The Murder Castle

The Murder Castle

Documentary 2017

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Around the corner from the 1893 World's Fair, Dr. H.H. Holmes constructs a hotel as his very own "murder castle" to entrap young women. From the poison gas pumps to a basement boiler room, the building is engineered for murder from top to bottom.

Documentary 2017

TV-14

Starring Shawn Parr, Hugh Scully, Jane Bruce

EPISODE 1

A Place to Stay

By May 1893, Chicago's World's Fair is in full swing. Dr. H.H. Holmes welcomes visitors to his hotel, a block-long structure designed to lure eager, young women into his clutches. Before long, Holmes makes each mysteriously vanish, never to be seen again.

42 min · Oct 28, 2017 TV-14
EPISODE 2

Down the Cellar

Dr. H.H. Holmes, owner of Chicago's World's Fair Hotel, designed his entire Castle with murder in mind. But when forced to choose between wife and mistress, his next victim might not be his easiest.

42 min · Oct 28, 2017 TV-14
EPISODE 3

Fight or Flight

Dr. H.H. Holmes is America's first serial killer. He built his Castle with stolen money and keeps business brisk with stolen bodies. But when detectives begin closing in, Holmes invents new scams... in order to fund his fateful, final escape from Chicago.

41 min · Oct 28, 2017 TV-14

Shawn Parr

H.H. Holmes
Hugh Scully

Detective Geyer
Jane Bruce

Julia Connor
Kate Flanagan

Jane Rogers
Aurora Heimbach

Rosemary

About

The Murder Castle

DOCUMENTARY

Around the corner from the 1893 World's Fair, Dr. H.H. Holmes constructs a hotel as his very own "murder castle" to entrap young women. From the poison gas pumps to a basement boiler room, the building is engineered for murder from top to bottom.

Information

Studio: Investigation Discovery
Released: 2017
Rated: TV-14

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio: English (United States) (AAC)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.