The Murder Castle

45min

Documentary

Crime

H.H. Holmes builds a three-story hotel in Chicago where he tortures and kills an untold number of people visiting the city for the 1893 World's Fair.

Episodes

Cast

A Place to Stay

1. A Place to Stay

45min

28th Oct 2017

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 young women into his clutches. Before long, he makes each mysteriously vanish, never to be seen again.

Down the Cellar

2. Down the Cellar

45min

28th Oct 2017

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.

Fight or Flight

3. Fight or Flight

45min

28th Oct 2017

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 final escape from Chicago.

First air date

28th Oct 2017

Last air date

28th Oct 2017

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks