Book : Depraved The Definitive True Story Of H.h. Holmes,...

-Titulo Original : Depraved The Definitive True Story Of H.h. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-of-the-century Chicago

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Gallery Books

-Descripcion Original:

The heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechters Depraved tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago Worlds Fair. Destined to be a true crime classic (Flint Journal, MI), this authoritative account chronicles the methods and madness of a monster who slipped easily into a bright, affluent Midwestern suburb, where no one suspected the dapper, charming Holmes -- who alternately posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey -- was the architect of a labyrinthine Castle of Horrors. Holmes admitted to twenty-seven murders by the time his madhouse of trapdoors, asphyxiation devices, body chutes, and acid vats was exposed. The seminal profile of a homegrown madman in the era of Jack the Ripper, Depraved is also a mesmerizing tale of true detection long before the age of technological wizardry. Review The Boston Book Review An astonishing piece of popular history.Ann Rule This is must read for crime buffs!Caleb Carr author of The Alienist Riveting....Brilliantly detailed....Amazing.The Boston Book ReviewAn astonishing piece of popular history.Ann RuleThis is must read for crime buffs!Caleb Carrauthor of The AlienistRiveting....Brilliantly detailed....Amazing. About the Author Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, and, with David Everitt, The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. He is also the author of Nevermore and The Hum Bug, the acclaimed historical novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe. He lives in New York State.