"Oh my god! Haylee are you okay?" Jenny squealed as Jekyll got up to help Haylee. "Yeah, nothing's broken. I'll be fine." Jekyll started to examine her and Jenny looked up. She saw a man all in black smiling down at her. "Jekyll, is that Hyde?" She asked. Jekyll followed her gaze to the top of the building. "Yes." He whispered. Hyde gave them all a wink and walked away. "Okay girls, slight change in plans for today." Jekyll said.
"Oh!" The librarian exclaimed as Jekyll as her the question. "Yes, they are on the fourth level. All the newspapers are assorted to date." Jekyll thanked her. Jenny and Haylee followed him. He went through the shelves. Haylee and Jenny waited by some tables. Soon Jekyll came out holding three newspapers. Two of them looked ancient, and one looked newer, but still old. He set them on the table next to Haylee and Jenny. Jenny picked one up.
In the summer of 1974, Ted Bundy attacked at least seven young women in Washington. Bundy's victims looked remarkably similar to each other: Nearly all of them had long, dark hair parted in the middle. Those who knew him said that he was very smart and personable, and he used his charm to pick up his victims. In another gambit, he also used a fake cast on his arm to appear less threatening.
Jenny looked up at Jekyll. "What does this have to do with anything?" She asked. "Read another one, you might be able to figure it out if you do." Jekyll said. Jenny picked up another one.
Dr. H. H. Holmes, one of America's first well-known serial killers, is hanged to death in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although his criminal exploits were just as extensive and occurred during the same time period as Jack the Ripper, the Arch Fiend--as Holmes was known--has not endured in the public's memory the way the Ripper has.
Born with the unfortunate moniker Herman Mudgett in New Hampshire, Holmes began torturing animals as a child. Still, he was a smart boy who later graduated from the University of Michigan with a medical degree. Holmes financed his education with a series of insurance scams whereby he requested coverage for nonexistent people and then presented corpses as the insured.
In 1886, Holmes moved to Chicago to work as a pharmacist. A few months later, he bought the pharmacy from the owner's widow after his death. She then mysteriously disappeared. With a new series of cons, Holmes raised enough money to build a giant, elaborate home across from the store.
The home, which Holmes called "The Castle," had secret passageways, fake walls, and trapdoors. Some of the rooms were soundproof and connected by pipes to a gas tank in the basement. His bedroom had controls that could fill these rooms with gas. Holmes' basement also contained a lab with equipment used for his dissections.
Young women in the area, along with tourists who had come to see the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, and had rented out rooms in Holmes' castle, suddenly began disappearing. Medical schools purchased many human skeletons from Dr. Holmes during this period but never asked how he obtained the anatomy specimens.
Holmes was finally caught after attempting to use another corpse in an insurance scam. He confessed, saying, "I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than a poet can help the inspiration to sing."
Reportedly, authorities discovered the remains of over 200 victims on his property.
Jenny looked up at Jekyll. "Do you mean that Hyde is really behind these murders?" Jekyll nodded. "He bribed them to take the fall. Every once in a while he just goes crazy and kills. I think it's because he's been here too long." Jenny tilted her head, "But you've been here just as long as he has." Jekyll nodded, "And sometimes I feel like killing. But I've never killed, and I never want to. Every time I feel the need, I write about it, and read about new medical discoveries." Jekyll explained. "Whoa, hold on. I have Phsyco blood in me?" Jekyll laughed. "I think it's a side effect of the formula. I'm pretty sure it is. You don't have to worry. Besides, serial killings aren't inherited." Haylee relaxed visibly. "So Hyde is responsible for all of these?" Jenny asked. Jekyll nodded, "And more. He was the Zodiac killer, Jack the Ripper, and even the Green River Murderer." Jenny looked back at the paper in her hands. Not only was he a literary legend, but he was also the best serial killer ever.
Authors note: Those articles are not mine. I got them from history.com. I don't own any of them.
