User talk:Shortydarby

January 2020
Hello, I'm Peaceray. An edit that you recently made to H. H. Holmes seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want to practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Peaceray (talk) 23:42, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at H. H. Holmes. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 23:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Please stop adding unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did on H. H. Holmes. This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Peaceray (talk) 23:47, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at H. H. Holmes. ''Discuss on talk page or it is likely you will be blocked for disruptive editing. You have not added a citation for 5/17. Here are three in the article that list death date as 5/7: https://books.google.com/books?id=XNEZ-sy0MJsC&pg=PA173 https://web.archive.org/web/20130521073232/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/history/holmes/20.html https://michigantoday.umich.edu/2013/10/22/a-double-dose-of-the-macabre/'' Peaceray (talk) 01:24, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at H. H. Holmes, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Peaceray (talk) 02:08, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Watch the show i posted it states that he died on May 17 and not May 7th. If you can show me proof by a picture I'll stop. Shortydarby (talk) 02:10, 2 January 2020 (UTC)


 * I do not need to watch the show. I have already presented three sources that state May 7th. Therefore, your source is in the minority. I have asked you to discuss this, & you have not. You have been edit warring in this & avoiding any attempt to get WP:CONCENSUS. It is likely that you will be blocked. I have asked for a temporary block rather than a permanent block because I am hoping that we just need to get your attention about how things work here at English Wikipeida. If we do not, it is likely that you will be blocked for longer or permanently. Peaceray (talk) 02:25, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:H. H. Holmes
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:H. H. Holmes. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 03:45, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

January 2020
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Hello, I noticed that you may have recently made edits while logged out. Wikipedia's policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow the use of both an account and an IP address by the same person in the same setting and doing so may result in your account being blocked from editing. Additionally, making edits while logged out reveals your IP address, which may allow others to determine your location and identity. If this was not your intention, please remember to log in when editing. Thank you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:21, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation
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One Tobefree thinks H.H. Homles died on May 7, 1956 i seen and heard that he died on May 17,1956 he/she is from Germany and the crimes happen in America which im from. So i should know a little more then him. With false information on Wikipedia makes me not believe in it anymore. Shortydarby (talk) 18:00, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

H.H. Homles
Home Random Nearby Shortydarby Log out Watchlist Contributions Settings About Wikipedia Disclaimers Open main menu Wikipedia Search You have no notifications. H. H. Holmes Article Talk Language Download PDF Watch History Edit For the science fiction author who occasionally used the pseudonym "H. H. Holmes", see Anthony Boucher. 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.[1] While he confessed to 27 murders,[2] 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.[3] Many victims were said to have been killed in a mixed-use building which he owned, located about 3 miles (5 km) west of the 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, supposedly called the World's Fair Hotel (informally called "The Murder Castle"), though evidence suggests the hotel portion was never truly open for business.[3]

H. H. Holmes H. H. Holmes.jpg Holmes c.1890 Born Herman Webster Mudgett May 16, 1861 Gilmanton, New Hampshire, U.S. Died May 17, 1896 (aged 35) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Other names See aliases Henry Howard Holmes Henry M. Howard Henry Gordon Alexander Bond O. C. Pratt D. T. Pratt A. E. Cook G. Howell Alma mater University of Michigan, Department of Medicine and Surgery Spouse(s) Clara Lovering (m. 1878) Myrta Belknap (m. 1886) Georgiana Yoke (m. 1894) Conviction(s) First-degree murder Criminal penalty Death by hanging Details Victims 9 confirmed, 27 confessed, suspect to kill over 200 people Span of crimes 1891–1894 Location(s) Illinois Indiana Ontario Date apprehended November 17, 1894 Besides being a serial killer, Holmes was also a con artist and a bigamist, the subject of more than 50 lawsuits in Chicago alone. Many now-common stories of his crimes sprang from fictional accounts that later authors assumed to be factual. In a 2017 biography, Adam Selzer wrote that Holmes' story is "effectively a new American tall tale – and, like all the best tall tales, it sprang from a kernel of truth".[3]

H. H. Holmes was executed on May 17, 1896, just a day after his 35th birthday, for the murder of his friend and accomplice Benjamin Pitezel. During his trial for the murder of Pitezel, Holmes confessed to many other killings.[4]

Early life Illinois and the "Murder Castle" First murders Capture and arrest In popular culture The case was notorious in its time and received wide publicity in the international press. Interest in Holmes's crimes was revived in 2003 by Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, a best-selling nonfiction book that juxtaposed an account of the planning and staging of the World's Fair with Holmes's story. His story had been chronicled in The Torture Doctor by David Franke (1975), ‘’The Scarlet Mansion’’ by Allan W. Eckert (1985) and Depraved: The Shocking True Story of America's First Serial Killer by Harold Schechter (1994), as well as "The Monster of Sixty-Third Street" chapter in Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld by Herbert Asbury (1940, republished 1986).

Asbury's account drew heavily on 1890s tabloids and included several claims – such as the "200 victims" figure, Holmes killing Dr. Holton and torture equipment found in the castle – that, according to Selzer, were the products of his own imagination. However, Asbury's account was a major foundation for later retellings of Holmes, including Larson's, which quoted several portions of Asbury's account verbatim.

The 1974 novel American Gothic by horror writer Robert Bloch was a fictionalized version of the story of H. H. Holmes.[52] In 2003, cartoonist/illustrator Rick Geary published a graphic novel about Holmes titled The Beast of Chicago: The Murderous Career of H. H. Holmes.[53] Selzer's comprehensive 2017 biography, H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil, attempted to separate fact from fiction, and to trace how the story grew.[54]

In 2018, horror writer Sara Tantlinger published The Devil's Dreamland: Poetry Inspired by H.H. Holmes (Strangehouse Books) which won the 2018 Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection.[55]

As of 2019, Martin Scorsese’s The Devil in the White City is in production. The film is said to have Leonardo DiCaprio portraying Holmes. A release date has yet to be confirmed.[56]

See also References External links Last edited 6 minutes ago by RoySmith Wikipedia Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. Terms of UsePrivacyDesktop Shortydarby (talk) 18:05, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation
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