The Birth of America’s First Serial Killer

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

History, Paranormal, Ghosts, Folklore, Places & Travel, Monsters, Society & Culture, Legends, Newengland

4.8 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 317 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger roll into Gilmanton, New Hampshire, to see the birthplace of America’s first and possibly most prolific serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.H. Holmes. Holmes became most infamous for building the Murder Castle in Chicago during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Joining us on this adventure is Jeff Mudgett, author, researcher, History Channel host, and the great great grandson of H.H. Holmes. Officially, Holmes was hanged in prison May 7, 1896, and then buried in Philadelphia. But is that really Holmes in the grave? Listen to find out!

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0:00.0	All right, so we'll make a left up here onto Route 107.
0:07.0	Okay, got it.
0:09.0	And that should put us right in the middle of downtown Gilminton, New Hampshire.
0:12.8	This is a small town in Central New Hampshire.
0:15.1	Yeah.
0:16.1	It's not much a year.
0:17.1	No, no, just a few buildings.
0:18.3	There's the Gilminton Academy building over on our right, which means our destination is coming up right over there on our destination is coming up right over there on our left. You can pull over
0:26.8	wherever you can park on the side. Yeah, there's just a few buildings around here in downtown Gilminton and they're all painted white.
0:41.5	Yeah, there's the town offices offices the Gilminton Academy.
0:44.4	It's a church over there and right across the street from that church is our
0:48.6	destination. That White House. Okay, it's a two and a half story White House. Looks like a big
0:55.1	addition has been added on to the back of it. I can see a small sign on the
0:58.8	front that reads, built in 1825. Oh, so this house is almost two centuries old now. Is it haunted?
1:05.6	Sort of. Right, we've come to Gilmanton, New Hampshire to see the birthplace of America's
1:11.4	first and possibly most prolific serial killer,
1:15.0	H.H. Holmes.
1:17.0	Hello, I'm Jeff Blander.
1:24.4	And I'm Ray Oje.
1:25.2	Welcome to episode 317 of the New England Legends podcast.
1:29.4	Thanks for joining us as we'd chronicle every legend in New England one story at a time.
1:33.2	From true crime to ghosts, monsters, UFOs, roadside oddities, eccentric and just plain weird.
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