Can a greedy doctor become a mass murderer? Dr H.H.Holmes in Chicago
In 1861 Herman Webster Mudgett was born to a respected New Hampshire family. In childhood he was fascinated with skeletons and soon became obsessed with death. Mudgett changed his name to H.H Holmes and studied medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School . While a student, Holmes stole cadavers from the laboratory, disfigured them and then planted the bodies as if they were killed in accidents. His passion for death had started early in life but his criminal skills began in medical school; it was only then he collected on fake insurance policies. Holmes was a very good medical student. In 1884 he passed his exams easily and in 1885 he moved to Chicago where he worked at a pharmacy as Dr Henry Holmes. When the owner of the business passed away, Holmes convinced the widow to sell him the shop in 1887. Holmes hired the Conner family from Iowa to work in the shop and keep the books, and the widow was never seen again! Holmes married a few times, often to more than one woma...