When discussing killing, people often think of resistance and fear. After all, for most people, killing is a sin, and there is a lot of pity and intolerance in their hearts. However, even if this is the mainstream thinking in society, it cannot be denied that there are some exceptions. There is a part of the population that is born with a twisted mind, and they have a desire for killing, and even take pride in it. Such people have created many tragedies and led to many outrageous crimes and deaths.
We've probably all heard of criminals who have killed a few people, perhaps only in the hundreds. However, some extreme cases in history are far from the same. There is a criminal who has built a labyrinth in his inn and turned it into a terrifying killing place. In this monstrous labyrinth, women became his hunting targets, and more than 200 innocent lives were lost here. How did this horrible story happen?
Took over the pharmaceutical company
Holmes, an immigrant who first arrived in Chicago, initially found a job at a pharmaceutical company in order to survive. He quickly won the appreciation of his boss with his conscientiousness and outstanding ability, and at the same time established a good relationship with his colleagues with a sincere and friendly attitude, and his reputation has always been good.
Over time, the boss's trust in Holmes gradually grew, eventually allowing him to be promoted from a junior employee to a managerial manager. And the working atmosphere within the pharmaceutical company has also become more harmonious because of Holmes's leadership.
One day, the owner of a pharmaceutical company died suddenly, and the whole situation changed. The boss's wife, Mrs. Helton, decided to transfer the pharmaceutical company to him. This was a huge opportunity for Holmes, so he did whatever it takes, even going into debt, in the hope of owning the business as soon as possible.
Eventually, Holmes was able to raise enough down payment to successfully take over the pharmaceutical business. This seemingly happy ending turned out to be the beginning of a tragedy.
A precursor to tragedy
As time passed, Mrs. Helton gradually noticed that Holmes's personality had changed drastically, as if he had become a different person. What bothered her even more was that Holmes had not fulfilled his promise to pay it back, which had put her life in jeopardy. Mrs. Helton repeatedly approached Holmes in an attempt to recover the debt, but Holmes repeatedly shirked it, and the two even broke out into a heated argument. This incident caused a lot of discussion at the time, and the society began to have some criticism of Holmes.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Helton suddenly disappears after some time, leading to speculation that the conflict may have been resolved. In fact, Mrs. Helton has disappeared from the story forever.
Under Holmes' leadership, pharmacies became more prosperous, larger, and more profitable. He became a wealthy businessman, and Holmes's ambitions did not stop there.
In 1893, Chicago was about to host the World's Fair, which was an opportunity for Holmes to make another profit. He decided to take advantage of the craze and build a luxury hotel in the hope of further amassing his wealth.
To achieve this goal, Holmes has invested a great deal of energy and resources. He hired a number of excellent designers and frequently changed engineering staff, which made the structure of the hotel extremely complex. The ground floor of the three-storey hotel houses the pharmaceutical factory and shops in Homs, while the upper two floors are rooms for tourists, including a seemingly ordinary office.
The hotel has a secret door between each room, and there are complex passages between the rooms, and the internal structure is like a labyrinth, full of traps and traps. When the hotel was completed, he began his killing journey.
Tragedy happens
Initially, he lured a large number of female employees with various benefits and played terrifying games in a complex maze that caused these women to die screaming and despairing. With the brutality of the female employees over, Holmes set his sights on foreign female tourists, luring them into the hotel by various means, and then taking their lives in a similar way.
In 1894, some observant people began to notice the anomaly, and more and more people went missing, all clues pointing to the hotel. The alarm sounded, and the Boston police rushed to search for him.
Holmes put up a stubborn resistance when he was arrested, but as more and more evidence surfaced, he could not escape the fate of trial. Later, the police unveiled the structure of the hotel, revealing the terrible secrets inside the hotel, and people realized what a terrifying truth was hidden under the simple building.
Find the truth
The police raid found a large number of fragments of the victim's bones in the basement of the hotel, and the scene was terrifying. According to the investigation and Holmes' confession, he brutally murdered more than 200 women, including employees, tourists and innocent girls who had been lured in.
Although the police tried to prove Homs's brutality with evidence, only 9 victims were found due to the dismemberment. But it was still enough to sentence Holmes to death. On the day of the trial, Holmes still smiled grimly, declaring that he had acted like the poet's inspiration, without remorse.
In 1896, Holmes was sentenced to death and taken to the gallows. At the moment when his life was about to end, his smile disappeared, revealing a look of fear, just like an ordinary person. As his life faded away, this terrible past finally came to an end. The hotel was burned down by an unknown person, and all its secrets were wiped out in flames.
epilogue
Looking back on the life of this demon, we can't help but begin to question whether Master Meng's philosophy is completely correct. We often say that human nature is inherently good, emphasizing that acquired education can lead people to become better. When we delve into what Holmes did, we may be skeptical of this theory. His actions make us wonder if human nature is really inherently good, and whether there is an underlying madness hidden deep within each person.
Holmes single-handedly killed more than 200 women, in a way that is unusually brutal. This act of terror, with the exception of war, is almost unbelievable. This makes us realize that hell is not empty, but that there are demons roaming the earth.
It is in the midst of terrorist events like this that our need for the rule of law, civility and equality is all the more urgent. It is our deepest prayer that such a demon will leave the world forever. It was to be hoped that the rule of law would be strengthened, that societies would become more civilized and that everyone would enjoy equal rights and dignity.
This incident reminds us that despite the repeated occurrence of evil, we should not let it deny the bright side of human nature. On the contrary, we should strive to curb latent madness and create a more harmonious and just society through education, the rule of law and civility. May everyone be guided by the light to become a kind and rational individual, so that the devil will no longer wreak havoc in the world.