Murder Castle Third Floor

Holmes murder castle at 63rd and wallace streets shown in march 1937.

Murder castle third floor. The third floor which was ostensibly to be used as hotel rooms was added in 1892. But on the second floor and basement they discovered an elaborate house of horrors. But its interior honeycombed with trap doors and secret passageways and walled up rooms was the fulfillment of every small boy s dream of a haunted house. The second floor was a maze of some 35 small windowless rooms stairs and doors that led nowhere false partitions trap doors secret passageways and a staircase that opened out.

Holmes built in features to facilitate his murder spree including a third floor room padded to muffle sound. The third floor consisted of apartments offices and holmes living quarters. The initial construction of the building now known as the hh holmes murder castle took place in 1887 at the time it was just a two story building with retail on one floor and apartments on the next. Holmes was an american serial killer.

While he confessed to 27 murders he was convicted and sentenced to death for only one murder that of accomplice and business partner benjamin pitezel. Henry howard holmes or h. Herman webster mudgett may 16 1861 may 7 1896 better known as dr. Despite the confession of the 27 murders during the pitezel trial it is speculated that holmes may.