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#3891476 - 01/08/14 02:31 AM In Chicago in 1893...  
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there were 4 violent deaths a day in the first 6 months of the year.

source: Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson, coming later this year as a movie with DiCaprio as the homicidal doctor.

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#3891535 - 01/08/14 04:25 AM Re: In Chicago in 1898... [Re: Dervish]  
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#3891539 - 01/08/14 04:28 AM Re: In Chicago in 1898... [Re: Dervish]  
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Um...ok!


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#3891568 - 01/08/14 05:45 AM Re: In Chicago in 1898... [Re: Dervish]  
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#3891747 - 01/08/14 03:21 PM Re: In Chicago in 1898... [Re: Dervish]  
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Does violent = homicide, or does it include things like people dying in construction accidents, getting trampled by horse-drawn buggies, falling into the river and the like?



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#3891940 - 01/08/14 07:49 PM Re: In Chicago in 1898... [Re: Dervish]  
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The first serial killer in America was also from Chicago, H. H. Holmes. I saw a documentary about him, he had a "Castle" with secret rooms, torture chambers, death traps, etc. Interestingly enough, there is also speculation that he was Jake the Ripper who terrorized England. There was a time when he traveled outside the U.S. and the dates he was gone match the exact dates that Jack the Ripper was killing people in England. It was very interesting. He was killing people in Chicago around 1893 as well. It is believed that he may have killed over 200 people!

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Originally Posted By: Lucky_1
Interestingly enough, there is also speculation that he was Jake the Ripper who terrorized England. There was a time when he traveled outside the U.S. and the dates he was gone match the exact dates that Jack the Ripper was killing people in England. It was very interesting. He was killing people in Chicago around 1893 as well. It is believed that he may have killed over 200 people!


I had no idea about that theory. Fascinating stuff!


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#3892444 - 01/09/14 03:19 PM Re: In Chicago in 1898... [Re: Lucky_1]  
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Originally Posted By: Lucky_1
The first serial killer in America was also from Chicago, H. H. Holmes. I saw a documentary about him, he had a "Castle" with secret rooms, torture chambers, death traps, etc.

That's who this is about smile

Originally Posted By: Lucky_1
Interestingly enough, there is also speculation that he was Jake the Ripper who terrorized England. There was a time when he traveled outside the U.S. and the dates he was gone match the exact dates that Jack the Ripper was killing people in England. It was very interesting. He was killing people in Chicago around 1893 as well. It is believed that he may have killed over 200 people!

Ah, I thought I recognized that name (Holmes).


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