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EPISODE · Jun 10, 2026 · 22 MIN

H.H. HOLMES AND THE WORLD'S FAIR: AMERICA'S FIRST SERIAL KILLER

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Episode 109 | Historical EventsIn this History episode we focus on H.H. Holmes — the man who built a hotel blocks from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair fitted with gas jets, soundproofed rooms, and a basement kiln, used it to kill multiple people while 27 million visitors came to see the future, and was caught only when insurance fraud investigators found the trail.Twenty-seven million people came to see the future. Some walked in and never came out.#HistoryMystery #HHHolmes #WorldsFair #TrueCrime #HistoryPodcast

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