A review by princesszinza
Depraved: The Definitive True Story of H.H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-Of-The-Century Chicago by Harold Schechter

4.0

I became interested in H. H. Holmes by reading "Devil in the White City", his story being the most interesting part of that book. I then saw a well-done documentary on H. H. Holmes which featured the author of this book. This is a thoroughly researched account of a psychopathic serial killer whose sensational crimes enthralled turn-of-the-century America. Anyone interested in true crime should be fascinated with Schechter's book. I did wonder what happened to Holmes' wives and the children of his murdered assistant in the years after Holmes execution.

GoodReads Recommendation Experiment: If you want to really creep yourself out, add this book as your only "currently reading" selection on Goodreads and then go to your recommendations. The currently reading selections there are guaranteed to give you the mega-heebie-jeebies. My favorite grotesque cover was "Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders" **shudder**. I'm so glad to be finished with this book so I won't be scared of my recommendation page anymore!!!