Holmes' Own Story

Large Print format. A fascinating look into the mind of one of America's first serial killers!



Who was H. H. Holmes, the killer made famous in the "Devil in the White City?"



Did he build a 'Murder Castle' to lure victims into secret rooms, vaults, and gas chambers and to prey on Chicago's World's Fair travelers?



In Holmes' Own, you will discover:



HH Holmes 1895 memoir written by Holmes while he awaited trial Moyamensing Prison diary Confession of twenty-seven murders of men, women, and children (1896) Judgement day with Holmes' death by hanging at Moyamensing Prison Unusual concrete burial at historic Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania Holmes planned reincarnation Philadelphia Detective Frank P. Geyer interview about Holmes' plan to murder Georgiana Yoke, his third wife Mrs. Benjamin Pitezel interview after Holmes' execution Sources, Illustration Credits, Bibliography, Notes, and Index





Bonus - 87 rare historical illustrations with Herman Webster Mudgett's (Holmes) birth and death certificates







Table of Contents:







List of Illustrations



To the Reader







PART ONE: HOLMES' OWN STORY



Handwritten Statement



Holmes' Preface



Holmes' Own Story



Moyamensing Prison Diary Appendix







PART TWO: CONFESSED 27 MURDERS



The Tale of the Greatest Criminal in History



Murder 1: Dr. Robert Leacock



Murder 2: Dr. Russell



Murders 3, 4: Mrs. Julia L. Connor, Daughter, Pearl



Murder 5: Rogers



Murder 6: Charles Cole



Murder 7: Lizzie



Murders 8, 9, 10: Mrs. Sarah Cook, Baby, Niece



Murder 11: Miss Emeline Cigrand



Three Unsuccessful Attempts of Triple Murder



Murder 12: Miss Rosine Van Jassand



Murder 13: Robert Latimer



Murder 14: Miss Anna Betts



Murder 15: Miss Gertrude Conner



Murder 16: Miss Kate Durkee



Murder 17: Mr. Warner



Murder 18: Rogers, A Young Englishman



Murder 19: A Female Boarder



Murders 20, 21: Minnie and Nannie Williams



Murder 22: Unknown Chicago Man



Murder 23: Baldwin Williams



Murder 24: Benjamin F. Pitezel



Murder 25: Howard Pitezel



Murders 26, 27: Alice and Nellie Pitezel



Attempted Murder of Mrs. Pitezel, Two Children



Conclusion of Confession



Statement from Detective Geyer







PART THREE: LIED THEN DIED



Judgment Day - Thursday, May 7, 1896



Concrete Burial - Friday, May 8, 1896



Holmes' Reincarnation?







Illustration Credits



Bibliography



Notes



Index







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