Site Of H. H. Holmes' Murder Castle - a photo on Flickriver

            "I was born with the devil in me."

H. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) was America's first interstate serial killer. In 1889 he mortgaged his family's drugstore to construct a building across the street. It measured 162x50 feet, 3 stories high, incongruent and made by separate contractors so that only he knew the building's true intent. The first floor contained the new drugstore and other shops. The upper two floors contained his office and a maze of windowless rooms with doors opening into brick walls, oddly-angled halls, stairways to nowhere, doors that opened from the outside only and a host of other strange constructions. Gas lines fed into many rooms and a chute led to a crematorium in the basement. In 1893 the Chicago World's Fair opened and Holmes killed many people from out of town who stayed here.

Holmes' confessions varied but the Chicago police estimate that 19 people were killed here, including young children. Nine were confirmed but estimates run as high as 200.

Located at 63rd and Wallace (north side of 63rd.)
Note that the actual location of the castle was to the left of the post office pictured here.

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Taken in: United States / Illinois / Chicago / Englewood (show map)

Taken on: May 9, 2014

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Camera: Canon PowerShot SD780 IS, f/9.0, 1/250 sec, 5.9mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

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ISO:	160
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