I have so many questions about Holmes and we are sure you do too, so in this episode we will be answering some of them. Let’s start with Why Did Holmes Kill Pitezel? Holmes had written to Mrs Pitezel from prison just before …
Holmes was sentenced to hanging for the murder of Benjamin F Pitezel on May 7th 1986, when he was aged just 34 years old. While there was a lot of circumstantial evidence that he also murdered Alice, Nellie and Howard Piteze…
Of course, nobody in the District Attorney’s office believed a word that came out of Holmes mouth, so the investigation to find the children continued in earnest. It was going to be like finding a needle in a haystack, but t…
Frank Geyer, started his career with the City of Philadelphia Police Department on 6 May 1876 as a patrolman. In January 1888 he was promoted to detective and in 1894 was assigned a new case, involving suspected insurance fr…
Holmes settled in comfortably in Chicago, he was well liked, he was charismatic, intelligent and fun to be around, nobody had a bad word to say about him. He worked hard and saved his money, his family was an inconvenience a…
Just a month after the beginning of the American Civil War, on May 16th, 1861, arguably the world's most infamous serial killer was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. In this episode Shane explores the early life of Herman We…
