"The Devil in the White City," takes place in Chicago, IL. The book is based on true events that took place. It's about a serial killer H. H. Holmes, who lured his victims and murdered them. He was one of the first documentated serial killers. He built a hotel with murder in his mind, and killed many victims there. His body count was over 200.
Dear Erik Larson,
I have been researching the topic of the pyschology of serial killers. I have been exploring enviornmental and mental trauma of serial killers to try and understand why they do what they do. I have studied numerous serial killers to try and find similarites between serial killers. I have learned about many disorders that I never knew existed. One thing I did find in common between almost every serial killer I studied was they were all abused as children in some way. This book helped me learned about a real life serial killer and what maybe could have led up to the murders he commited. I will never fully understand why they do what they do.
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