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Episode 460: H.H. Holmes Part 4

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The Deed of Benjamin Piedzel

H H Holmes and Benjamin Piedzel planned to build a murder castle in Fort Worth, Texas. When they got there, the land had been transferred six times from one alias to another. The two were arrested on charges of fraud for trying to buy horses with worthless promissory notes instead of cash. "I'm like, damn, you didn't think that was weird," says author Mark Whitaker.

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