the making of the special.

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0:59.0	Teas and sees apply. The Oh, Hello everyone. Thanks for joining us today at 1,001 Heroes, Legends, Histories and Mysteries.
1:38.0	Many of you are familiar with this year's very popular A&E History Channel series, American Ripper,
1:45.0	an 8 episode television documentary co-hosted by Jeff Mudgett and
1:49.5	Averillis Fox, which covers the life of the notorious Swindler, Conman, and serial killer Herman Webster
1:57.0	Webster Mudgeett, known to history as H.H. Holmes.
2:02.0	H.H. Holmes is believed by some to have been the first serial killer in America
2:06.6	and was potentially responsible for as many as 200 murders in the late 19th century.
2:12.4	His most famous Murder Castle Hotel in Chicago
2:15.5	providing the opportunity for an unknown number of those,
2:19.0	his wives, children, relatives, employees, and accomplices adding to the list of victims.
2:26.9	In this television series, Jeff Mudgeett, Holmes' great-great-grandson, tries to prove a controversial theory that Holmes and Jack the Ripper
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