(from chicagoist.com)

The most notorious serial killer in Chicago history, H.H. Holmes, was also a notorious con artist—so much in fact that rumors swirled at the time of his hanging that he actually conned his way out of the death penalty and escaped to South America. Now, officials in Philadelphia and descendants of Holmes are hoping to put that longstanding speculation to rest, by digging up the killer’s body from his final resting place. (MORE HERE)

WATCH below as Rhett and Link explain the story of H.H. Holmes.