The Murder Castle

2017-10-28 · After years of preparation, the city of Chicago opens the Chicago World's Fair - a 600-acrea modern marvel meant to memorialize the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World. But as America's best and brightest engineers race to construct the fairgrounds, Dr. H.H. Holmes is constructing his own architectural "masterpiece" - THE MURDER CASTLE. Under the guise of a hotel, the castle is a dark and dangerous death trap filled with staircases to nowhere, sealed "death rooms" and a labyrinth that leads guests to their final resting place.

S01 E01 · 2017-10-28 · 44 min

A Place to Stay

By May 1893, Chicago's World's Fair is in full swing. Dr. H.H. Holmes welcomes visitors to his hotel, a block-long structure designed to lure young women into his clutches. Before long, he makes each mysteriously vanish, never to be seen again.

S01 E02 · 2017-10-28 · 44 min

Down the Cellar

Dr. H.H. Holmes, owner of Chicago's World's Fair Hotel, designed his entire Castle with murder in mind. But when forced to choose between wife and mistress, his next victim might not be his easiest.

S01 E03 · 2017-10-28 · 44 min

Fight or Flight

Dr. H.H. Holmes is America's first serial killer. He built his Castle with stolen money and keeps business brisk with stolen bodies. But when detectives begin closing in, Holmes invents new scams...in order to fund his final escape from Chicago.