True Crime Club: Ed Gein & H. H. Holmes
Schedule
Wed Sep 03 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
503 State St, Bristol, VA | Bristol, VA
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Date & Time: Wednesday, September 3rd at 5:00 PMTopic: America’s most nightmarish origins—Ed Gein (the Plainfield ghoul) & H. H. Holmes (the “Murder Castle” mastermind)
Step into the shadowed birthplaces of American horror. This session contrasts two very different monsters:
• Ed Gein—grave robber and murderer whose macabre “crafts” inspired Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs.
• H. H. Holmes—Gilded Age con man turned killer, notorious for his labyrinthine Chicago “Murder Castle.”
What we’ll cover
• Origins & psychology: isolation, obsession, fraud, and fantasy.
• Methods & evidence: exhumations, trophies, and the architecture of murder.
• Myth vs. fact: separating sensational headlines from the historical record.
• Cultural impact: how these cases reshaped true crime, horror, and policing.
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Where is it happening?
503 State St, Bristol, VA, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
