The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood. DANIEL H. BURNHAM DIRECTOR OF WORKS WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, 1893

I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing. DR. H. H. HOLMES CONFESSION 1896