S1 Ep22: H.H. Holmes and His Macabre "Murder Castle"

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

He was born Herman Webster Mudgett, a bright boy beloved by his teachers because of his kind demeanor and thirst for knowledge. Later, the world would know him as H.H. Holmes, a man so determined to murder that he designed a home in Chicago complete with torture chambers, trap doors and a crematorium.

Holmes' tale not only shocked the world, but it forever tainted the legacy of Chicago's 1893 world fair that helped a madman lure an unknown number of victims.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

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0:00.0	These days, it's nice to know what you're getting.
0:03.3	Like the same, hmm.
0:05.0	When you took into our tasty breakfast, the same, yes!
0:08.2	When your kids stay in eat breakfast for free, the same, woo!
0:12.0	Knowing there are over 800 hotels and the same, ah!
0:16.2	Every time you sink into one of our super comfy beds,
0:19.4	enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip.
0:21.6	Premier in, rest easy,
0:23.6	only available to book at premierin.com.
0:26.4	The season sees apply up to two kids stay in eat breakfast free with a full-paying adult.
0:36.4	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking
0:40.6	that they earn the label crime of the century.
0:44.6	But the stories that made headlines and decades passed
0:47.6	aren't necessarily remembered today.
0:52.6	I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author.
0:56.6	And in each episode of this show, I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today,
1:01.6	but was huge when it happened.
1:04.6	This is crimes of the centuries.
1:08.6	When a patent attorney was found dead in the Philadelphia apartment he kept above his office,
1:25.6	it seemed a horrific accident.
1:28.6	The man, named B.F. Perry, had burns disfiguring his face.
1:33.6	Evidence of a chemical explosion littered the floor around him.
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