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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.
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.
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.