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title: "H.H. Holmes: Ladykiller and Child-Murderer"
description: "Detective Frank Geyer's eight-month hunt for H.H. Holmes, the conman-turned-murderer who built Chicago's infamous \"Murder Castle\" and slaughtered the Pitezel children in 1894."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/hh-holmes-ladykiller-child-murderer.md
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datePublished: 2026-06-26
dateModified: 2026-06-26
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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Detective Frank Geyer's eight-month hunt for H.H. Holmes, the conman-turned-murderer who built Chicago's infamous "Murder Castle" and slaughtered the Pitezel children in 1894.
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