Name: American Ripper
Released: 2017-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jeff Mudgett, Amaryllis Fox

TV Show · Crime · Documentary

At age 40, California attorney Jeff Mudgett is stunned to learn a gruesome family secret; his great-great-grandfather was Herman H. Mudgett, a.k.a Dr. H. H. Holmes, the man considered to be America's first "serial killer." Holmes' audacious acts of mass murder have become that of legend.

2017 · 40m

Starring Jeff Mudgett, Amaryllis Fox

EPISODE 1

Devil in the Details

Could history's two most notorious killers actually be the same man? Jeff Mudgett, great-great-grandson of America's first serial killer and expert con man, H.H. Holmes, and ex-CIA operative Amaryllis Fox team up to investigate the theory that Holmes was Britain's infamous murderer, Jack the Ripper.

40m
EPISODE 2

The Butcher's Blade

Revealing the gruesome details of the Jack the Ripper murders, Jeff & Amaryllis challenge Ripper myths in the hunt for a link to H.H. Holmes.

39m
EPISODE 3

Whitechapel Runs Red

The Jack the Ripper letters contain an unexpected link to H.H. Holmes; Scotland Yard’s list of credible suspects uncovers a key detail of the manhunt; and eyewitness accounts reveal the face of a killer.

39m
EPISODE 4

Home Sweet Hell

An investigation into the gruesome details of Holmes' infamous Murder Castle leads to the discovery that he may have been killing victims all over Chicago and beyond; while a report surfaces that the Ripper may have killed in the U.S.

40m
EPISODE 5

Black Heart, White City

Investigating the 1893 World's Fair that turned Chicago into H.H. Holmes' killing ground, Jeff and Amaryllis discover an unexpected connection to the Ripper in the city's police archives.

40m
EPISODE 6

Blood and Bone

Holmes goes on the run as his schemes unravel; the investigation picks up his trail and discovers a long lost crime scene that could hold the key to proving Holmes is the Ripper.

40m