The Bizarre, Retro and Everything Else: The Scariest Hotel in the World Was a Murder Castle with Built-In Traps

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

The Scariest Hotel in the World Was a Murder Castle with Built-In Traps

Fascinated with skeletons and obsessed with death, H.H. Holmes built an entire 3-story "Murder Castle" after moving to Chicago in 1886, complete with small rooms, trap doors, torture chambers, gas chambers, and every other scary contraption that you can imagine. Chicago's first serial killer opened... Sign in to see full entry.

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