Detail about a serial killer of Americans history

This is a hand-drawn cutaway of H.H. Holmes’ Murder Castle. I compiled blueprints, case notes, and other references in an effort to render the building as accurately as possible. It’s drawn with Micron liner pens and colored in Photoshop. Scroll down to see detail shots, the process, and references.

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Dr. Henry Holmes was a serial killer who built a hotel of horrors dubbed the “Murder Castle” in Chicago in the 1890s. Sponsored Links It was 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, and celebration was in the air in the Windy City. Chosen over New York City, St. Louis, and Washington D.C. for the privilege, Chicago was […]

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