MURDER, MAYHEM & THE “mURDER cASTLE!”
MURDER BY GASLIGHT
MURDER, MAYHEM, MYTHOLOGY & THE TRUE STORY OF H.H. HOLMES
NEW, UPDATED & UNCENSORED SECOND EDITION!
BY TROY TAYLOR (2025)
America during the Gaslight Era was a time and place of wealth and wonder, but beneath its gilded surface was a world of vice, crime, sin, and corruption. It was an age of robber barons, con artists, celebrity killers, and the greatest World’s Fair in our nation’s history.
And beneath those bright lights lurked H.H. Holmes. A sinister doctor with a talent for deception, Holmes slithered his way into American lore through a labyrinth of fraud, manipulation, and murder. Killing for profit and convenience, he claimed an unknown number of victims inside his infamous “Murder Castle” in Chicago, a monstrous edifice filled with trapdoors, twisting corridors, secret passages, hidden chambers, torture rooms, and a basement where the horrors of his crimes were quietly erased.
When his crimes caught up with him and he was forced to flee, Holmes left a trail of corpses and a legion of bewildered lawmen in his wake. The relentless pursuit that followed came to a grim finale after his capture with a courtroom spectacle that was hailed as the “Trial of the Century.”
In this chilling book, author Troy Taylor digs beneath the legends and sensational headlines to reveal the true story of H.H. Holmes. Stripping away the myths, inventions, and exaggerations, he presents a stark, razor-edged account of Holmes’ murders, his swindles, his false confessions, and the dark truths that he fought so desperately to bury!
more about the book!
In this new, updated, revised, and uncensored edition of MURDER BY GASLIGHT, author Troy Taylor delves deeper into the historical archives and contemporary records and newspapers to reveal a deeper — and often much darker — look at the life and crimes of Herman Mudgett, the man who became known to America and the rest of the world as “H.H. Holmes.”
Discover the background of H.H. Holmes and the many elements of his childhood and early life that twisted him into the monster that he became!
Find out about Holmes’ arrival in Chicago, the real story of how his business interests began, and how he managed to build the ominous structure that eventually became the “Murder Castle!”
Delve into the true victims of H.H. Holmes and learn how the mythology created about Holmes by the reporter of the day has colored the story of his murders, mysteries, and the Murder Castle!
Discover the real story behind the legend of H.H. Holmes and “Jack the Ripper.”
Travel along with Holmes during his terrifying journey across the Midwest, Canada, and New England, when three of his victims vanished along the way.
Delve into the life of accomplices like Patrick Quinlan and Benjamin Pitezel and how Ben’s death doomed Holmes forever!
And much more!
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