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How to Burn a Witch In the name of God, the Church, and/or the King and Other Ghastly Tales of Imaginary Fixations Resulting in True Terror and Un-Godly Horror or How the Roman Catholic Church and its agents, joined by European and English Kings, along with Presbyterian and Episcopalian ministers, tortured, executed, and burned 250,000 so-called witches and heretics in Europe in order to execute extortion and revenge schemes, control the people, and rid the earth of those who would challenge Papal, biblical, and/or Monarchial authority. This book is a compilation of extremely detailed historical writings on the subject of witches, heretics, and judicial torture. Compiled a ...

Dr. H.H. Holmes was originally arrested for insurance fraud. Philadelphia Detective Frank Geyer was dispatched to prove that Holmes actually murdered Pietzel and to see what he had done with three of his children. This reprint of the Detective Geyer's contemporary account details his year long search for the final victims of America's first Serial killer, Dr. H.H. Holmes. Sales of this Irvington Historical Society Edition supports the mission and program of the Irvington Historical Society.