Depraved - The Definitive True Story of H.H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-of-the-Century Chicago (Paperback)

The heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter's Depraved tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago World's Fair. "Destined to be a true crime classic" (Flint Journal, MI), this authoritative account chronicles the methods and madness of a monster who slipped easily into a bright, affluent Midwestern suburb, where no one suspected the dapper, charming Holmes -- who alternately posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey -- was the architect of a labyrinthine "Castle of Horrors." Holmes admitted to twenty-seven murders by the time his madhouse of trapdoors, asphyxiation devices, body chutes, and acid vats was exposed. The seminal profile of a homegrown madman in the era of Jack the Ripper, Depraved is also a mesmerizing tale of true detection long before the age of technological wizardry.

General

Imprint:	Gallery Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	August 2008
Authors:	Harold Schechter
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-1-4391-2405-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime
LSN:	1-4391-2405-1
Barcode:	9781439124055

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