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Mudgett was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire to Levi Horton Mudgett and Theodate Page Price, both of whom were descended from the first European settlers in the area.

According to the 2007 Most Evil profile on Holmes, his father was a violent alcoholic, and his mother was a devout Methodist who read the Bible to Herman.

He claimed that, as a child, classmates forced him to view and touch a human skeleton after discovering his fear of the local doctor.

The bullies initially brought him there to scare him, but instead he was utterly fascinated, and he soon became obsessed with death.