Wood Detective Agency records, 1865 - 1945

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Wood Detective Agency records, 1865 - 1945

1865 - 1945

https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/5/resources/6472

The collection comprises correspondence, clippings, case notes, photographs and notes relating to cases that the Agency investigated, as well as brief accounts of famous historical crimes and criminals and some photos and materials dating from the founder's career as a member of the Boston Police Force.

14 boxes

eng, Latn

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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SNAC Resource ID: 11622257

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896

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Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or, more commonly, as H. H. Holmes, was an American serial killer. While he confessed to 27 murders, only nine could be plausibly confirmed and several of the people he claimed to have murdered were still alive. He is said to have killed as many as 200, though this figure is only traceable to 1940s pulp magazines. Many victims were said to have been killed in a mixed-use building which he owned, located ...