H.H. Holmes and his Murder Castle

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1. H.H. Holmes was the name he went by, but what was his real name? Peter Mudgett Arthur Mudgett Simon Mudgett Herman W. Mudgett

2. He was always getting in trouble as a young boy and while in medical school he was involved in an insurance scam in which he was almost caught. What was it? Stealing and insuring cadavers. Faked a suicide. Setting buildings on fire that he owned. Insured and killed horses.

3. H.H. Holmes was not seen for five years after he left medical school. He eventually showed up in Wilmette, Illinois in 1885 posing as an inventor. Where was he and what was he doing during that time he was missing? No one knows. Inventing. Selling farm equipment. Selling insurance

4. Holmes then moved to Chicago where he began a copier business that went belly up. He then moved to the Englewood section of Chicago becoming a pharmacist. Quickly he became the proprietor and then owner of the pharmacy when the real owner disappeared. What did he tell everyone about her disappearance? She moved out west. Problems with her family back east. She retired. He did not know.

5. Once he owned the pharmacy he used the profits to build a hotel across the street. What did he call it? California Embassy Eagle He never named it,

6. Holmes opened his hotel in 1892 but there was something unusual about it that no one ever questioned. What was it? Iron plates blocking some of the guest windows. All of these. Some of the rooms’ doors were locked from the outside only. Some of the guest rooms had their drapes drawn constantly.

7. After the Columbia Exposition closed there was a long list of missing people. How many were traced back to Holmes Hotel? At least 50 Over 100 No fewer than 25 At least 72

8. Once the Exposition closed he took ads out in small town newspapers around the Midwest advertising what? Lodging for the night Proposals of marriage All of these Job opportunities

9. Holmes was finally arrested in 1894 but not for murder, what was it that he was charged with? Income tax evasion Insurance Fraud Horse swindling Theft

10. What happened to the hotel? It burned down. It was turned into a YMCA. It became a bed and breakfast. It became a church.