H.H. Holmes By oliviamcguire May 16, 1861 Herman Webster Mudgett was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire http://www.biography.com/people/hh-holmes-307622 Jul 8, 1878 Married wife number one Clara Lovering. http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/holmes.htm Jun 1, 1884 Graduated medical school. http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/hh-holmes/ Jan 1, 1885 He got a job as a pharmacist in Chicago under the name Dr. H.H. Holmes. http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/hh-holmes/ Jan 28, 1887 He married wife number two Mytra Belknap. http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/holmes.htm Jan 1, 1889 Holmes began construction of the "castle". http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/hh-holmes/ Jun 15, 1891 H.H. Holmes began placing ads in newspapers offering jobs to women and saying he needed a wife. http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/hh-holmes/ Period: Jan 1, 1893 to Jan 1, 1895 H.H. Holmes had his killing spree for a period of 3 years. He would lure mostly women into rooms that were lined with gas lines and locked them in to let them die. These rooms were sound and escape proof. http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/holmes.htm Period: Jan 1, 1893 to Jan 1, 1895 Holmes would completely skin and remove everything up the bone and sell his victims skeletons to medical schools. http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/holmes.htm Feb 19, 1893 The hotel opened where he began to torture, trap, and kill hundreds of his guests. http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/holmes.htm Jan 9, 1894 He married his third (and last) wife Georgina Yoke. http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/holmes.htm Mar 15, 1894 Holmes and Pitezel began traveling the U.S. and scamming businesses for money. http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/hh-holmes/ May 19, 1894 Holmes killed Pitezel and his kids and took all his money for himself. http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/hh-holmes/ Dec 23, 1895 Holmes was caught and arrested. http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/holmes.htm Dec 26, 1895 The castle was burnt down for unknown reason. http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/holmes.htm May 7, 1896 H.H. Holmes was executed by being hung at Moyamensing prison in Philadelphia http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/holmes.htm
