The Murder Castle

DocumentaryCrime

H.H. Holmes builds a three-story hotel in Chicago where he tortures and kills an untold number of people visiting the city for the 1893 World's Fair.

Oct 28, 20171 seasons3 episodesEndedEN

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Shawn Parr

H.H. Holmes

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Hugh Scully

Detective Geyer

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Seasons

Season 1

3 episodes

Premiered Oct 28, 2017

Episodes

1–3 of 3

Ep 1

A Place to Stay

Oct 28, 2017

44m

By May 1893, Chicago's World's Fair is in full swing. Dr. H.H. Holmes welcomes visitors to his hotel, a block-long structure designed to lure young women into his clutches. Before long, he makes each mysteriously vanish, never to be seen again.

Ep 2

Down the Cellar

Oct 28, 2017

44m

Dr. H.H. Holmes, owner of Chicago's World's Fair Hotel, designed his entire Castle with murder in mind. But when forced to choose between wife and mistress, his next victim might not be his easiest.

Ep 3

Fight or Flight

Oct 28, 2017

44m

Dr. H.H. Holmes is America's first serial killer. He built his Castle with stolen money and keeps business brisk with stolen bodies. But when detectives begin closing in, Holmes invents new scams...in order to fund his final escape from Chicago.