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Extraordinary.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An engrossing memoir . . . an affecting mix of the personal and professional.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A model of how to write about the effect of human evil without losing either objectivity or sensitivity. . . . Heartening and anything but morbid . . . Leaves you thinking about what kind of human qualities you value, what kinds of people you actually want to be with.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Black’s utterly gripping account of her life and career as a professor of anatomy and forensic anthropology manages to be surprisingly life-affirming. 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A unique and thoroughly engaging book. \"—\u003cb\u003eKathy Reichs, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"No scientist communicates better than Professor Sue Black. \u003ci\u003eAll That Remains\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique blend of memoir and monograph that admits us into the remarkable world of forensic anthropology. \"—\u003cb\u003eVal McDermid, award-winning and bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Most of us are terrified of death, but Sue Black shows us that death is in fact a wondrous process, intimately tied with life itself. Written with warmth and humanity, \u003ci\u003eAll That Remains\u003c\/i\u003e reveals her life among the dead, who can surely count her as their best friend.\"—\u003cb\u003eTess Gerritsen, internationally bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This is one of those books that’ll astound as it entertains. It’s a little shivery and oh-so-fascinating. And in the end, \u003ci\u003eAll that Remains\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale you can live with.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarco Eagle \u003c\/i\u003e(part of the USA Today network) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Black is informative, respectful, easily accessible, and funny. This is perfect for anatomy nerds and CSI fans.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ebethfishreads.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This fascinating look by a world-leading forensic scientist at what the dead can tell us is a real eye-opener. . . . Part meditation, part popular science, and part memoir . . . the book offers a close-up and startlingly clear view of a subject that makes most of us look away. . . . 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Holmes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Adam Selzer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShares with readers America’s first and most infamous serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first comprehensive book following the life and career of H. H. Holmes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fascinating true story about a dark moment in Chicago’s history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eH. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers not only the true story of Holmes but also how the legend evolved. It uses hundreds of primary sources that have never been studied before. This includes letters, articles, legal documents, and records that have been tucked away in archives for more than 100 years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile H. H. Holmes is now as famous as he was in 1895, a thorough analysis of modern materials clarifies how much of the story as we know it came from reports who were far from the action, an incredibly unqualified new police chief, and lies from Holmes himself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a tale of an outlaw. It covers Holmes’s own story with new insights. The author, Adam Selzer, has uncovered stunning new data about Holmes. He combines turn-of-the-century America, the crazy group of characters who were in and around the famous “castle” building, and the killer’s own background. This book is the first fully accurate account of what truly happened in Holmes’s horror castle. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eH. H. Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e, with its exhaustive research and careful detail, is an irreplaceable partner to the upcoming Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese movie about Holmes’s murder spree based on Erik Larson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Adam Selzer’s masterful sleuthing, proves to us, ‘the Devil IS in the details.” Impeccably researched, the author has wiped away the nineteenth-century cobwebs spun by an ineffective police investigation and a hyperbolic press. What is left? The real life story of \u003ci\u003eH. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil\u003c\/i\u003e. Highly recommended. Read it!” —Steve Hodel, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Dahlia Avenger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One after another, young women visited the Chicago’s World Fair in 1893 and met and fell in love with a mesmerizing entrepreneur. Then they disappeared. \u003ci\u003eH. H. Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e is the chilling true story of a grave robber, bigamist and serial killer, and his homemade torture chamber.” —Rebecca Morris, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIf I Can’t Have You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Killing in Amish Country\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gregg Olsen) and \u003ci\u003eTed and Ann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Not another cut and paste crime biography. H.H.Holmes is one of America’s super-villains. Or was he? Not one hundred, not two hundred victims, as the legends would have us believe, but only one person murdered and, even then, the evidence was circumstantial! Evidence suggests another possible four murders and five might-have-beens but that’s the grand total. Nor was he Jack the Ripper! Selzer takes apart the dove-tailed pieces of fact and legend to show the myth-making behind one of America’s most infamous bogey-men. A highly readable and exciting piece of original research, not to be missed by any crime enthusiast. —Donald Rumbelow, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete History of Jack the Ripper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A masterful dissection of false news creation at the source. Selzer persuasively shows that, from the Victorian era to now, how people get their information really does matter.” —Judy Nickels, author of \u003ci\u003eA Competent Witness: Georgiana Yoke and the Trial of H.H. Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “You know you’ve encountered a great book when you get lost in the world the author has created. Adam Selzer’s fascinating, exhaustively researched, highly readable book \u003ci\u003eH. H. Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e is all of that—a creepy take on America’s original serial psychopath. From the opening pages to its riveting conclusion, you’re drawn into this narrative as though reading a Caleb Carr novel. . . . Engrossing, totally engaging, all at once thrilling and chilling. A fresh, new take on what is an old story. Just what the doctor himself—oh, snap!—would have ordered.” —M. William Phelps,\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author, \u003ci\u003eDangerous Ground: My Friendship with a Serial Killer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “History is so often compromised by myth-making, exaggerations and half-truths, when the real facts reveal a much more compelling story. Adam Selzer has fleshed out a fascinating and eminently readable portrait of the real H. H. Holmes, the fiendish killer popularly known as the ‘Devil in the White City.’ Mr. Selzer had dug deep to strip away the fiction in order to give us the accurate and true facts of this shadowy figure’s life. The book is an important contribution to our understanding of American criminal history.” —Richard C. Lindberg, author of \u003ci\u003eHeartland Serial Killers: Belle Gunness, Johann Hoch and Murder for Profit in Gaslight Era Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e, and sixteen other books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Erik Larson brought the serial killer H. H. Holmes to the general reading public’s attention in \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e. But where Larson leaves off, Adam Selzer picks up, filling in gaps, replacing legend with fact, and debunking myths. From Philadelphia to Chicago, and even down to Texas, Holmes roamed the country in the late Nineteenth Century, leaving behind buried bodies, missing persons, and unanswered questions, in a trail that ultimately led to the gallows. With meticulous research, Selzer digs deep into Holmes’s story to tell us not only the “how” but the “why,” and he reveals a somewhat unorthodox serial killer by today’s standards: a bigamist, a con man, and a swindler who killed indiscriminately, not merely to satisfy some bloodlust but, more practically, to conceal his larceny and deceit. A fascinating read!” —Mike Farris, author of \u003ci\u003eA Death in the Islands: The Unwritten Law and the Last Trial of Clarence Darrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “When legend becomes fact, print the legend, the saying goes. A case in point is the story of Dr. Herman Webster Mudgett, who became infamous as H.H. Holmes, the depraved supervillain celebrated as the \u003ci\u003eDevil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e. If you want the straight dope, and not just the legend about Mudgett\/Holmes, read Adam Selzer’s \u003ci\u003eH. H. Holmes—the True History of the White City Devil\u003c\/i\u003e. You won't put it down.” —Dennis L. Breo, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Crime of the Century—Richard Speck and the Murders that Shocked a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Selzer has made a career of fact-checking the most sordid details of Chicago history, disseminating the weird and gritty true history of the city and its most unsavory people through popular mystery tours, a podcast, and books. When the unprecedented success of Erik Larson’s \u003ci\u003eDevil in The White City\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) stirred up renewed interest in serial killer H.H. Holmes, Selzer made it his mission to painstakingly research Holmes’ life, family, and crimes with intense determination and doggedness. The result is this comprehensive, compelling, and surprising biography of Holmes, written in a conversational style, as if we are passengers on one of Selzer’s tours. The book follows every move Holmes ever made, dragging readers all over the country, breathlessly following his trail of deceit and lies. Using thousands of primary sources to draw \u003cb\u003ethe most accurate picture of this American villain yet\u003c\/b\u003e, Selzer keeps the delicate balance of salacious (and mundane) details maintained with solid facts. What emerges is a picture of a terrible but intriguing man, one who continues to capture our imagination over a century later, and one whose story leaps off the page in Selzer’s uniquely suited hands. \u003cb\u003eA must-read for fans of The Devil in The White City\u003c\/b\u003e, of course, but this biography will also hold its own independently in true-crime collections.