H H Holmes A Serial Killers Downfall

Author : Robert E. Hanlon
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809332639
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Survived by One written by Robert E. Hanlon and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 8, 1985, 18-year-old Tom Odle brutally murdered his parents and three siblings in the small southern Illinois town of Mount Vernon, sending shockwaves throughout the nation. The murder of the Odle family remains one of the most horrific family mass murders in U.S. history. Odle was sentenced to death and, after seventeen years on death row, expected a lethal injection to end his life. However, Illinois governor George Ryan’s moratorium on the death penalty in 2000, and later commutation of all death sentences in 2003, changed Odle’s sentence to natural life. The commutation of his death sentence was an epiphany for Odle. Prior to the commutation of his death sentence, Odle lived in denial, repressing any feelings about his family and his horrible crime. Following the commutation and the removal of the weight of eventual execution associated with his death sentence, he was confronted with an unfamiliar reality. A future. As a result, he realized that he needed to understand why he murdered his family. He reached out to Dr. Robert Hanlon, a neuropsychologist who had examined him in the past. Dr. Hanlon engaged Odle in a therapeutic process of introspection and self-reflection, which became the basis of their collaboration on this book. Hanlon tells a gripping story of Odle’s life as an abused child, the life experiences that formed his personality, and his tragic homicidal escalation to mass murder, seamlessly weaving into the narrative Odle’s unadorned reflections of his childhood, finding a new family on death row, and his belief in the powers of redemption. As our nation attempts to understand the continual mass murders occurring in the U.S., Survived by One sheds some light on the psychological aspects of why and how such acts of extreme carnage may occur. However, Survived by One offers a never-been-told perspective from the mass murderer himself, as he searches for the answers concurrently being asked by the nation and the world.

Author : Adam Selzer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510740856
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book H. H. Holmes written by Adam Selzer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, now updated with a new afterword discussing Holmes' exhumation on American Ripper. H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil is the first truly comprehensive book examining the life and career of a murderer who has become one of America’s great supervillains. It reveals not only the true story but how the legend evolved, taking advantage of hundreds of primary sources that have never been examined before, including legal documents, letters, articles, and records that have been buried in archives for more than a century. Though Holmes has become just as famous now as he was in 1895, a deep analysis of contemporary materials makes very clear how much of the story as we know came from reporters who were nowhere near the action, a dangerously unqualified new police chief, and, not least, lies invented by Holmes himself. Selzer has unearthed tons of stunning new data about Holmes, weaving together turn-of-the-century America, the killer’s background, and the wild cast of characters who circulated in and about the famous “castle” building. This book will be the first truly accurate account of what really happened in Holmes’s castle of horror, and now includes an afterword detailing the author's participation in Holmes' exhumation on the TV series, American Ripper. Exhaustively researched and painstakingly brought to life, H. H. Holmes will be an invaluable companion to the upcoming Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio movie about Holmes’s murder spree based on Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City.

Author : Frank Geyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781954895034
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book H. H. Holmes - a Serial Killer's Downfall written by Frank Geyer and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Herman W. Mudgett
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holmes' Own Story written by Herman W. Mudgett and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Holmes in the title of this book refers to the infamous serial killer H. H. Holmes, an American con artist and serial killer, who confessed to murdering 27 people in various states. This book was written by him during his imprisonment and prior to his execution in 1896.

Author : Adam Selzer
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 151071345X
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mysterious Chicago written by Adam Selzer and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Chicago historian Adam Selzer, expert on all of the Windy City’s quirks and oddities, comes a compelling heavily researched anthology of the stories behind its most fascinating unsolved mysteries. To create this unique volume, Selzer has collected forty unsolved mysteries from the 1800s to modern day. He has poured through all newspaper, magazine, and book references to them, and consulted expert historians. Topics covered include who really started the great Chicago fire, who was the first “automobile murderer,” and even if there was actually a vampire slaying at Rose Hill cemetery. The result is both a colorful read to get lost in, a window to a world of curiosity and wonder, as well as a volume that separates fact from fiction—true crime from urban legend. Complementing the gripping stories Selzer presents are original images of the crime and its suspects as developed by its original investigators. Readers will marvel at how each character and crime were presented, and happily journey with Selzer as he presents all facts and theories presented at the time of the “crime” and uses modern hindsight to assemble the pieces.

Author : Peter Vronsky
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698176146
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sons of Cain written by Peter Vronsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes. Before the term was coined in 1981, there were no "serial killers." There were only "monsters"--killers society first understood as werewolves, vampires, ghouls and witches or, later, Hitchcockian psychos. In Sons of Cain--a book that fills the gap between dry academic studies and sensationalized true crime--investigative historian Peter Vronsky examines our understanding of serial killing from its prehistoric anthropological evolutionary dimensions in the pre-civilization era (c. 15,000 BC) to today. Delving further back into human history and deeper into the human psyche than Serial Killers--Vronsky's 2004 book, which has been called the definitive history of serial murder--he focuses strictly on sexual serial killers: thrill killers who engage in murder, rape, torture, cannibalism and necrophilia, as opposed to for-profit serial killers, including hit men, or "political" serial killers, like terrorists or genocidal murderers. These sexual serial killers differ from all other serial killers in their motives and their foundations. They are uniquely human and--as popular culture has demonstrated--uniquely fascinating.

