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Scammed to Death: H. H. Holmes' Insurance Fraud Scheme Pt. 2

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In 1889, Benjamin Pitezel befriended a man named H.H. Holmes in Chicago. The two of them became partners in crime, and cooked up a plan to defraud a life insurance company by faking Benjamin's death. But Benjamin had no idea that his friend Holmes had other ideas.


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