Charles Mudgett: Religion Or Religion?

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When Mudgett, also known as Holmes, was little his parents were devout methodists who relied heavily on rod and prayer (page 39). His mother always wanted MUdgett to pray with her in her room. H wasn't really a religious type person, he mostly surrounded himself with poetry written by Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe, and he also invented things like a wind - power mechanism that scared birds away from the fields. This is an religous example, because even though Mudgett’s family was religious, he didn't become a religious person like them. President Cleveland's carriage arrived at Sol Bloom’s Algerian Village, which was located at the muslim core of the Midway (page 236). When he arrived, Bloom made a small gesture indicating that the women

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