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Let me tell you about this man:

His name is Herman Webster Mudgett, otherwise known as Dr. H. H. Holmes, the first documented American serial killer. His death count is around 200, most (if not all) were done with one thing.

This "Murder Hotel," or "Murder Castle" as I also heard it called, was made for...... well, murder. The upper two floors of the three floor building contained a maze of over 100 windowless rooms with doorways opening to brick walls, oddly-angled hallways, stairways to nowhere, doors openable only from the outside, and a host of other strange and labyrinthine constructions. Holmes repeatedly changed builders during the construction of the building, so only he fully understood the design of the house.

The strange thing is that the bodies of the victims were sold to medical schools. Not sure what they did with them but I'm sure it was helpful in some way.

Oh my gosh... That place was totally the inspiration for an episode of Gargoyles. Goliath escapes a hotel just like that.