Inside a Serial Killer's 'Murder Castle'

About this episode

The episode explores the sensationalized crimes of H.H. Holmes, featuring insights from expert Dr. Harold Schechter.

He's one of the most famous serial killers in American history... but how much of H.H Holmes' gruesome crimes were sensationalised by the press at the time? Our guest today is Dr. Harold Schechter, professor at Queen’s College, City University of New York. He is the author of dozens of non-fiction books, including ‘ Depraved: the Definitive True Story of H.H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-Of-The-Century Chicago. ’ Edited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   All music from Epidemic Sounds. American History Hit is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Harold Schechter

Topics covered

• serial killers
• H.H. Holmes
• true crime
• American history
• media sensationalism
• Chicago history

Keywords

• H.H. Holmes
• serial killer
• Chicago
• true crime
• sensationalism
• American history

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Queen’s College, City University of New York, History Hit, Acast

Books & works: Depraved: the Definitive True Story of H.H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-Of-The-Century Chicago

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