Murder Hotel: The Story of America's First Serial Killer
2005, English. Directed by David Monaghan.
A documentary about H.H. Holmes who was a famed serial killer in the late 1800s. He had a whole murder castle built specifically for that purpose. He spent nearly a decade hiring and firing builders to add pieces to his house that included pipes for pumping gas into bedrooms, a room built specifically to suffocate people, and a murder basement where he would strip the skin from his victims.
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- 0h 51m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- David MonaghanDirector
- James GarrettNarrator (voice)
- David CanterSelf - Criminal Psychologist
- Joseph KozenczakSelf (as Det. Joe Kozenczak)
- Howard MarkelSelf - Medical Historian
- Liz SpikolSelf - Philadelphia Weekly
- Beth PitezelSelf - Grandaughter of Victim
- Brenda PitezelSelf - Grandaughter of Victim
- H.H. HolmesSelf (archive sound)
Details
- Released
- 17 October 2005
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- David Monaghan
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Murder Hotel: The Story of America's First Serial Killer isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 October 2005. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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If you liked Murder Hotel: The Story of America's First Serial Killer, try Halloween: 25 Years of Terror, Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me, Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes.
Who directed Murder Hotel: The Story of America's First Serial Killer?
Murder Hotel: The Story of America's First Serial Killer (2005) was directed by David Monaghan and stars James Garrett, David Canter, Joseph Kozenczak.