Sometimes, he would fill the hotel rooms with gas and his guests would silently die in their sleep, or he would use chloroform soaked rags and suffocated them to death. After he murdered his guests, he would then burn their bodies at the bottom of the hotel’s basement. From these crimes, Holmes is said to be one of America’s first known serial killers (Larson, 2003). Furthermore, building the fair was a long and brutal process since it had to be completed in a short about of time. Daniel H. Burnham, one of Chicago’s talented architects, was the exposition’s director of works. Him and his team of architects designed the World’s Fair from scratch and it needed to be finished by opening day. Of course, many obstacles got in the way, making it very difficult to complete the project. Although obstacles got in the way, Burnham never gave up and had faith that it would be ready by May 1, 1893 (Larson, …show more content…
Deborah Schurman-Kauflin, a psychologist, researched routines that serial killers would usually follow before every crime. Most serial killers know how to be one step above law enforcement, and are very strategic throughout the whole process. They know how to properly clean up the mess they make without leaving noticeable DNA behind (Schurman-Kauflin, 2013). According to Schurman-Kauflin (2013), “Taking extraordinary measures and being patient has helped many killers get away with their crimes” (Schurman-Kauflin, 2013, para.