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

No Signs Leading Up to Murders

Usually, serial killers will suffer some sort of trauma in order for them to become who they were. Whether it was abusive parents or a horrific accident, psychologists can usually pinpoint what went wrong in their childhood. Holmes was different… Everything seemed normal. 

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