Havok’s New Video Chronicles the Chicago World’s Fair Murders of 1893

If you’ve ever read The Devil in the White City then you’re familiar with the true crime story chronicled therein, [SPOILER ALERT] in which a serial killer in Chicago lures young women to gruesome deaths within a hastily and shadily constructed “Murder Castle” just blocks from the 1893 World’s Fair. It’s a great book, made all the more chilling by the knowledge that these events actually happened and that author Erik Larson conducted painstaking research to ensure historical accuracy despite the book’s format as a novel. Leonardo DiCaprio purchased the film rights in 2010 so expect a silver screen version in the not-too-distant future.

Or just watch Havok’s new video for “From the Cradle to the Grave,” from their 2012 Point of No Return EP, which re-enacts the story in metal-ified gory fashion. It’s a nice change of pace to see a metal music video shot in a gorgeous ballroom instead of a dilapidated warehouse for once.