In the second of our two-part series looking at people who profited from bodies, I look at the life of Herman Webster Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes, a swindler, bigamist, quack doctor and murderer who operated mostly around Chicago in the 1880s and 90s. In this episode we look both at the legend of H.H. Holmes and the actual life of H.H. Holmes and find two very different stories.

The primary source for this episode is "H.H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil" by Adam Selzer.

The following articles were also used:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/heres-how-much-your-identity-goes-for-on-the-dark-web

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/07/man-faked-his-death-his-ex-wife-faked-his-funeral-then-their-son-found-him-alive/

Music for this episode is courtesy of musopen.org.

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