The Murder Factory: Life and Work of H. H. Holmes, First American Serial Killer

by Alexandra Midal

The simultaneous emergence of the serial killer and the assembly line as expressions of the rationality of modern production methods.

In 1896, at the age of 35, Henry Howard Holmes, whose real name was Herman Webster Mudget, became the first serial killer in the United States, confessing to dozens of crimes. To carry out his activities quietly, he built in Chicago a building so vast that his neighbors called it the "Ch teau." Located just...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3956795431
• ISBN13: 9783956795435
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 6.9"