Talk:H. H. Holmes' Murder Hotel/@comment-1674153-20171022132149

I feel it worth mentioning that name wise, the building was not actually called the Murder Hotel. When it opened, it was the Holmes Building. The neighborhood dubbed it the Castle because of it's imposing structure. The police, upon investigation, called it the Murder Castle.

And furthermore, the building was not a warehouse that Holmes converted into a hotel. Holmes commissioned the building (through several different contractors, hiring and firing until no one knew the whole set up but himself), and during it's existence it never served as a warehouse. He knew what it was going to be used for from the very beginning, The first floor were spaces available for commercial usage. The second floor was used for torture, as was the basement, although the latter was more dedicated to toying with the bodies. It was really only the third floor that was used as hotel space.