Murderous History
Chicago's White City Devil
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By the late 1800s, Chicago had transformed from a swampland off Lake Michigan to the second-biggest city in the U.S. In just a decade, its population doubled to over one million; one of its new arrivals was a doctor named H.H. Holmes, often described as "America’s first serial killer." Travel back to 1893 and discover the story of a villain who confounded the police and the press and whose legacy continues to haunt the city to this day. Then discover how careful police work finally brought this ruthless murderer to justice.