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Title The Beast of Chicago [electronic resource].
Author Geary, Rick.
Publication Info. Chicago : NBM Pub., 2004.
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Description 1 online resource (82 pages)
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Summary He was the world's first serial killer and he existed in the late 19th century, operating around the Chicago World's Fair, building a literal house of horrors, replete with chutes for dead bodies, gas chambers, surgical rooms. He methodically murdered up to 200 people, mostly young women. The infamous H.H. Holmes is the next subject of Geary's award-winning and increasingly popular series.
Note Print version record.
Contents Front Cover; Copyright; INTRODUCTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Back Cover.
Subject Serial murders -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Fine Arts.
Literature.
Fiction.
HUMOR -- General.
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Crime & Mystery.
Serial murders. (OCoLC)fst01113115
Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
1800 - 1899
Genre Electronic books.
Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423722
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Freading.
Related To Print version: Geary, Rick. Beast of Chicago: The Murderous Career of H.H. Holmes. Chicago : NBM Publishing, ©2004 9781561633654
ISBN 9781561636815 (electronic bk.)
1561636819 (electronic bk.)