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The 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.

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I've read at least three books now from Harold Schechter, one about Ed Gein -- "Deviant" -- and one about Albert Fish -- "Deranged" -- and they were both very strong efforts, so I knew that I couldn't go wrong buying and reading "Depraved" -- a killer book about H. H. Holmes. Ahem.I also read the book "Devil in the White City" (DWC) a few years ago by Erik Larson, and of course, I can easily recommend it. However, if you're a reader of true crime, and in particular, into the serial-killer subgenre, there is one issue with DWC that simply can't be overlooked: it really seems to be more about the World's Fair in Chicago than about Mr. Holmes, AKA Herman Mudgett, AKA a-whole-lot-of-other-aliases-that-I-simply-can't-remember-right-now. Sure, DWC is a very good book, maybe even a great one. But after reading that I needed to find another book about Mr. Holmes that more thoroughly covers his life and his crimes.And "Depraved" sure fills the bill in that regard. And then some.I will write immediately that Mr. Schechter is quite the master storyteller. Was he around when Mr. Holmes was committing atrocities in seemingly every major US city? Of course not. But Mr. Schechter has a way of pulling in the reader in a way that the reader believes that maybe Mr. Schechter was, maybe even must have been. The attention to detail is pretty incredible and it must be the case that Mr. Schechter burns countless hours on research. But I'm not sure if the word "burns" is really fair because, after reading any of his books, I always feel that his effort was definitely worth it. I don't know if it always is for him but it surely is for us. Well, I don't like speaking for others so I'll simply write, "Me."While reading I constantly had a mental picture of what was going on streaming through my head as if I were watching a modern-day movie, maybe in black-and-white, but definitely in high definition. I literally could almost hear the horses clip-clopping down the roads, or the sounds of people having the times of their lives at the World's Fair. And yes, Mr. Schechter does cover that fair here and there but not too much; just enough to make us understand how Mr. Holmes' crimes fit into the context of the era and the setting.All was not just fun and games though like a carnival while reading. I will admit I did get nauseous at times, reading about the sociopathic and psychopathic crimes of Mr. Holmes. In particular, without giving much away, I really felt for the children he killed who were even more defenseless than the wife of one man killed by Mr. Holmes. Her story is as tragic as they come as well. I won't write much but there is a connection between that wife and those children, which makes her story even more tragic.When I read true crime, I'm always bouncing back and forth between my Kindle device -- for me usually an iPad -- and my browser -- usually Safari -- doing additional searches on people, places and things that I encounter. You might remember those things being called "nouns" back in Grammar School, if there is such a thing nowadays. I doubt it based upon the writing "skills" of most modern-day true-crime authors, outside of Mr. Schechter, of course. And there was no exception here. In particular I searched on the children that were murdered and stumbled upon some information about where they were buried, and even pictures of their headstones. That made the story come even more alive for me, which is of course more than ironic. But I would encourage you to do the same while reading since feeling empathy for the victims at least makes you feel like perhaps something good came out of something so horrible.Professor Schechter does it again with "Depraved." And I'm already contemplating what my next read in the true-crime genre will be, and don't be surprised if my next book review covers another one of his really strong efforts. I can't wait.

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