THE MAKING OF A MONSTER: H.H. Holmes’ Early Life and Criminal Beginnings (Part 1) Before the Murder Castle. 
Before the Chicago World’s Fair. 
Before he became America’s first documented serial killer. 
He was just Herman Webster Mudgett—a brilliant but disturbed boy growing up in small-town New Hampshire. From a young age, there were signs of something… off about him. The stories would later become legend: a frightened child locked in a room with a human skeleton, a boy dissecting animals instead of playing with friends, a teenager charming his way out of trouble while secretly plotting his next deception. But was he born a monster, or was he made into one? In this gripping first episode of Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, we trace the origins of H.H. Holmes—his strict upbringing, his first taste of fraud, and the early crimes that set him on the path to becoming one of history’s most terrifying killers. Inside this episode: * The Skeleton Incident – How a childhood encounter with death may have shaped Holmes' obsession with control. * The First Signs of a Predator – Animal cruelty, pathological lying, and an unsettling lack of empathy. * The Medical School Scams – Holmes’ gruesome insurance fraud, using stolen cadavers to cash in on life insurance policies. * Marriage, Bigamy, and Betrayal – How he seduced and abandoned women, leaving financial ruin and unanswered questions in his wake. * The Road to Chicago – A new name, a new city, and the first steps toward the infamous Murder Castle. He wasn’t always a killer. But deception, greed, and an unquenchable thirst for power pushed him down a path of no return. This is the origin story of H.H. Holmes—the making of a monster. And in Episode 2, we step inside the Murder Castle itself, where Holmes’ darkest fantasies became reality… and his victims never made it out alive. Ontario Cold Cases: Canada’s True Crime Podcast. Subscribe today on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows to stay updated on cold cases that continue to demand answers. Ontario Cold Cases - Wordpress https://nicollinvestigations.wordpress.com/ For more videos subscribe to: https://www.youtube.com/@OntarioColdCases?sub_confirmation=1 @PlayMorePods #OntarioColdCases, #NicollInvestigations , #canadiancrime , #ColdCasePodcast , #ontariocrime, #OntarioMysteries , #PodcastMystery , #truecrimepodcast , #unsolvedmysteries, #ontario, #TrueCrimeCanada, #TrueCrimeOntario, #CanadianMysteries, #canada,  #truecrime,#PodcastsOnAmazonMusic, #Murder, #Homicide, #Missing, #Toronto, #London, #HHHolmes, #MurderCastle, #Chicago, #PinkertonDetectives, #USA