H.H. Holmes and the Murder Castle

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Episode 498. Chicago, 1893. Twenty-seven million people come for the World's Fair. A pleasant, well-dressed doctor named Holmes places an ad for his hotel and waits. The women who answer are not foolish — they're careful. That's the whole trick. He built something that looked exactly like an opportunity. And by the time you know the difference, the door is already locked.

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