Episode 457: H.H. Holmes Part 1
Morbid
The Death of Herman Steele
Herman's reputation in this New York village continued to decline towards the end of his residency. Not long before leaving he was involved in a scheme that was to avoid paying his debts. According to the Daily Boston Globe there was an older soldier, a veteran living in town who had for several months been dealing with like an unknown illness. It was like a shuddering cough, a lot of pain and the doctors kept trying to tell him it was malaria. He refused to believe this diagnosis and he believed that it was being caused by an injury he had received during the war.
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