<P> A documentary film on Holmes, H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer, was released in 2004, narrated by Tony Jay . The producer and director of the film, John Borowski, also wrote a book on Holmes titled The Strange Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes . </P> <P> U.K.'s Channel 5 aired a documentary, Slaughtered at the Murder Hotel, on July 17, 2013 . </P> <P> Episode 3 of the first season of the History Channel's Haunted History TV series, airing in July 2013, was dedicated to Holmes and the Murder Castle . </P> <P> In July 2017, the History Channel broadcast the eight - part limited series American Ripper, in which Holmes descendant Jeff Mudgett attempted to link Holmes to the Jack the Ripper case . The series concluded with the exhumation of Holmes' grave and the positive identification of Holmes' body . </P>

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