Inciting Event

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Inciting Event In 1893 the whole of United States celebrates the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the America's and the World's Columbian Exposition opens to waiting public. In the nearby Chicago community of Englewood resides a businessman, a doctor, and the United States first documented serial killer, Dr. H.H. Holmes.
First Plot Point As the trains which shall overwhelm Chicago with tourist and people seeking new opportunities so is it occupied by predators seeking easy prey. As Holmes looks over the incoming guest he sees both an opportunity for both his business and his craft. Lying in wait a lone young woman separates herself from the crowd and as he pursues her is confronted Hallucinations of his past
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An unhinged sadomasochist who has to begin killing and engaging in acts of cannibalism. Gray idolizes the murders of Jack the Ripper which occurred five years prior in many instances he reacts aspects of his murders in the beginning, but as time goes on the murders become even more sadistic. After he kills a couple in an alley in Chicago, he devours the woman and dumps the man body in the port of Chicago. When the body washes ashore (31st St. Harbor) it doesn't go unnoticed by Laden who begins to investigate despite the derision of …show more content…
Gray watches the Ellis from across the street as they eat dinner and fantasizes. Meanwhile, Lilly begins to notice some oddities in the hotel as well as the comings and goings of Holmes. Being aware of this hint of suspicion, later standing over her well she sleeps in he considers for a moment whether or not to kill her. After deciding not to kill her, Holmes kidnaps and chloroforms a couple who are staying at his hotel and releases them into his maze. After killing both he suffers a mild grand mal seizure as a result of his Encephalitis and is brought to the hospital by

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