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The Halloween Episode: Munger Road
On this week’s episode Curious City investigates the origins of the Munger Road haunting. Like any good ghost story, there are several versions of th…
4 years, 8 months ago
Chicago Is Where Black Cinema Took Root
Chicago was like Hollywood before Hollywood became the movie capital we know today. And Black directors were an important part of that early industry…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Pilsen Episode
Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood was first settled by Irish and German immigrants who were soon supplanted by a large influx of Czech immigrants. They g…
4 years, 8 months ago
Three Buildings That Survived The Great Chicago Fire
The Great Chicago Fire, which lasted from October 8th to October 10th, 1871, destroyed most of Chicago from what is today Roosevelt Road up to Fuller…
4 years, 8 months ago
Lucy Parsons, The 'Goddess Of Anarchy'
Called "more dangerous than a thousand rioters" by the Chicago Police Department, Lucy Parsons was a radical socialist, a labor organizer, and a powe…
4 years, 9 months ago
What’s The History Of Religious Exemptions To Vaccines?
While resistance to vaccine mandates goes back 200 years but state laws allowing for religious exemptions were rare until the 1960s. And faith leader…
4 years, 9 months ago
Why Are The Cicadas So Loud And Chicago’s Livestock
The cicadas seem really loud this year around one listener’s home. But are they louder than usual? Are there more of them? Producer Jason Marck finds…
4 years, 9 months ago
The White Sox Logo And How The Chicago Bears Got Their Nickname
When a 22-year-old executive came up with the iconic White Sox logo, he probably never imagined it becoming a hip-hop fashion sensation. Nearly 27 y…
4 years, 9 months ago
How Do Chicago’s Most Tenacious Weeds Grow?
Tenacious weeds like buckthorn, milkweed and goldenrod grow everywhere in Chicago from railroad tracks to sidewalk cracks. Reporter Natalie Dalea fin…
4 years, 10 months ago
A Chicago Historian Tackles Your Questions About The City
Historian Dominic Pacyga shares his encyclopedic knowledge of Chicago history and answers questions about everything from breweries to slaughterhouse…
4 years, 10 months ago