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Murder Hotel: The Story of America's First Serial Killer

Oct 17, 2005 · 51m
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A documentary about H.H. Holmes who was a famed serial killer in the late 1800s. He had a whole murder castle built specifically for that purpose. He spent nearly a decade hiring and firing builders to add pieces to his house that included pipes for pumping gas into bedrooms, a room built specifically to suffocate people, and a murder basement where he would strip the skin from his victims.

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CAST

James Garrett
Narrator (voice)
David Canter
Self - Criminal Psychologist
Joseph Kozenczak
Self (as Det. Joe Kozenczak)
Howard Markel
Self - Medical Historian
Liz Spikol
Self - Philadelphia Weekly
Beth Pitezel
Self - Grandaughter of Victim
Brenda Pitezel
Self - Grandaughter of Victim
H.H. Holmes
Self (archive sound)
Directed by David Monaghan

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
David Monaghan Productions, ITV West, Barcud Derwen
Country
GB
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