Book Review: “The True History of the White City Devil” by Adam Setzer
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Book Review: “The True History of the White City Devil” by Adam Setzer

ByAmy

Most people know H.H. Holmes as the man who built a “murder castle” in Chicago. From there, the tales spiral into tantalizing tendrils of fact and myth, and it’s hard to parse out what is fact and what is fiction. Adam Selzer, in this excellently-crafted biography, helps unravel the H.H. Holmes myth.

Book Review: “Hell’s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness” by Harold Schechter
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Book Review: “Hell’s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness” by Harold Schechter

ByAmy

Serial killers have existed as long as humanity has. People are fascinated by lurid tales of dastardly deeds performed by depraved individuals. In some cases, the gorier, the better. History tends to focus on male serial killers, such as those named above. Female serial killers exist in history as well, like, for instance, Belle Gunness.