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Episode 201 - Chicago's Ghost Tales: Resurrection Mary
Season 2 Episode 201
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A hitchhiking ghost, walking along a lonely stretch of road in a white dress on her way to a cemetery. To many Chicagoans, the mere m…
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 125 - Chicago's Ghoulish Past
Season 1 Episode 125
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Halloween is coming! Enjoy this episode about Chicago's ghoulish past, including tales of forgotten cemeteries, grave robbers, mob grav…
6 years ago
Episode 124 - Chicago's High Bridge / Suicide Bridge of Lincoln Park
Season 1 Episode 124
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Lincoln Park had a “High Bridge” which rose 75 feet over the south lagoon's water. As welcoming to…
6 years ago
Episode 123 - Wrongfully Convicted: Majczek and Marcinkiewicz
Season 1 Episode 123
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On a cold day in 1932, a Chicago cop named William Lundy was gunned down at a speakeasy in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Two me…
6 years ago
Episode 122 - The Ferris Wheel in Lincoln Park
Season 1 Episode 122
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The Ferris Wheel, a marvel of engineering, first appeared at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. This is the story o…
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 121 - Chicago's Teen Rock Clubs of the 60s
Season 1 Episode 121
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ttps://amzn.to/31PrFL6Not long after The Beatles invaded America and kids everywhere picked up guitars and drumsticks and formed thei…
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 120 - Labor Day and Chicago: The Haymarket Tragedy and the Pullman Strike
Season 1 Episode 120
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On this episode we discuss a few things you may not know about Labor Day and Chicago’s role in how Labor Day as a holiday came to be.…
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 119 - Provident Hospital, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, and Emma Reynolds
Season 1 Episode 119
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Provident Hospital, the first owned-and-operated African American hospital not just in Chicago but in the country, Dr. Daniel Hale Wi…
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 118 - Buckingham Fountain
Season 1 Episode 118
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That beautiful fountain on Columbus Drive that you see when driving on Lake Shore Drive has an amazing history behind it. This is the s…
6 years, 2 months ago
Episode 117 - Chicago Mayors: William "Big Bill" Thompson
Season 1 Episode 117
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This is the story of "Big Bill" Thompson, a bigger-than-life character who served as Chicago mayor for three terms and is viewed as one…
6 years, 2 months ago