The
body of serial killer H.H. Holmes will be exhumed to prove to all that he is
truly dead, according to a report at usnews.com.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The body
of a 19th century serial killer is being exhumed in suburban Philadelphia at
the request of his great-grandchildren, who hope identifying his remains will
quell centuries-old rumors that he conned his way out of his execution and
escaped from prison.
A Delaware County judge gave
the go-ahead to exhume the remains of Dr. H. H. Holmes in a court order dated
March 9. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia, which owns Holy Cross Cemetery in
Yeadon where the body was located, confirmed the exhumation was to take place
but it wasn't immediately clear when the process started. WCAU-TV in
Philadelphia showed footage for a front-end loader removing dirt from a grave
at Holy Cross Cemetery on Friday.
Holmes, the pseudonym of New
Hampshire-born physician Herman Webster Mudgett, is believed to have killed an
undetermined number people at his hotel of horrors during the 1893 Chicago
World's Fair. It featured a bizarre labyrinth of windowless rooms, secret
passageways, false floors, trapdoors, and a vault. Most of the rooms had gas
vents, which were controlled from Mudgett's bedroom. Many of the rooms were
soundproof and could only be locked from the outside.
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