Taking the best selling book "Devil in the White City," National Geographic returns to the Chicago World's Fair to meet America's first serial killer. A look at Daniel Burnham and H.H. Holmes.
At first I thought this was something of a bait and switch, luring viewers in with Holmes, but really focusing on the World's Fair. And this could be argued. But really, what it seems more like is a fleshing out of a time (1893) and a place (Chicago), showing both the best and worst the city had to offer.
While I would have liked more on Holmes, I ended up learning a good deal more about the World's Fair than I ever knew before. For example, I had no idea that Hershey's chocolate had its germ at the event.
But back to Holmes -- this is the second documentary I saw on him, and both have come up short. Both good, but lacking. I would love to see more examination of his autobiography and checking into if he was ever really a doctor and who his parents were...
At first I thought this was something of a bait and switch, luring viewers in with Holmes, but really focusing on the World's Fair. And this could be argued. But really, what it seems more like is a fleshing out of a time (1893) and a place (Chicago), showing both the best and worst the city had to offer.
While I would have liked more on Holmes, I ended up learning a good deal more about the World's Fair than I ever knew before. For example, I had no idea that Hershey's chocolate had its germ at the event.
But back to Holmes -- this is the second documentary I saw on him, and both have come up short. Both good, but lacking. I would love to see more examination of his autobiography and checking into if he was ever really a doctor and who his parents were...