This is the chilling story of America's first serial killer, featuring a CGI recreation of the elaborate 60-room castle he designed to murder around 200 women. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl The chilling story of America's first serial killer, featuring a CGI recreation of the elaborate 60-room castle he designed to murder around 200 women. HH Holmes began his career of murder in 1888, while Jack the Ripper was infamously at work in London. Though not as well known today as the Ripper, the Chicago-based Holmes was far more prolific. He finally confessed to 28 horrific killings, and was implicated in 200 more, after a private detective made a series of gruesome discoveries in Holmes' mansion-cum-boarding house, a place purpose-built for perversion, murder and the disposal of bodies. Hanged in May 1896, his final words were 'I built a castle for the pleasure of killing my fellow beings'. This film was first broadcast: 10 Oct 2005 Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OurLifeChannel.ITVS Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Taste - bit.ly/3OZoDcV Our Life brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform. Content distributed by ITV Studios.
