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Episode 8: The Castle

Jun 15, 2015
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ANECDOTE

Bigamist Wedding Deception

  • Henry Howard (H. H. Holmes) married Georgiana under false pretenses while already married to others.
  • He used charm and false identities to entangle women and evade suspicion.
INSIGHT

Medical Knowledge Turned Criminal

  • Holmes parlayed medical training and curiosity about death into insurance fraud and body manipulation.
  • He turned knowledge of corpses and medicine into a repeatable money-making scheme.
ANECDOTE

The Castle: A Building Of Secrets

  • Holmes built the 'Castle' boarding house with secretive blueprints and replaced questioning workers.
  • He rented rooms to single women and ran his businesses from the building's ground floor and offices.
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