• Episode 724 - Chicago Mob Stories - The Handshake Murder of Dean O'Banion
    Nov 10 2024

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    33 mins
  • Episode 723 - Chicago Horror: The Grimes Sisters Murders
    Oct 26 2024

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    Their killings stand out as one of Chicago's most infamous unsolved crimes. Today we’re discussing the Grimes Sisters Murders.

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    38 mins
  • Episode 722 - Chicago's Forgotten Towns, Neighborhoods, and Names
    Oct 12 2024

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    Have you ever been to Grossdale? Praha? Maybe Swedetown? How about Gregg's Milk Station? I’m sure you’ve been to Hardscrabble, right? Today we’re discussing Chicago’s Forgotten Towns, Neighborhoods, and Names.

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    33 mins
  • FROM THE ARCHIVES - The Great Chicago Fire - Ogden Mansion, The Barracks, and Newberry Library
    Oct 5 2024

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    On this Great Chicago Fire-themed episode we discuss one home not destroyed by the fire – the Ogden mansion – and learn little more about the person who once owned it, what happened to that area immediately after the fire, and what is on that site now.

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  • Episode 721 - The Black Sox Scandal of 1919 with WTTW's Eddie Griffin
    Sep 15 2024

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    WTTW's Eddie Griffin is back to discuss one of Chicago's darkest sports stories - the Black Sox Scandal of 1919.

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    34 mins
  • Episode 720 - Malört: A Truly Chicago Booze with author Josh Noel
    Sep 8 2024

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    Anthony Bourdain tasted the wormwood-infused liquor Malört for his TV show “The Layover” and said, “its brash nature" created “a possibility that I could get all stabby and belligerent.” Today we're talking about Malört, the truly Chicago booze.

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    32 mins
  • Episode 719 - Mike Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago with writer / actor Mitchell Bisschop
    Aug 31 2024

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    This episode's guest is Mitchell Bisschop, who wrote and stars in the play "Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago," which runs Sept. 5-29, 2024, at the Chopin Theatre. Mitchell and I discuss celebrated newspaper columnist Mike Royko, Chicago newspapers, growing up in Barrington, IL as a theatre nerd, and how this one-man play came together. Don't worry if you don't know much about Mike Royko - I include a (somewhat) brief bio before the interview.

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    Roseland, Chicago: 1972 (Cate Plys) - Mike Royko 50+/- Years Ago Today

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    40 mins
  • Episode 718 - Dr. Edward Holmes and the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary with Connie Fairbanks
    Aug 24 2024

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    He arrived in Chicago from Boston in the mid-1800s and set up an Eye and Ear Infirmary to help those in need. Hear the story of Dr. Edward Lorenzo Holmes and his efforts to help the less fortunate in Chicago.

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    30 mins