Reddit reviews H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil
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SKYHORSE
This book basically most of the sources/"facts" about the case were flat out wrong or exaggerated. It's not that Erik Larson etc didn't do their research, it's that their research was based on incorrect information.
The Jack the Ripper thing was completely made up to sell a book. There's not a shred of evidence. A lot of Holmes' story is pure mythology. If you want a good (albeit sometimes dry) thoroughly researched book about Holmes that dispels a lot of the myths and gives the most accurate picture we can get of him at this time, [H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil] (https://www.amazon.com/H-Holmes-History-White-Devil/dp/1510713433) by Adam Selzer is the book you want. Newspapers back then were just as sensationalized as today and flat out made stuff up, and Holmes himself fed the myths and rumors to bolster his own ego. He was still human garbage and a bad person, but his murders are grossly over exaggerated and embellished. His real numbers aren't anywhere close to what has been claimed.