Was H.H. Holmes Jack the Ripper?
Heinous crimes, but two separate killers? H.H. Holmes. Jack the Ripper. Names that both true crime lovers and those less inclined to the true crime community recognize. But were they the same person? Historians have made a compelling case in recent years. But I’ll let you decide. H.H. Holmes Born Herman Mudgett on May 16, 1861 in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, H.H. was known to be an intelligent, if odd child. His affluent family was devoutly Christian, and his mother was often cold and uncaring towards him, while his father was an alcoholic who like to use physical discipline, isolation, starvation and other crueler forms of punishment on his children. There are stories of H.H. experimenting on small animals in his childhood, and some stories allege that he even killed another child when he was young. His experiments led him to an intense, often disturbing interest in anatomy and medicine. A killer is born H.H. attended the University of Michigan, where he studied m...