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e*starred* review “In this … thrilling new biography of H.H. Holmes (1861-1896), who received renewed attention in 2003 when Erik Larson published \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e, Mysterious Chicago tour guide and author Selzer (\u003ci\u003eJust Kill Me\u003c\/i\u003e, 2016, etc.) recharacterizes Holmes as a small-time con man who was likely guilty of a series of murders in Chicago…. A passion for Holmes lore will lead to appreciation for the depth of background and lesser criminal exploits described in great detail.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e “Was late 19th-century mass murderer H.H. Holmes motivated more by psychological compulsions than practical concerns? Selzer (\u003ci\u003eGhost of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e) suggests the latter, diverging from the perspective put forth in Erik Larson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e. He works hard to assemble historical evidence that strays from accounts by Larson, and others, but he never loses sight of the fact that Holmes “almost certainly killed at least nine people, ruined the lives of numerous others, and seemed to feel very little guilt about it.” This \u003cb\u003ehighly readable account\u003c\/b\u003e of the case walks readers through Holmes’s nonviolent crimes before getting to his first murder. Selzer believes that Holmes’s 1891 killing of Julia Conner, a woman he had sued for nonpayment of a loan, was, like his others, committed, not out of bloodlust, but as a “necessary part of furthering his swindling operations and protecting his lifestyle.” \u003cb\u003eHe makes a convincing argument\u003c\/b\u003e that current perceptions of Holmes are not always solidly grounded, even as he concedes that there’s “a lot of mystery left to be solved” about the case, a concession that \u003cb\u003ewill lead many aficionados of quality true-crime narrative to monitor his Mysterious Chicago blog for updates\u003c\/b\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Adam Selzer’s masterful sleuthing, proves to us, ‘the Devil IS in the details.” Impeccably researched, the author has wiped away the nineteenth-century cobwebs spun by an ineffective police investigation and a hyperbolic press. What is left? The real life story of \u003ci\u003eH. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil\u003c\/i\u003e. Highly recommended. Read it!” —Steve Hodel, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Dahlia Avenger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One after another, young women visited the Chicago’s World Fair in 1893 and met and fell in love with a mesmerizing entrepreneur. Then they disappeared. \u003ci\u003eH. H. Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e is the chilling true story of a grave robber, bigamist and serial killer, and his homemade torture chamber.” —Rebecca Morris, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIf I Can’t Have You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Killing in Amish Country\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gregg Olsen) and \u003ci\u003eTed and Ann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Not another cut and paste crime biography. H.H.Holmes is one of America’s super-villains. Or was he? Not one hundred, not two hundred victims, as the legends would have us believe, but only one person murdered and, even then, the evidence was circumstantial! Evidence suggests another possible four murders and five might-have-beens but that’s the grand total. Nor was he Jack the Ripper! Selzer takes apart the dove-tailed pieces of fact and legend to show the myth-making behind one of America’s most infamous bogey-men. A highly readable and exciting piece of original research, not to be missed by any crime enthusiast. —Donald Rumbelow, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete History of Jack the Ripper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A masterful dissection of false news creation at the source. Selzer persuasively shows that, from the Victorian era to now, how people get their information really does matter.” —Judy Nickels, author of \u003ci\u003eA Competent Witness: Georgiana Yoke and the Trial of H.H. Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “You know you’ve encountered a great book when you get lost in the world the author has created. Adam Selzer’s fascinating, exhaustively researched, highly readable book \u003ci\u003eH. H. Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e is all of that—a creepy take on America’s original serial psychopath. From the opening pages to its riveting conclusion, you’re drawn into this narrative as though reading a Caleb Carr novel. . . . Engrossing, totally engaging, all at once thrilling and chilling. A fresh, new take on what is an old story. Just what the doctor himself—oh, snap!