The murders would eventually be linked to Herman Webster Mudgett, also known as Dr. H. H. Holmes, a serial killer who operated a “World’s Fair Hotel” near the fairgrounds. Mudgett is ...

Herman Webster Mudgett [aka H.H. Holmes] (1861-96) Often considered America’s first serial killer, H.H. Holmes, was a ...

Herman Webster Mudgett Jr., who was buried face down in the late 1800s after achieving the distinction of becoming America's first serial killer, seems to be back and out for revenge. The intrepid ...

Not long after Jack the Ripper haunted the ill-lit streets of 1888 London, H.H. Holmes (born Herman Webster Mudgett) dispatched somewhere between 27 and 200 people, mostly single young women ...