Murder Hotel (2005)

Murder Hotel: The Story of America’s First Serial Killer (2005)

Fascinating documentary on America’s first known serial killer, the psychotic Illinois doctor, Herman Webster Mudgett, aka, H.H Holmes who built his own ‘murder hotel’, specifically with murder in mind, complete with secret packages, sliding chutes a cellar morgue …. While Holmes would confess to 27 murders, of which four were confirmed, the actual body count could be as high as 200…

“While in Chicago during the summer of 1886, Holmes came across Dr. E.S. Holton’s drugstore at the corner of S. Wallace and W. 63rd Street, in the Englewood neighborhood. With Holton suffering from cancer, his wife minded the store. Overwhelmed by personal sorrow and the responsibility of managing a business, Mrs. Holton gave Holmes a job. Holmes proved himself to be a stellar employee. …” Wikipedia