H.H. Holmes timeline.

May 16, 1861

Herman Webster Mudgett was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire

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Jul 8, 1878

Married wife number one Clara Lovering.

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Jun 1, 1884

Graduated medical school.

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Jan 1, 1885

He got a job as a pharmacist in Chicago under the name Dr. H.H. Holmes.

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Jan 28, 1887

He married wife number two Mytra Belknap.

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Jan 1, 1889

Holmes began construction of the "castle".

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Jun 15, 1891

H.H. Holmes began placing ads in newspapers offering jobs to women and saying he needed a wife.

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Period: Jan 1, 1893 to Jan 1, 1895

H.H. Holmes had his killing spree for a period of 3 years. He would lure mostly women into rooms that were lined with gas lines and locked them in to let them die. These rooms were sound and escape proof.

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Period: Jan 1, 1893 to Jan 1, 1895

Holmes would completely skin and remove everything up the bone and sell his victims skeletons to medical schools.

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Feb 19, 1893

The hotel opened where he began to torture, trap, and kill hundreds of his guests.

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Jan 9, 1894

He married his third (and last) wife Georgina Yoke.

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Mar 15, 1894

Holmes and Pitezel began traveling the U.S. and scamming businesses for money.

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May 19, 1894

Holmes killed Pitezel and his kids and took all his money for himself.

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Dec 23, 1895

Holmes was caught and arrested.

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Dec 26, 1895

The castle was burnt down for unknown reason.

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May 7, 1896

H.H. Holmes was executed by being hung at Moyamensing prison in Philadelphia

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Herman Webster Mudgett was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire

Married wife number one Clara Lovering.

Graduated medical school.

He got a job as a pharmacist in Chicago under the name Dr. H.H. Holmes.

He married wife number two Mytra Belknap.

Holmes began construction of the "castle".

H.H. Holmes began placing ads in newspapers offering jobs to women and saying he needed a wife.

H.H. Holmes had his killing spree for a period of 3 years. He would lure mostly women into rooms that were lined with gas lines and locked them in to let them die. These rooms were sound and escape proof.

Holmes would completely skin and remove everything up the bone and sell his victims skeletons to medical schools.

The hotel opened where he began to torture, trap, and kill hundreds of his guests.

He married his third (and last) wife Georgina Yoke.

Holmes and Pitezel began traveling the U.S. and scamming businesses for money.

Holmes killed Pitezel and his kids and took all his money for himself.

Holmes was caught and arrested.

The castle was burnt down for unknown reason.

H.H. Holmes was executed by being hung at Moyamensing prison in Philadelphia