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Chicago History Podcast — 254 episodes
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Old Main Post Office
Episode 823 - Ground Beneath the Diamonds: A History of Chicago's White Sox Ballparks, The
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Bizarre Story of the Missing Wheaton Bible College Couple, The
Episode 822 - B'Ginnings: Where Schaumburg Rocked The Suburbs
SPECIAL EPISODE - The Women Who Built Chicago with genealogist Nicka Sewell-Smith
Episode 821 - Behind the Camera: Jun Fujita's Chicago with author Graham Harrison Lee
Episode 820 - People Wasn't Made To Burn: The James Hickman Story
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Sundown Towns of Chicago with Ernest Crim III
Episode 819 - Frozen in Time: Chicago's Ten Coldest Days
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Skid Row Flophouse Fires
Episode 818 - Chicago's Deadly December: The Crash and Conspiracies of United Flight 553
Episode 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Mass Transit Decoy Squad of the 1970s plus EXTRAS
Episode 816 - Ghosts of the City: Chicago's Unsolved Murders
Episode 815 - Chicago's Ghoulish Past - Expanded and Re-Recorded
Episode 814 - Pain Fireworks Company Explosion of 1914, The
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Mysterious Death of Marshall Field Jr., The
Episode 813 - Lincoln Park's Statues, Sculptures, and Oddities
Episode 812 - Chicago's Uptown Theater with author Robert Loerzel
Episode 811 - One on Every Corner: Four Moon Tavern, Roscoe Village, and the Pencil Factory Strike with writer Leigh Giangreco
Episode 810 - Chicago: The Loop & Beyond with photographer Nenad Spasojevic
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Baby Face Nelson and The Battle of Barrington
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Herrin Coal Massacre, The
Episode 809 - Chicago's Fine Arts Building with author Keir Graff
Episode 808 - The Rise and Fall of Chicago’s Brickyards
Episode 807 - Chicago's Buckingham Fountain and Queen Elizabeth II's 1959 Visit
Episode 806 - Don't Go with authors Tonika Lewis Johnson and Maria Krysan
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Lincoln Park's High Bridge / Suicide Bridge
Episode 805 - Five Pioneering Women of Chicago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Police Chief Francis O'Neill, Chicago's Savior of Irish Music
Episode 804 - Chicago Crime: The Automatic Trio and the Car Barn Murders
Episode 803 - Illinois' Underground Railroad
Episode 802 - Chicago Connections: The Jackson Five
Episode 801 - Unchecked Graft: Chicago Mayor William "Big Bill" Thompson
Episode 725 - Chicago's Forgotten Towns, Neighborhoods, and Names, Part 2
Episode 724 - Chicago Mob Stories - The Handshake Murder of Dean O'Banion
Episode 723 - Chicago Horror: The Grimes Sisters Murders
Episode 722 - Chicago's Forgotten Towns, Neighborhoods, and Names
FROM THE ARCHIVES - The Great Chicago Fire - Ogden Mansion, The Barracks, and Newberry Library
Episode 721 - The Black Sox Scandal of 1919 with WTTW's Eddie Griffin
Episode 720 - Malört: A Truly Chicago Booze with author Josh Noel
Episode 719 - Mike Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago with writer / actor Mitchell Bisschop
Episode 718 - Dr. Edward Holmes and the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary with Connie Fairbanks
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Mysterious Death of Montgomery Ward Thorne, The
Episode 717 - Chicago's Little Saigon with author Erica Allen-Kim
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Navy Pier
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Earle T. Cook and the Airplane Bombing
Episode 716 - Chicago's Motor Speedways
Episode 715 - The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor with WTTW's Dan Andries
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Old Chicago Amusement Park
Episode 714 - Rondout Train Robbery of 1924, The
FROM THE ARCHIVES - U-505 German Submarine in Chicago, The
Episode 713 - Chicago's World War II POW Camps
Episode 712 - Wrigley Field: The Diamond on the Northside
Episode 711 - Chicago's Irish History: The Murder of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
FROM THE ARCHIVES - 16 Inch Softball in Chicago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Soldier Field
Episode 710 - Chicago Mysteries with Geoffrey Baer
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Teen Rock Clubs of the 1960s
Episode 709 - Chicago's Parks - Five Named for Notable Women
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Jane Addams and Hull House
Episode 708 - Forgotten Sisters author Cynthia Pelayo
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Saint - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
