H.H. Holmes: America's Sinister First Serial Killer

Weirdly Normal Childhood

In order to understand a serial killer, looking into their childhood is usually a good place to start. Holmes was born in 1861 in New Hampshire. His parents were hard-working farmers who did everything they could to give their six children a healthy life.

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