HH HOLMES Ep. 3 | “Web of Lies”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Documentary, History, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After Holmes flees Chicago during the World’s Fair, he briefly settles in Fort Worth, Texas before an arrest warrant causes him to flee again. In St. Louis, he and his sometime partner, Benjamin Pitezel, prepare to execute a plan to commit life insurance fraud by faking Pitezel’s death. But when the law comes knocking again, they run to Philadelphia to enact their scheme. Thanks to our sponsor, Quince! Use this link for Free Shipping and 365-day returns: Quince.com/InfamousAmerica Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.6	Thank you. When H.H. Holmes left Chicago in October of 1893, he left behind a trail of fraud and destruction.
1:10.2	The top floor of his castle stood blackened against the Chicago skyline.
1:14.6	His second wife, Myrta, and their young daughter were hidden away in an apartment on the north side of the city.
1:20.7	An army of investigators from insurance companies, debt collectors, and police districts
1:25.7	were wading through mounds of paperwork and false
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