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An investigation into the gruesome details of Holmes' infamous Murder Castle leads to the discovery that he may have been killing victims all over Chicago and beyond; a report says the Ripper may have killed in the United States.
An investigation into the gruesome details of Holmes' infamous Murder Castle leads to the discovery that he may have been killing victims all over Chicago and beyond; a report says the Ripper may have killed in the United States.
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S1, EP7 "No Rest for the Wicked"A trove of mysterious artifacts contains an unexpected link to the U.K.; Jeff and Amaryllis uncover evidence of the Holmes curse and the shocking theory that the killer escaped his own death.
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S1, EP8 "The Grave"H.H. Holmes' grave is exhumed in an attempt to prove that he pulled off one final swindle and escaped his own execution.
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S1, EP1 "Devil in the Details"Jeff Mudgett seeks to prove his ancestor, U.S. serial killer H.H. Holmes, was also London's infamous murderer, Jack the Ripper; Mudgett teams up with ex-CIA analyst Amaryllis Fox to prove this theory, using modern science and methodologies.
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S1, EP2 "The Butcher's Blade"While revealing the gruesome details of the murders committed in 1888 London by Jack the Ripper, Jeff and Amaryllis challenge Ripper myths in the hunt for a link to H.H. Holmes.
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S1, EP6 "Blood and Bone"H.H. Holmes goes on the run as his schemes unravel; the investigation picks up on Holmes' trail with a long-lost crime scene that could hold the key to proving he's the Ripper.
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S1, EP5 "Black Heart, White City"Jeff and Amaryllis discover an unexpected connection to the Ripper in police archives while investigating the 1893 World's Fair that turned Chicago into H.H. Holmes's killing ground.
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S1, EP4 "Home Sweet Hell"An investigation into the gruesome details of Holmes' infamous Murder Castle leads to the discovery that he may have been killing victims all over Chicago and beyond; a report says the Ripper may have killed in the United States.
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S1, EP3 "Whitechapel Runs Red"The Jack the Ripper letters contain an unexpected link to H.H. Holmes; Scotland Yard's list of credible suspects holds a key detail about the manhunt; eyewitness accounts reveal the face of a killer.
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