The Backstory: The 1893 World’s Fair murder castle
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
He’s been called the devil, the monster. But H.H. Holmes was America’s first known serial killer. Even he said killing was his destiny. His victims were men, women, and even little children, many coming to Chicago and his hotel for the great 1893 World’s Fair. The tabloid press described his murders and then embellished the story.
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| 0:00.0 | You like true crime, the murder scene, the investigation, the unraveling of the who-done-it. |
| 0:06.0 | Take this young doctor in Chicago in the early 1890s. |
| 0:10.0 | He gets people to work for him at his hotel, even marries some of the young women, but then suddenly they disappear. |
| 0:16.6 | Turns out they're suffocated, burned, or even starved to death. |
| 0:20.1 | Their body's often dissected. |
| 0:22.1 | I'm Patty Steele. America's first serial killer at the |
| 0:25.8 | 1893 World's Fair. Next on the backstory. |
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