Author : Frank Geyer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781546759638
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holmes - a Serial Killer's Downfall written by Frank Geyer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the man who brought H. H. Holmes to justice, this book follows the criminal case as it unfolded in the 1890s, using detective notes, court documents, and newspaper articles. "It is not possible to find in the annals of criminal jurisprudence, a more deliberate and cold blooded villain than the central figure in this story, nor would the most careful research among the records of the prominent murder trials that have absorbed public attention during the past century, disclose the careful planning that made possible the apprehension of Holmes, the prosecution to an almost miraculous ending of the search for the missing children, or the equal of the forensic skill and cunning that wove the close web in which this man of many names and many murders was entangled." So wrote Frank P. Geyer, the man who built the murder case against the infamous serial killer H. H. Holmes. In this updated adaptation of his police procedural true crime account, he narrates his detective notes, reprints transcripts of Holmes's interviews with the police, includes court documents and letters from Holmes, the Pitezel children, and the legal system that brought justice to the case. Modern updates to the book include an expanded chronology, eyewitness newspaper accounts of Holmes's execution, and a bizarre twist, the 2017 court decision to allow descendants of the murderer to exhume his body. Students of the law, police detective work, serial killers, and the dark side of the human mind will find much to compel them in this highly illustrated true crime story.

Author : H H Holmes
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Serial Killer Dr. H. H. Holmes Speaks written by H H Holmes and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herman Webster Mudgett was his true name. He preferred to be known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes and he confessed to 27 murders, but only a few could be proven. Whatever the true number, Holmes, was a diabolical and bizarre person. Folklore pegs his murders at 200, but by any standard that number cannot be verified. No one doubts Holmes killed. However, he was not just known as a murderer; he was also known as a con man, swindler, and bigamist. As with nearly all legendary characters, his notoriety has grown through the years. Whether he killed a few or 200, his story remains one of the most interesting in the annals of crime. What you are about to read, are the words of H.H. Holmes written while awaiting trial in prison. His story is that of pathological killer. Why he felt it was necessary to write his account, will never be known. However, as a former detective, I saw that some murderers with a high level of intelligence, had a deep-seated need to tell their story. I believe some thought they would convince the detective of their innocence or provide a "valid" reason for their crimes. You will find the following H. H. Holmes essay fascinating while providing a unique and rare window into a serial killer's mind. Without question, you will find his words fascinating and disturbing.I have not edited his essay beyond adding a few comma's and correcting a few spelling errors.Prepare yourself for a frightening journey into the mind of a serial killer. NY Times Bestselling Author and former Detective Mike Rothmiller

Author : Harold Schechter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743490355
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Depraved written by Harold Schechter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is must reading for crime buffs. DEPRAVED demonstrates that sadistic psychopaths are not a modern day phenomena... gruesome, awesome, compelling reporting.' ANNE RULE. Here is the macabre story of H.H. Holmes, architect of the infamous 'Castle of Horror', whose labyrinth of trapdoors, stairways to nowhere, bedchambers fitted with peepholes and asphyxiating gas pipes, greased body chutes, and a cellar equipped with acid vats, a crematorium, and dissecting table, became an unspeakable domain of torture and murder. With stark, ghastly detail, DEPRAVED takes you into the mind of this evil genius - who alternatively posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey in 19th Century Chicago - and reveals a mesmerizing tale of true detection before the age of technological wizardry.

Author : Alexandra Midal
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 3956795431
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Murder Factory written by Alexandra Midal and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The simultaneous emergence of the serial killer and the assembly line as expressions of the rationality of modern production methods. In 1896, at the age of 35, Henry Howard Holmes, whose real name was Herman Webster Mudget, became the first serial killer in the United States, confessing to dozens of crimes. To carry out his activities quietly, he built in Chicago a building so vast that his neighbors called it the “Château.” Located just a stone's throw from the most sophisticated slaughterhouses in the world, lethal, practical, and comfortable, Holmes's building was equipped with the latest innovations. A rational, cozy masterpiece of crime dressed in slippers, Holmes's project fit perfectly into the functionalist project of the modern world. In The Murder Factory, Alexandra Midal examines the almost simultaneous emergence of the industrial revolution and the figure of the serial killer. Far from being a coincidence, it marks the rationality of new production methods—of which the assembly line and serial murder are two expressions. In the Holmes case, an antihero of modern history can shed light on the treatment of living things brought about by this economic, mechanical, and cultural revolution. H. H. Holmes's confessions, published in the Philadelphia Enquirer just before his execution in April 1896, follow Midal's text.