The Resource H.H. Holmes : the true history of the White City Devil, by Adam Selzer
H.H. Holmes : the true history of the White City Devil, by Adam Selzer
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- Summary
- Herman W. Mudgett, better known by his alias, H.H. Holmes, is considered America's first-- and most notorious-- serial killer. During the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the basement of his house in Englewood, Illinois contained a torture chamber with crematory. Mudgett confessed to killing 27 people, but legends say the number may be in the hundreds. Selzer reveals not only the true story but how the legend evolved, taking advantage of hundreds of primary sources that have never been examined before
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 430 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Mudgett
- Swindler
- Victims
- A World's Fair hotel
- Holmes goes west
- Philadelphia
- On the run
- Mudgett again
- Caught
- The calm before the storm
- Exposed
- Holmes mania
- Dog days of August
- The trial
- After the judgment
- The confession
- The hanging
- Aftermath
- Evolution of a legend
- Appendix A. Victims
- Appendix B. Aliases used by Herman Webster Mudgett
- Isbn
- 9781510713437
- Label
- H.H. Holmes : the true history of the White City Devil
- Title
- H.H. Holmes
- Title remainder
- the true history of the White City Devil
- Statement of responsibility
- by Adam Selzer
- Subject
-
- Biographies
- Biography
- Case studies
- Chicago (ILL) -- History -- 19th century
- trueChicago, Illinois -- History -- 19th century
- trueFraud
- Illinois -- Chicago
- trueLife stories -- Law and order | Criminals and law-breakers
- Mudgett, Herman W, 1861-1896
- Mudgett, Herman W, 1861-1896
- trueMudgett, Herman W, 1861-1896
- trueMurder
- Serial murderers
- trueSerial murderers
- Serial murderers -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- trueSerial murders
- Serial murders
- Serial murders -- Illinois | Chicago -- Case studies
- trueSwindlers and swindling
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers
- trueTrue Crime -- Historical Crime
- trueTrue Crime -- Murder
- True crime stories
- True crime stories
- trueWorld's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Gilded Age
- true1890s -- 1890 -- 1899
- trueBigamy
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Herman W. Mudgett, better known by his alias, H.H. Holmes, is considered America's first-- and most notorious-- serial killer. During the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the basement of his house in Englewood, Illinois contained a torture chamber with crematory. Mudgett confessed to killing 27 people, but legends say the number may be in the hundreds. Selzer reveals not only the true story but how the legend evolved, taking advantage of hundreds of primary sources that have never been examined before
- Summary
- Provides an in-depth, detailed, historical account of the serial killer who took advantage of the crowds drawn to the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago to select his victims, many of whom lived in his boardinghouse “castle” of horrors
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10560077
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Selzer, Adam
- Dewey number
-
- 364.152/32092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6248.M8
- LC item number
- S45 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mudgett, Herman W
- Mudgett, Herman W
- Serial murderers
- Serial murders
- Chicago (ILL)
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers
- Mudgett, Herman W
- Serial murderers
- Serial murders
- Illinois
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the true history of the White City devil
- Label
- H.H. Holmes : the true history of the White City Devil, by Adam Selzer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-422) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Mudgett -- Swindler -- Victims -- A World's Fair hotel -- Holmes goes west -- Philadelphia -- On the run -- Mudgett again -- Caught -- The calm before the storm -- Exposed -- Holmes mania -- Dog days of August -- The trial -- After the judgment -- The confession -- The hanging -- Aftermath -- Evolution of a legend -- Appendix A. Victims -- Appendix B. Aliases used by Herman Webster Mudgett
- Control code
- 20903385
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 430 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781510713437
- Lccn
- 2017001831
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn979413723
- (OCoLC)979413723
- Label
- H.H. Holmes : the true history of the White City Devil, by Adam Selzer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-422) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Mudgett -- Swindler -- Victims -- A World's Fair hotel -- Holmes goes west -- Philadelphia -- On the run -- Mudgett again -- Caught -- The calm before the storm -- Exposed -- Holmes mania -- Dog days of August -- The trial -- After the judgment -- The confession -- The hanging -- Aftermath -- Evolution of a legend -- Appendix A. Victims -- Appendix B. Aliases used by Herman Webster Mudgett
- Control code
- 20903385
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 430 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781510713437
- Lccn
- 2017001831
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn979413723
- (OCoLC)979413723
Subject
- Biographies
- Biography
- Case studies
- Chicago (ILL) -- History -- 19th century
- trueChicago, Illinois -- History -- 19th century
- trueFraud
- Illinois -- Chicago
- trueLife stories -- Law and order | Criminals and law-breakers
- Mudgett, Herman W, 1861-1896
- Mudgett, Herman W, 1861-1896
- trueMudgett, Herman W, 1861-1896
- trueMurder
- Serial murderers
- trueSerial murderers
- Serial murderers -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- trueSerial murders
- Serial murders
- Serial murders -- Illinois | Chicago -- Case studies
- trueSwindlers and swindling
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers
- trueTrue Crime -- Historical Crime
- trueTrue Crime -- Murder
- True crime stories
- True crime stories
- trueWorld's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Gilded Age
- true1890s -- 1890 -- 1899
- trueBigamy
- Biographies
Genre
- trueTrue Crime
- True crime stories
- trueCase studies
- trueBiography
- trueHistory writing
- trueBiographies
- trueLife stories
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