{"product_id":"depraved-by-harold-schechter","title":"Depraved by Harold Schechter","description":"[Gallery]\r\n\r\nThe heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter's Depraved 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, Depraved is also a mesmerizing tale of true detection long before the age of technological wizardry.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"English \/ Paperback; 432 pages","offer_id":52721379672245,"sku":"9781439124055","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/1506\/2709\/files\/c86a0a50b079b2f65a3bdf1842f61e5aabe10c1a64461525665a87d00f03fece.jpg?v=1781898603","url":"https:\/\/whatthesleuth.com\/products\/depraved-by-harold-schechter","provider":"What the Sleuth!?","version":"1.0","type":"link"}