HOW A SERIAL-KILLER MOVIE EMERGED FROM THE SHADOWS
OVER DECADES,THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITYHAS STALKED SOME OF HOLLYWOOD’S BIGGEST NAMES
THE BOOK 2003
Upon release, American author and journalist Erik Larson’s
The Devil In The White City: Murder, Magic, And Madness At The Fair That Changed America
became a bestseller. Chronicling the parallel true stories of maverick architect Daniel Burnham and ghoulish serial killer H.H. Holmes, Larson’s book — a dualistic portrait of Americana set against the backdrop of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair — was lurid, shocking, and ripe for adaptation.