This documentary simply recycles and regurgitates the most popularized information regarding the case while failing to provide any new insights or credible expertise from an investigative or historical viewpoint.
What's perhaps worse, is that it's also riddled with the same pseudo-history and exaggerations which have been perpetuated for years surrounding the H. H. Holmes murder case, ever since its original coverage by the sensationalistic and hyperbolic yellow journalism of its era.
Further, Holmes isn't America's first serial killer, no matter how many times it's repeated online, or in tabloid rags and subpar documentaries. Just a few of the many potential contenders which predate Holmes include: The Harpe Brothers, Lydia Sherman (the Derby Poisoner), Thomas W. Piper (the Belfry Butcher), the Bender Family (the Bloody Benders)...
What's perhaps worse, is that it's also riddled with the same pseudo-history and exaggerations which have been perpetuated for years surrounding the H. H. Holmes murder case, ever since its original coverage by the sensationalistic and hyperbolic yellow journalism of its era.
Further, Holmes isn't America's first serial killer, no matter how many times it's repeated online, or in tabloid rags and subpar documentaries. Just a few of the many potential contenders which predate Holmes include: The Harpe Brothers, Lydia Sherman (the Derby Poisoner), Thomas W. Piper (the Belfry Butcher), the Bender Family (the Bloody Benders)...