Reason First: The Triple H Murderer- Dr.Henry Howard Holmes

When you enjoy the screams of your victims dying in agony, there just might be a problem. With Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, his way of dispatching with some of those people who fell prey to his Chicago “castle” should be condemned for all of history.

Dr. Holmes started his fascination with the macabre when he nabbed dead bodies, put insurance on them, and disfigured them and collected the insurance money.

It got worse. Holmes also stole horses, forged documents, and swindled. Why did he do all of this? Was it all just to satisfy the beast within his frame? For some time, he worked as a pharmacist in 1890’s Chicago. The owner of the pharmacy died of cancer and soon Holmes killed the widow.

Dr. Holmes is said to have killed 27 people but those figures could have reached higher than 100. So, what drove him to do the ultimate acts of the violation of individual rights?

Who told Dr. Holmes that it was rational and in his own self-interest to kill these people? The selflessness, or complete disregard for his ego, became apparent in Holmes. He brought to this world only destruction and mayhem. His whole modus operandi was to see the downfall of tens of people.

His gnarled vision can still be attributed to the fact that he didn’t serve a purpose. Sure he had a medical degree. But where did that get him? He swung from the gallows nonetheless. A purpose doesn’t just mean having a career or working. Even something as innocuous as being a doctor and not applying oneself to one’s career is an example of non-productive work. But to throw murder into the equation was to demonstrate how something that can be corrected through application could have been deteriorated by stealing lives.

What Holmes thought would be a routine police investigation into one of his scams turned into a peek into his much seedier activities. Like other cases related to minor infractions that turn into horrific happenings, Holmes finally found justice.

Did he think that he would get away with his crime(s)? What made him feel that he could destroy lives? Dr. Holmes represented the man lacking a purpose in life who took the lives of others. His malevolence resulted from his insufficient morality. He preyed on any one that crossed his path. And of course the conceptual scapegoat, money, was blamed for his iniquities. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Money is a tool of savings, exchange, and trade. Holmes scams did not live up to the meaning of money. He was a scared child inside who couldn’t deal with reality.

So what did he do? He set out to be a serial homicidal maniac. Though on first impression he appeared as a gentleman, a monster was underneath that derby hat. His intelligence may have been high but his ethics remained basement level low.

How he almost got away with murder is a deep discussion for law enforcement agencies to this day. All it took for the authorities to bring him down was some underhanded dealings related to insurance fraud. What if they had not investigated further? Would Holmes have served a little time as opposed to being convicted and sentenced to death?

What was Holmes’ emotions in murdering all of those people? Why did he not consider the fact that life is the most precious thing in the world. While abortions are proper and moral, in the hands of Holmes, he committed fatalities with some of his illegal abortions. This paints a picture of a sadistic male who didn’t care about the well-being of anyone especially himself.

So, some would say that he was selfish? How? The murder of people for kicks and scams for some unofficial cash and ending up in hanging for his crimes...if selfishness means rational self-interest, how was all that in any way egoistic?