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TIL about the "Murder Castle", a building owned by the serial killer H. H. Holmes. This complicated building included maze-like hallways, seemingly leading to nowhere airtight rooms used as elaborate torture rooms, acid vats a crematorium and more. It is suspected that Holmes had around 200 victims.

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