H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (born 1861)

H. H. Holmes

American con artist and serial killer (1861–1896)

Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist and serial killer active between 1891 and 1894. By the time of his execution in 1896, Holmes had engaged in a lengthy criminal career that included insurance fraud,…