The Murder Factory
Life and work of H. H. Holmes, First American Serial Killer
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- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
5 September 2023
Summary
The simultaneous emergence of the serial killer and the assembly line as expressions of the rationality of modern production methods.
In 1896, at the age of 35, Henry Howard Holmes, whose real name was Herman Webster Mudget, became the first serial killer in the United States, confessing to dozens of crimes. To carry out his activities quietly, he built in Chicago a building so vast that his neighbors called it the “Château.” Located just a stone’s throw from the most sophisticated sl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783956795435 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3956795431 |
| Author: | Alexandra Midal |
| Publisher: | Sternberg Press |
| Imprint: | Sternberg Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 5 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 96g |
| Dimensions: | 181mm x 130mm x 8mm |
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Alexandra Midal
Alexandra Midal is a curator and Professor of History and Theory of Design at HEAD-Genève. She is a former director of the Regional Contemporary Art Funds of Haute-Normandie (FRAC) and a former assistant to the artist Dan Graham for public commissions.
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