This day in history: H.H. Holmes was arrested on this day in 1894. Perhaps one of America's first serial killers, Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) confessed to 27 murders. He is said to have killed as many as 200. During the 1890's world fair in Chicago, he built what came to be known as a murder castle, a building that had rooms with hinged walls, false partitions, secret passageways, and even airtight rooms that were connected to pipelines filled with gas which Holmes used as gas chambers. Chutes were used to deliver bodies to the basement where they were dissected. His story is featured in the excellent book by Erik Larson "The Devil in the White City" which will soon be released as a mini-series starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
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