—would have ordered.” —M. William Phelps,\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author, \u003ci\u003eDangerous Ground: My Friendship with a Serial Killer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “History is so often compromised by myth-making, exaggerations and half-truths, when the real facts reveal a much more compelling story. Adam Selzer has fleshed out a fascinating and eminently readable portrait of the real H. H. Holmes, the fiendish killer popularly known as the ‘Devil in the White City.’ Mr. Selzer had dug deep to strip away the fiction in order to give us the accurate and true facts of this shadowy figure’s life. The book is an important contribution to our understanding of American criminal history.” —Richard C. Lindberg, author of \u003ci\u003eHeartland Serial Killers: Belle Gunness, Johann Hoch and Murder for Profit in Gaslight Era Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e, and sixteen other books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Erik Larson brought the serial killer H. H. Holmes to the general reading public’s attention in \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e. But where Larson leaves off, Adam Selzer picks up, filling in gaps, replacing legend with fact, and debunking myths. From Philadelphia to Chicago, and even down to Texas, Holmes roamed the country in the late Nineteenth Century, leaving behind buried bodies, missing persons, and unanswered questions, in a trail that ultimately led to the gallows. With meticulous research, Selzer digs deep into Holmes’s story to tell us not only the “how” but the “why,” and he reveals a somewhat unorthodox serial killer by today’s standards: a bigamist, a con man, and a swindler who killed indiscriminately, not merely to satisfy some bloodlust but, more practically, to conceal his larceny and deceit. A fascinating read!” —Mike Farris, author of \u003ci\u003eA Death in the Islands: The Unwritten Law and the Last Trial of Clarence Darrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “When legend becomes fact, print the legend, the saying goes. A case in point is the story of Dr. Herman Webster Mudgett, who became infamous as H.H. Holmes, the depraved supervillain celebrated as the \u003ci\u003eDevil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e. If you want the straight dope, and not just the legend about Mudgett\/Holmes, read Adam Selzer’s \u003ci\u003eH. H. Holmes—the True History of the White City Devil\u003c\/i\u003e. You won't put it down.” —Dennis L. Breo, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Crime of the Century—Richard Speck and the Murders that Shocked a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Selzer has made a career of fact-checking the most sordid details of Chicago history, disseminating the weird and gritty true history of the city and its most unsavory people through popular mystery tours, a podcast, and books. When the unprecedented success of Erik Larson’s \u003ci\u003eDevil in The White City\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) stirred up renewed interest in serial killer H.H. Holmes, Selzer made it his mission to painstakingly research Holmes’ life, family, and crimes with intense determination and doggedness. The result is this comprehensive, compelling, and surprising biography of Holmes, written in a conversational style, as if we are passengers on one of Selzer’s tours. The book follows every move Holmes ever made, dragging readers all over the country, breathlessly following his trail of deceit and lies. Using thousands of primary sources to draw \u003cb\u003ethe most accurate picture of this American villain yet\u003c\/b\u003e, Selzer keeps the delicate balance of salacious (and mundane) details maintained with solid facts. What emerges is a picture of a terrible but intriguing man, one who continues to capture our imagination over a century later, and one whose story leaps off the page in Selzer’s uniquely suited hands. \u003cb\u003eA must-read for fans of The Devil in The White City\u003c\/b\u003e, of course, but this biography will also hold its own independently in true-crime collections.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e*starred* review “In this … thrilling new biography of H.H. Holmes (1861-1896), who received renewed attention in 2003 when Erik Larson published \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e, Mysterious Chicago tour guide and author Selzer (\u003ci\u003eJust Kill Me\u003c\/i\u003e, 2016, etc.) recharacterizes Holmes as a small-time con man who was likely guilty of a series of murders in Chicago…. A passion for Holmes lore will lead to appreciation for the depth of background and lesser criminal exploits described in great detail.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e “Was late 19th-century mass murderer H.H. Holmes motivated more by psychological compulsions than practical concerns? Selzer (\u003ci\u003eGhost of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e) suggests the latter, diverging from the perspective put forth in Erik Larson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e. He works hard to assemble historical evidence that strays from accounts by Larson, and others, but he never loses sight of the fact that Holmes “almost certainly killed at least nine people, ruined the lives of numerous others, and seemed to feel very little guilt about it.” This \u003cb\u003ehighly readable account\u003c\/b\u003e of the case walks readers through Holmes’s nonviolent crimes before getting to his first murder. 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