num_pages: 80
description: Chronicles the life and crimes of H.H. Holmes, a Chicago resident in the late 1800s commonly considered the world's first known serial killer, responsible for the deaths of nearly two hundred people.
language: English
title: The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As H.H. Holmes
titlecomplete: The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As H.H. Holmes
characters: H.H. Holmes
genres: Historical, Biography, Mystery, Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Horror, Comics, Crime, History, True Crime
ratings_count: 711
series: Treasury of Victorian Murder
publisher: NBM Publishing