Leonardo DiCaprio Will Murder as 'The Devil in the White City'

We've already reported that Clint Eastwood's forthcoming biopic Hoover will see Leonardo DiCaprio as the titular FBI director of the same name, but following that project, the actor has lined up quite a role like nothing he's ever done before. Deadline reports DiCaprio's Appian Way production banner has teamed with Double Features to snag the rights to The Devil in the White City, a non-fiction book by Erik Larson that tells the story of H.H. Holmes, one of the first documented American serial killers who is believed to have murdered anywhere from 27 to 200 people when the city of Chicago was enthralled with hosting the World's Fair of 1893.

In a scheme that would make Jigsaw blush, Holmes manipulated an old woman into selling her cancer-stricken husband's drug store only to "move to California" shortly thereafter. Then he purchased a lot across from the drugstore where he built ...

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