![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/serial-killer-rex-heuermanns-soundproof-basement-has-eerie-echoes-of-murder-castle/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Long-Island-Serial-Killings-23205541874061.jpg&description=Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann's soundproof room in the basement - described as a 'serious vault' - has chilling echoes of the infamous 'murder castle' of H H Holmes, America's first serial killer... One of the most chilling pieces of information to come out of the arrest of Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann was the alleged discovery of a soundproof basement where it's believed a woman was killed. Even more eerie are the echoes this has of H H Holmes' 'murder castle' - the man believed to be America's first serial killer. A search of Heuermann's Long Island home involved the use of cadaver dogs and a ground-penetrating radar machine. Then, the diggers moved in for a "major excavation" of the home the 59-year-old architect shared with his wife and two children. A neighbour reported that police had found a sound-proofed room in the basement, with a former coworker confirming its existence and describing it as a "serious vault" which was concrete-lined with walls "maybe two or three feet thick". The discovery is a chilling parallel to the case of the man who became widely recognised as 'America's first serial killer'. H H Holmes, real name Herman Mudgett, was a swindler and trickster who lived in the Chicago area in the 1880s. He attended medical school having always had an interest in the subject, he allegedly trapped animals and performed surgery on them when he was younger. He graduated from the University of Michigan and moved to Chicago, taking a job as a pharmacist under the name Dr H H Holmes. However, he soon began his murder spree, killing people in order to steal their property. He built himself a house, which became known as 'Murder Castle'. It was equipped with secret passages, trapdoors, and soundproof rooms - reminiscent of the one allegedly found in Heuermann's home. The 'Murder Castle' also had doors that could be locked from the outside, gas jets to asphyxiate victims and a kiln to cremate their bodies. During the peak of){kind=link}
Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann’s soundproof room in the basement – described as a ‘serious vault’ – has chilling echoes of the infamous ‘murder castle’ of H H Holmes, America’s first serial killer…
One of the most chilling pieces of information to come out of the arrest of Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann was the alleged discovery of a soundproof basement where it’s believed a woman was killed.
Even more eerie are the echoes this has of H H Holmes’ ‘murder castle’ – the man believed to be America’s first serial killer.
A search of Heuermann’s Long Island home involved the use of cadaver dogs and a ground-penetrating radar machine. Then, the diggers moved in for a “major excavation” of the home the 59-year-old architect shared with his wife and two children.
A neighbour reported that police had found a sound-proofed room in the basement, with a former coworker confirming its existence and describing it as a “serious vault” which was concrete-lined with walls “maybe two or three feet thick”.