In 1888, Charles Cole, a white male speculator from the southern United States, became one of the early victims of Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H. H. Holmes. Holmes, who would later gain infamy as one of America's first documented serial killers, lured Cole to Chicago under the pretense of a business opportunity. After a series of correspondences, Cole was invited to Holmes's building, later dubbed the 'Murder Castle,' located in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. This structure w ...
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