Holmes' Own Story
Autor Jd Crighton, MD Herman W. Mudgetten Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 mai 2018
Who was H. H. Holmes, the killer made famous in the "Devil in the White City?"
Did he build a 'Murder Castle' to lure victims into secret rooms, vaults, and gas chambers and to prey on Chicago's World's Fair travelers?
In Holmes' Own, you will discover:
- HH Holmes 1895 memoir written by Holmes while he awaited trial
- Moyamensing Prison diary
- Confession of twenty-seven murders of men, women, and children (1896)
- Judgement day with Holmes' death by hanging at Moyamensing Prison
- Unusual concrete burial at historic Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania
- Holmes planned reincarnation
- Philadelphia Detective Frank P. Geyer interview about Holmes' plan to murder Georgiana Yoke, his third wife
- Mrs. Benjamin Pitezel interview after Holmes' execution
- Sources, Illustration Credits, Bibliography, Notes, and Index
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
To the Reader
PART ONE: HOLMES' OWN STORY
Handwritten Statement
Holmes' Preface
Holmes' Own Story
Moyamensing Prison Diary Appendix
PART TWO: CONFESSED 27 MURDERS
The Tale of the Greatest Criminal in History
Murder 1: Dr. Robert Leacock
Murder 2: Dr. Russell
Murders 3, 4: Mrs. Julia L. Connor, Daughter, Pearl
Murder 5: Rogers
Murder 6: Charles Cole
Murder 7: Lizzie
Murders 8, 9, 10: Mrs. Sarah Cook, Baby, Niece
Murder 11: Miss Emeline Cigrand
Three Unsuccessful Attempts of Triple Murder
Murder 12: Miss Rosine Van Jassand
Murder 13: Robert Latimer
Murder 14: Miss Anna Betts
Murder 15: Miss Gertrude Conner
Murder 16: Miss Kate Durkee
Murder 17: Mr. Warner
Murder 18: Rogers, A Young Englishman
Murder 19: A Female Boarder
Murders 20, 21: Minnie and Nannie Williams
Murder 22: Unknown Chicago Man
Murder 23: Baldwin Williams
Murder 24: Benjamin F. Pitezel
Murder 25: Howard Pitezel
Murders 26, 27: Alice and Nellie Pitezel
Attempted Murder of Mrs. Pitezel, Two Children
Conclusion of Confession
Statement from Detective Geyer
PART THREE: LIED THEN DIED
Judgment Day - Thursday, May 7, 1896
Concrete Burial - Friday, May 8, 1896
Holmes' Reincarnation?
Illustration Credits
Bibliography
Notes
Index
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781946100016
ISBN-10: 1946100013
Pagini: 330
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Aerobear Classics
ISBN-10: 1946100013
Pagini: 330
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Aerobear Classics