From Daniel Ciarrocchi - the mind that brought you Jeopardy! Season 39, Episode 156 - comes a hilarious new radio-drama podcast: the unusual tale of H.H. Holmes— America’s first serial killer.
Chicago, 1893: While the world is waiting for the Fair, a different kind of architect is building his own exhibition…
a MURDER CASTLE!
The SPECTACULAR, SENSATIONAL, TRAGICALLY ACCURATE dramedy recounting the TURMOIL, TERROR, & TURBULENCE
of H.H. HOLMES’s maniacal KILLING SPREE over
Chicago’s 1893 WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION!
Publisher
No Holmes Barred - a radio show podcast about serial killer H.H. Holmes
Holmes reveals his motives and prepares for his reckoning; The Planners wax philosophical about their achievements, failures, and imminent crossroads ahead.
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10 Jul 2024
Episode 8: “Chicago P.D. & Porkery”
Holmes puts his escape plan into motion, with help from the Pitezel family; Prendergast takes responsibility for his actions.
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10 Jul 2024
Episode 7: “The Penal Gallery”
The Planners unpack the Fair’s recent tragedies and discover the secret identity of one of their own; Holmes bonds with, and finds help from, an unlikely source; Prendergast seeks retribution.
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27 Mar 2024
Episode 6: “Homeless Escargot”
Holmes’s collectors blindside him in a sting operation; Prendergast marches to City Hall to claim his rightful position; Pitezel returns home; Emeline writes home to announce her marriage.
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5 Feb 2024
Episode 5: “Slavery’s Over, Go Nuts!”
The Planners stumble through a surprise visit from prominent civil rights activists Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells; The World 's Columbian Exposition finally makes its debut, without incident—but not for long.
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19 Oct 2023
Episode 4: Buying the Pharm
After everything is taken from him, a livid former employee seeks to even the score with H.H. Holmes; On Christmas Eve, Holmes acts fast against a new threat to his business plans for the upcoming World Fair.
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No Holmes Barred was written, directed, and produced by Daniel Ciarrocchi
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Evan Kornblum
Additional tracking and production, courtesy of Still Thinking Productions and The Coniferous Lounge
Episode 4 of No Holmes Barred, Buying the Pharm stars:
Daniel Ciarrocchi as H.H. Holmes
Megan Perkins as Julia Conner and Gertie
Jenny Kessler as Emeline Cigrand and Pearl Conner
Alex Bond as Ned Conner
David Heilker as Olmsted
Jacob DeNobel as Atwood
Additional credits: "Door, Front, Opening, A.wav" by InspectorJ(www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org ; "Asking Questions" "Cornfield Chase," and "Ghost Town" by Rafael Krux; Ambush at Rattlesnake Gulch by Brian Boyko; "Night in the Castle" by Kevin MacLeod; "Think About it" and "Spring Chicken" by Bryan Teoh
21 Sept 2023
Episode 3 : “Nobody Wants To Work Anymore!”
The Planners attempt to manage the Fair’s Woman’s Building construction, and later confront a violent obstacle; Holmes deals with a spurned debt collector; Prendergast puts his power-play in motion; and Pitezel takes the first step in getting clean.
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5 Jul 2023
Episode 2: “The Irony Wheel”
The Planners decide on a worthy centerpiece for the World’s Columbian Exposition; Holmes begins construction of his World’s Fair Hotel, but his eerie specifications draw suspicion from his contractors.
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15 Apr 2023
Episode 1: “The Resurrectionists”
An 18-year-old H.H. Holmes explains a harrowing incident to his landlady;
The World Fair’s planners are given an impossible task; A paperboy manager
vies for more in life.
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5.0 / 5
13 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
9 ratings
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