HH Holmes goes to trial for the murder of Benjamin Pitezel. The legal battle is headline news, and he loves the attention. During that time, investigators make disturbing discoveries in the basement of the Murder Castle in Chicago, and the legend of Holmes as the arch fiend of the World’s Fair and America’s most prolific killer is born.

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