Murder Hotel: The Story of America's First Serial Killer (2005)

Plot Summary

A documentary about H.H. Holmes who was a famed serial killer in the late 1800s. He had a whole murder castle built specifically for that purpose. He spent nearly a decade hiring and firing builders to add pieces to his house that included pipes for pumping gas into bedrooms, a room built specifically to suffocate people, and a murder basement where he would strip the skin from his victims.

Full Cast & Characters

James Garrett

Narrator (voice)

David Canter

Self - Criminal Psychologist

Joseph Kozenczak

Self (as Det. Joe Kozenczak)

Howard Markel

Self - Medical Historian

Liz Spikol

Self - Philadelphia Weekly

Beth Pitezel

Self - Grandaughter of Victim

Brenda Pitezel

Self - Grandaughter of Victim

H.H. Holmes

Self (archive sound)

Director & Crew

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