Episode 707 - Chicago History Minis: Chicago's First Murder, An Egyptian Museum Theft, and Spuds MacKenzie
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Jack Johnson and Café de Champion
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Marshall "Major" Taylor - The Black Cyclone
Episode 706 - Sergio Mayora and the Art of Weeds Tavern
FROM THE ARCHIVES - School By Radio: The 1937 Polio Outbreak in Chicago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Sans Souci Amusement Park and Frank Lloyd Wright's Midway Gardens
Episode 705 - Tragedy on the Tracks: Connecting Winnetka to Chicago
Episode 704 - Chicago's Deadly Stockyards Fire of 1910
Episode 703 - Points North: Mayor Daley, a Japanese Prince, and 18 Bluegill
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Captain Santa and the Christmas Tree Ship
Episode 702 - The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2 with Geoffrey Baer
FROM THE ARCHIVES - CTA Derailment of 1977, The
FROM THE ARCHIVES - The Teepee at Wrigley Field: Native American Protests in Chicago in the 1970s
Episode 701 - Chicago's Ghoulish Past, Part 3 - Women Who Poison
Chicago Connections - Lincoln Perry aka Stepin Fetchin
Episode 625 - Silas Jayne, The Killer Horseman with co-writer/co-host Anna Mason
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Libby Prison War Museum, The
Episode 624 - Chicago Stories Season Three with WTTW's Eddie Griffin
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Wrongfully Convicted: Majczek and Marcinkiewicz
EXTRAS - Episode 623 - Chicago's Polish History
Episode 623 - Chicago's Polish History
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Spider-Dan Goodwin Climbs The Sears Tower
FROM THE ARCHIVES - 1980: The Summer of Entertainment
Episode 622 - "The Fugitive" in Chicago - 30th Anniversary
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Drive-In Theaters
Episode 621 - Chicago Scavenger with author Jessica Mlinaric
Episode 620 - Chicago's Terrifying Tornadoes
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's World's Fair Ferris Wheel in Lincoln Park
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Fresh Air Sanitariums for Babies - Man-Made Lincoln Park
EXTRAS - Episode 619 - One On Every Corner - Archie's with Tyler Henry and Katrina Arthur
Episode 619 - One On Every Corner - Archie's with Tyler Henry and Katrina Arthur
Episode 618 - Chicago's Pride Events History with Tours with Mike's Mike McMains
Episode 617 - Five on the Scaffold - The Murders of Clarence D. Hiller and Fred Guelzow
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago Steel and the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre
Episode 616 - Chicago's Schlitz Tied Houses
Episode 615 - One On Every Corner - Scofflaw with Chalonda White (Afro.Beer.Chick) and Nik White (Chicago Beer Pass)
Episode 614 - Carl Stieler, The Thrill-Seeking Thief
EXTRAS - Episode 612 - Country and Midwestern with author Mark Guarino
Episode 613 - One On Every Corner: Sidetrack with Mike McMains
Episode 612 - Country and Midwestern with author Mark Guarino
Episode 611 - Frances Glessner Lee, The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, and Crime Scene Investigation
Episode 610 - The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago with Geoffrey Baer
Episode 609 - Black Women's Worker Strikes of the 1930s with author Melissa A. Ford
Episode 608 - Sundown Towns of Chicago with Ernest Crim III
Episode 607 - Bizarre Singles - The Super Bowl Shuffle
Episode 606 - One On Every Corner: Simon's Tavern with Robert Loerzel
Episode 605 - 71st Street Crib Disaster of 1909, The
Episode 604 - "Chicago" - The History Behind The Musical
Episode 603 - Best of Chicago History Trivia Night at GMan Tavern
Episode 602 - Chicago's History of Blizzards
Episode 601 - Chicago's West Loop with author Connie Fairbanks
Episode 525 - Horror on the North Shore: The Murder of Valerie Percy
Episode 524 - Chicago's Ghoulish Past, Part 2
BONUS EPISODE - If The Walls Could Talk
EXTRAS - Episode 523 - Chicago's Seedy Motel Row
Episode 523 - Chicago's Seedy Motel Row
Episode 522 - Chicago History Minis - Hoosier Slide, Clara Peller, and G.V. Black
Episode 521 - Repurposed Buildings of Chicago
EXTRAS - Episode 513 - Chicago's Mass Transit Decoy Squad of the 1970s
Episode 520 - Goldblatt's and the South Chicago Bomber
Episode 519 - Hairtrigger Block - Debauchery and Murder in Chicago
Episode 518 - Renaming Streets, Places, and Other Things in Chicago Part 3
Episode 517 - R.I.S.E. - The Plot To Poison Chicago's Water Supply
Episode 516 - Chicago Zoo Stories: Binti Jua Saves A Child
Episode 515 - Best of Chicago History Podcast Trivia Night
Episode 514 - Chicago's Secret Mermaid & Urban Beachcombing with Christine Solorio
Episode 513 - Chicago's Mass Transit Decoy Squad of the 1970s
Episode 512 - Chicago Hot Dogs
Episode 511 - Chicago's World's Fair of... 1992?
