EPISODE · Apr 29, 2021 · 52 MIN
Strange Country Ep.188: H.H. Holmes
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H.H. Holmes carries the distinction of being America's first serial killer, possibly having murder between 20 to 200 people. But like most legends, things aren't always as the seem. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly peel away the layers of the white devil of Chicago in this episode and discover that it smells a bit like smegma. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: "H.H. Holmes." Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 12 June 2020, www.biography.com/crime-figure/hh-holmes. Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. Vintage, 2004. Little, Becky. "Did Serial Killer H.H. Holmes Really Build a 'Murder Castle'?" History.com, A&E Television Networks, 23 Jan. 2020, www.history.com/news/murder-castle-h-h-holmes-chicago. Pruitt, Sarah. "Was Paul Bunyan a Real Person?" History.com, A&E Television Networks, 20 Nov. 2015, https://www.history.com/news/was-paul-bunyan-a-real-person#:~:text=Historians%20believe%20Bunyan%20was%20based,Michigan%20after%20the%20Civil%20War.&text=The%20French%20pronunciation%20of%20Jean's,evolved%20into%20the%20surname%20Bunyan Selzer, Adam. H.H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil. Skyhorse. 2017 Stone, Rachel. "Backstory: The Oak Cliff Victims of Famed Serial Killer H.H. Holmes." Oak Cliff, 12 Oct. 2017, oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2017/10/backstory-oak-cliff-victims-famed-serial-killer-h-h-holmes/#:~:text=Serial killer H.H. Holmes conned,estate holdings before killing her.&text=The Williams girls, Minnie and,returned with her sister Nannie.
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