Devil in the White City is published in paperback in 2004. Author Erik Larson’s novelistic telling of the parallel true stories of 1893 World’s Fair architect Daniel Burnham and the man considered to be the U.S.’s first serial killer, H.H. Holmes, is an award-winning bestseller. Though actor Leonardo DiCaprio buys the film rights in 2010, the project remains in development hell.
This Day in Halloween: Erik Larson's bestseller about serial killer H. H. Holmes "Devil in the White City" is published in paperback in 2004. / Illustration by Amanda White