The Life of a Man: A Memoir

As a child, his classmates forced him to view and touch a human skeleton after learning that he was afraid of the town doctor. The prank backfired though, generating a deep fascination rather than frightening him off. Soon the boy was expressing interest in medicine; one report claims that he would actually perform surgery on animals. Along with his excellent performance in school, he was able to pursue that interest and enter medical school,. enrolling at the university of michigan as h h holmes in 18 79. He an easy way to make money, a drive that would fuel many of his future crimes. It involved stealing a cadaver from the medical lab. Holmes would disfigure the corpse,