Name: The Murder Castle
Released: 2017-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Shawn Parr, Hugh Scully, Jane Bruce

TV Show · Documentary · Crime

Around the corner from the 1893 World's Fair, Dr. H.H. Holmes constructs a hotel as his very own "murder castle" to entrap young women. From the poison gas pumps to a basement boiler room, the building is engineered for murder from top to bottom.

2017 · 42m

Starring Shawn Parr, Hugh Scully, Jane Bruce

Director Cruz Angeles

EPISODE 1

A Place to Stay

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

42m
EPISODE 2

Down the Cellar

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.

42m
EPISODE 3

Fight or Flight

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 fateful, final escape from Chicago.

41m