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H. H. Holmes: Original Evil

H. H. Holmes: Original Evil

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H. H. Holmes: Original Evil

2018

1h 5m

2.1(5 votes)

Documentary

Overview

In the world of evil and deranged serial killers, there is no equal. Meet the Dark Lord of a murder castle who killed roughly 200 people in a self-made house of horrors who may have also been the notorious Jack the Ripper.

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Philip Gardiner

Self - Narrator

Nathan Head

Nathan Head

Herman Webster Mudgett

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Directed by: Philip Gardiner
Written by: Philip Gardiner
Produced by: Philip Gardiner

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