This is the documented grave of a convicted criminal. Information below comes from public records.
Herman Webster Mudgett (H.H. Holmes)
May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896Convicted 1895
Buried at:
Holy Cross Cemetery , Yeadon, Pennsylvania · Section 15, Lot 41 (unmarked grave encased in concrete)
Criminal History (Public Record)
Convicted and executed for the murder of Benjamin Pitezel. He confessed to 27 murders (some claims higher). One of the most notorious figures of 19th-century American crime.
Background
H.H. Holmes was an American serial killer and con artist. He is often cited as one of the first documented American serial killers. He built a "Murder Castle" hotel in Chicago during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
Multiple 2017 news reports on exhumation and DNA confirmation (Philadelphia Inquirer, etc.)
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