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Herman Mudgett took the name Henry Howard Holmes<\/a> when he moved to Chicago to begin work as a pharmacist.\u00a0 He took on the new identity because he was on the run from as a suspect in some unexplained murders.\u00a0 Rather than start a new uneventful life, Holmes instead continued his killing spree, which earned him the title of America’s First Serial Killer.<\/p>\n Holmes famously built a rooming house that has been called a Horror Hotel and Murder Castle.\u00a0 He hired workers and fired them after they completed sections of the building.\u00a0 This was so none but Holmes would know the layout and the horrors hiding within.\u00a0 There were secret passageways, spots to spy on unsuspecting guests and rooms designed for murder.<\/p>\n The year was 1893 and the World’s Fair was in Chicago.\u00a0 Rooms were at a premium and Holmes had new potential victims arriving daily.\u00a0 After he was caught Holmes confessed to 27 murders but some folks put the actual number closer to 200.<\/p>\n Cheish Merryweather at Listverse posted 10 Horrifying Facts About H. H. Holmes\u2019 Hotel<\/a>.\u00a0 If you’ve read this far, you’ll probably want to click over.<\/p>\n