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Episode 825 - Murder Mansion: The Rouse Family Killings
Season 8 Episode 825
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In June of 1980, millionaire couple Bruce and Darlene Rouse were killed in their Libertyville mansion while their children slept not …
7 hours ago
Episode 824 - Peshtigo 1871: A Town Consumed with author Deborah Hufford
Season 8 Episode 824
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This week marks the anniversary of one of the worst fires in United States history, one that started on October 8, 1871. No, it isn't…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Great Purolator Armored Express Heist, The
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Back soon with new episodes! Until then, enjoy this bonkers story originally released in December 2021.
On October 20, 1974, one of th…
3 months ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Old Main Post Office
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For many coming into the city from the west, the drive on the Eisenhower Expressway under that massive building at Van Buren is truly…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 823 - Ground Beneath the Diamonds: A History of Chicago's White Sox Ballparks, The
Season 8 Episode 823
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The Chicago White Sox have called three primary sites home since the team’s founding in 1900, and each plot of earth carries layers o…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Bizarre Story of the Missing Wheaton Bible College Couple, The
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Originally released January 15, 2022.
In 1988, two attractive young students attending a prominent suburban Chicago religious school …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 822 - B'Ginnings: Where Schaumburg Rocked The Suburbs
Season 8 Episode 822
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Some of histories biggest rock acts first performed in the Chicago area at music venue in a suburban strip mall in Schaumburg. This i…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
SPECIAL EPISODE - The Women Who Built Chicago with genealogist Nicka Sewell-Smith
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Genealogist Nicka Sewell-Smith joins me to discuss her connections to Chicago and "The Women Who Built Chicago" bus tour, launched fo…
7 months ago
Episode 821 - Behind the Camera: Jun Fujita's Chicago with author Graham Harrison Lee
Season 8 Episode 821
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Jun Fujita was a pioneering Japanese-born photographer who made his way to Chicago to become widely regarded as the first Japanese Am…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 820 - People Wasn't Made To Burn: The James Hickman Story
Season 8 Episode 820
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An unbearable loss pushes one man past the breaking point, ending in murder. Listener discretion is advised.
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8 months ago