Jeff Mudgett seeks to prove his ancestor, U.S. serial killer H.H. Holmes, was also London's infamous murderer, Jack the Ripper; Mudgett teams up with ex-CIA analyst Amaryllis Fox to prove this theory, using modern science and methodologies.
While revealing the gruesome details of the murders committed in 1888 London by Jack the Ripper, Jeff and Amaryllis challenge Ripper myths in the hunt for a link to H.H. Holmes.
The Jack the Ripper letters contain an unexpected link to H.H. Holmes; Scotland Yard's list of credible suspects holds a key detail about the manhunt; eyewitness accounts reveal the face of a killer.
An investigation into the gruesome details of Holmes' infamous Murder Castle leads to the discovery that he may have been killing victims all over Chicago and beyond; a report says the Ripper may have killed in the United States.
Jeff and Amaryllis discover an unexpected connection to the Ripper in police archives while investigating the 1893 World's Fair that turned Chicago into H.H. Holme's killing ground.
H.H. Holmes goes on the run as his schemes unravel; the investigation picks up on Holmes' trail with a long-lost crime scene that could hold the key to proving he's the Ripper.
H.H. Holmes' grave is exhumed in an attempt to prove that he pulled off one final swindle and escaped his own execution.