{"product_id":"9781439124055","title":"Depraved : The Definitive True Story of H.H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-of-the-Century Chicago","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDepraved\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Harold Schechter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter's \u003ci\u003eDepraved\u003c\/i\u003e tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago World's Fair. \"Destined to be a true crime classic\" (Flint Journal, MI), this authoritative account chronicles the methods and madness of a monster who slipped easily into a bright, affluent Midwestern suburb, where no one suspected the dapper, charming Holmes -- who alternately posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey -- was the architect of a labyrinthine \"Castle of Horrors.\" Holmes admitted to twenty-seven murders by the time his madhouse of trapdoors, asphyxiation devices, body chutes, and acid vats was exposed. The seminal profile of a homegrown madman in the era of Jack the Ripper, \u003ci\u003eDepraved\u003c\/i\u003e is also a mesmerizing tale of true detection long before the age of technological wizardry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781439124055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40941321945294,"sku":"9781439124055","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_be484d28-7187-4b2e-80ca-383b23a5f6ce.jpg?v=1645904956","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781439124055","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}