Psychological is that Holmes's mom was very extreme about religion. She forced the bible on Holmes about religion when he was a kid. What she did was very bad because the bible readings can be dangerous to the mental health on kids. That means later on life they will have mental problems. Every since that event fear played a major role in young childhood. He also touch a skeleton (he was scared to look and be near) when he was a kid due to some bullies and the skeleton could have scared him. After he touched the skeleton he was very obsessed with death where to the point where he had to control it. Later on he killed his first victim to get money which why he would killed people. After that he became or obsessed and focus to kill more people that's why he made a hotel to start torturing and kill people. He didn't had conscience and that's why he would lie effectively every time. Every time Holmes would kill a person he didn't have any guilt and he thought it was like a business.He admitted to kill about 27 people but he would change it up to one hundred people but. Every time they ask him how many he killed he would always change how many to kill to confuse and get more attention from people. But Holmes the killings where from his hotel. The Victims were mostly women with blonde hair but he still killed men. His preferred was blond hair women. The Hotel (below) had a nickname called the Murder castle due a lot of killings and the hotel was designated to torture and kill people. The building itself was confusing because some hallways will end up to a dead end, air tight and gas rooms. The thing is that he would tell the janitor to clean up the downstairs but not upstairs its because Holmes told him not to clean the upstairs.
His First victim that people suspected of him happened during the summer of 1885. Where Holmes was a employee and when the owner died, Holmes would try to convince the wife to sell the store to him. After he got the store he had a hard time to pay on time and both had a conflict and the wife was going to use legal action against him and later she was missing for a couple months. People suspected that Holmes did that. But the First confirm kill is Dr Robert Leacock and he was a former medical student and classmate with Holmes. Holmes killed Leacock with some poison so that he would came the insurance money ($40,000). There is so many victims that died in his hotel but there is some victims that are confirm from Holmes himself.
The ones that are confirm
Julia, her daughter Pearl Conner, and the unborn child (due to Julia being pregnant)
Emeline Cigarand
Anna and Minnie Williams
Mr Benjamin Pitezel
Nellie, Alice, and Howard Pitezal.
Mr Benjamin Pitezal and his kids were the last victims.Holmes was in jail in Texas and he met two men Benjamin Pitezal, and Marion Hedgepeth. They had a plot where Pitezal would look like he died from a explosion. when the plan started Holmes wanted to kill Pitezal so that he could get money from the insurance money. After he and Howard escape they went separate ways and Holmes went to go see Pitezal's family. He lied to Mrs Pitezel and said that he went to London, England to stay low under the radar so that he cant get arrested. Holmes got custody of the three out of five kids. The kids where Nellie, Alice and Howard. They travel with Holmes and later on He started to kill them.
Suspects: There was no records of suspects during that time.Most of the victims, people thought they went missing.
His First victim that people suspected of him happened during the summer of 1885. Where Holmes was a employee and when the owner died, Holmes would try to convince the wife to sell the store to him. After he got the store he had a hard time to pay on time and both had a conflict and the wife was going to use legal action against him and later she was missing for a couple months. People suspected that Holmes did that. But the First confirm kill is Dr Robert Leacock and he was a former medical student and classmate with Holmes. Holmes killed Leacock with some poison so that he would came the insurance money ($40,000). There is so many victims that died in his hotel but there is some victims that are confirm from Holmes himself.
The ones that are confirm
Julia, her daughter Pearl Conner, and the unborn child (due to Julia being pregnant)
Emeline Cigarand
Anna and Minnie Williams
Mr Benjamin Pitezel
Nellie, Alice, and Howard Pitezal.
Mr Benjamin Pitezal and his kids were the last victims.Holmes was in jail in Texas and he met two men Benjamin Pitezal, and Marion Hedgepeth. They had a plot where Pitezal would look like he died from a explosion. when the plan started Holmes wanted to kill Pitezal so that he could get money from the insurance money. After he and Howard escape they went separate ways and Holmes went to go see Pitezal's family. He lied to Mrs Pitezel and said that he went to London, England to stay low under the radar so that he cant get arrested. Holmes got custody of the three out of five kids. The kids where Nellie, Alice and Howard. They travel with Holmes and later on He started to kill them.
Suspects: There was no records of suspects during that time.Most of the victims, people thought they went missing.
The Hotel other nickname called the Murder Castle