Episode 310 - Lie, Cheat and Kill - The Life and Crimes of HH Holmes with Brenda from Horrifying History

Man, what an episode!  We are joined by our spooky Friend Brenda from Horrifying History to dig into the life of liar, cheater and serial killer (meaning he killed more than one person for a similar reason, he was not a pattern killer) known as HH Holmes.  He was born Herman Webster Mudgett and as a child he was quiet, smart and studious.  He tried to claim a legacy as a devil or a fiend who murdered unfortunate souls in turn of the 20th Century Chicago and all across the country.  The truth is he started as a con man, using cadavers to cheat insurance companies out of money.  He had training as both a doctor and a pharmacist and could have easily built a lucrative career out of those two things but instead, he hatched scheme after scheme, took out loans under fraudulent names and just did as much as he could to make himself wealthy while doing the least amount of work.  He only began to kill people to cover up his lies and support his scams and we cover it all in this special episode discussing the life and crimes of HH Holmes!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support.