life overview
early crime
hotel of horors
life after crime
fun facts
100

He moved here for his first job

Chicago

100

True or false. His friend faked his death

False, Holmes killed him. 

100

what was the hotel named after the true purpose was revealed

murder castle

100

what was he arrested for 

the murders of his friend and three of his children 

100

what did he preform surgery on as a child

dead animals

200

Who did he supposedly kill as a child?

A childhood playmate. 

200

how did he originally steal people life savings

becoming engaged and murdering them

200

how did he kill people in the locked rooms

gas jets; asphyxiation. 

200

how many murders did he LATER confess to

130

200

how many women was he married to at once

3

300

He attended this college to study medicine. 

The University of Michigan.  

300

how did he benefit from his employee's deaths

making them carry a life insurance policy with him as beneficiary. 

300

where did the trapdoors lead

the basement

300

how many murders do some researchers believe he may have committed. 

over 200

300

what did he sell to medical science

his victims skeletons

400

This day is when H.H. Holmes died.

May 7th, 1896

400

what was his first job

pharmacist 

400

how did he dispose of the bodies

pits of acid or a kiln. 

400

how many murders did he ORIGINALLY confess to 

27

400

true or false: he was known as americas first serial killer

true

500

This day is H.H. Holmes's birthday.

May 16th, 1861

500

how much did he make from his friend's death scheme?

$10,000

500

name three of the features of the castle

three of the following: secret passages, trapdoors, hallways and staircases that led nowhere, and soundproof rooms, doors that locked from the outside, pits of acid, or a kiln

500

how much did he sell his story for 

$10,000

500

where did he ask to be buried

under 10 feet of concrete