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Murder Hotel: The Story of America's First Serial Killer (2005)

NR | Oct 17, 2005 (GB) | Documentary | 00:51

A documentary about H.H. Holmes who was a famed serial killer in the late 1800s. He had a whole murder castle built specifically for that purpose. He spent nearly a decade hiring and firing builders to add pieces to his house that included pipes for pumping gas into bedrooms, a room built specifically to suffocate people, and a murder basement where he would strip the skin from his victims.

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James Garrett
Narrator (voice)
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David Canter
Self - Criminal Psychologist
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Joseph Kozenczak
Self (as Det. Joe Kozenczak)
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Howard Markel
Self - Medical Historian
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Liz Spikol
Self - Philadelphia Weekly
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Beth Pitezel
Self - Grandaughter of Victim
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Brenda Pitezel
Self - Grandaughter of Victim
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H.H. Holmes
Self (archive sound)

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