H.H Homes is said to be Americas first serial killer. Given his era, he showed no prejudice and killed whomever regardless of class, race, or any other emotional connections. His snake-like personality made it easy to charm and kill his prey, He was the behind the Murder Castel, and he met his demise the way he lived, through deception. “I was born with the devil in me.”, said Homes to a newspaper during an interview. H.H Homes had a devilish personality with looks to match with a complimenting mustache. He had many identities, his first being Herman Webster Mudgett. He could con and swindle anyone. He was even known to have made a majority of his money by selling the clean skeletons universities. This is no blame to the universities of course, …show more content…
He killed two of her children and Benjamin Pitezel, his business partner and her husband. Today’s doctors have theorized he may have had an antisocial personality disorder. Even Though he was charming and could socialize well, he may have looked down to other people, class or not. This disorder may have made him distance himself from others, making him dangerous and homicidal. He lacked the basis of humanity, empathy, and compassion, which made his actions to him justifiable, like the construction and murders in the Murder Castle.The Murder Castel is where a vast majority of his killings took place. It has been said that over two hundred people died there, most being from the World’s Fair in Chicago. The Castle is well placed, being as it was downtown and only half a mile from the fair. No one knew the exact layout of the castle except Homes because he would hire workers to do half jobs then fire them and never pay, claiming incompetence. The castle was a maze. It contained stairways to nowhere, open gas pipes in the rooms he rented and from his room he could control the gas flow, trap doors and shuts leading to the basement, a crematorium for body disposal, doors opening to nowhere, and a built-in bank safe where he would lock people in and suffocate