Episode 510 - Chicago's Northerly Island and Meigs Field
Episode 509 - Clifton Wooldridge, Chicago's Real-Life Sherlock Holmes
Episode 508 - Herrin Coal Massacre of 1922, The
Episode 507 - Lincoln Park Zoo
Episode 506 - Missing Sunbathers of the Indiana Dunes, The
Episode 505 - Chicago History At The Movies: The Untouchables 35th Anniversary
Episode 504 - Chicago Baseball: Rube Foster and the American Giants
EXTRAS - Edgewater Beach Hotel
BONUS EPISODE: City Cast Chicago and Bally's
Episode 503 - Edgewater Beach Hotel, The
Episode 502 - Leo Koretz, Chicago's Greatest Swindler
Episode 501 - Wingfoot Express Air Disaster, The
Episode 425 - Navy Pier
Episode 424 - Marx Brothers in Chicago, The
Episode 423 - Chicago's Notorious Camp Douglas
Episode 422 - Great Chicago Flood of 1992, The
Episode 421 - Chicago Stories: Jane Byrne with Rachel Pikelny and Dan Protess
Episode 420 - CTA Derailment of 1977, The
Episode 419 - Police Chief Francis O'Neill, Chicago's Savior of Irish Music
Episode 418 - Chicago Stadium
Episode 417 - Baby Face Nelson and The Battle of Barrington
Episode 416 - Chicago's Black-Owned Record Labels (Part Two) with author John F. Lyons
Episode 415 - Chicago's Black-Owned Record Labels (Part One)
Episode 414 - World's Fair of 1893 with author Michael Finney, The
Episode 413 - Chicago to Appomattox: Illinois' 39th Infantry in the Civil War with author Jason Baker
Episode 412 - Lager Beer Riot of 1855, The
Episode 411 - Bizarre Story of the Missing Wheaton Bible College Couple, The
Episode 410 - Chicago's Skid Row Flophouse Fires
Episode 409 - Soldier Field
Episode 408 - "Lakefront" with authors Joseph D. Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill
Episode 407 - Chicago's Saint - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
Episode 406 - "Mother Chicago: Truant Dreams and Specters Over the Gilded Age" with author Martin Billheimer
Episode 405 - Great Purolator Armored Express Heist, The
EXTRAS - Episode 314 - Beatles in Chicago: The Later Years with author John F. Lyons, The
Episode 404 - "Beyond Chicago From The Air" with Geoffrey Baer and Eddie Griffin
Episode 403 - Jack Johnson and Café de Champion
Episode 402 - Summerdale Police Scandal, The
Episode 401 - Sinking of the Lady Elgin, The
Episode 325 - Ghoulish Chicago: The Tango Teacher Murder
Episode 324 - Original Sears Tower, The
Episode 323 - "Love, Charlie" - The Charlie Trotter Documentary with director Rebecca Halpern
Episode 322 - Great Chicago Fire, The - The Ogden Mansion, The Barracks, and the Newberry Library
Episode 321 - Great Chicago Fire with author Kate Hannigan, The / Stories from the Great Chicago Fire
Episode 320 - Chicago's Old Main Post Office
Episode 319 - LaSalle Hotel Fire of 1946, The
Episode 318 - Samuel Insull: The World's Greatest Failure
Episode 316 - Renaming Streets, Places, and Other Things in Chicago Part 2
Episode 315 - Mysterious Death of Marshall Field Jr., The
Episode 314 - Beatles in Chicago: The Later Years with author John F. Lyons, The
Episode 313 - Herbert Haupt, Chicago's World War II Nazi Spy
Episode 312 - Ku Klux Klan in Chicago, The
Episode 311 - 16-Inch Softball in Chicago
Episode 310 - Bearded Bandit, The - Jeffrey and Jill Erickson
Episode 309 - Chicago Fire of 1874, The
Episode 308 - Chicago's Fresh Air Sanitariums for Sick Babies / Man-Made Lincoln Park
Episode 307 - Renaming Streets, