Was H. H. Holmes Jack the Ripper?

In “American Ripper,” a new eight-part series premiering on HISTORY on July 11th, the great-great-grandson of H.H. Holmes claims “America's First Serial Killer” was London's notorious “Jack the Ripper. read more

In “American Ripper,” a new eight-part series premiering on HISTORY on July 11th, the great-great-grandson of H.H. Holmes claims “America’s First Serial Killer” was London’s notorious “Jack the Ripper.”. Portrait of Herman Webster Mudgett, also known as H.H. Holmes. read more

Jeff’s great-great-grandfather was a man named Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes aka “H.H. Holmes”. The American serial killer was active at the end of the 19th century and executed in 1896, overlapping with the Ripper’s reign of terror in Whitechapel. read more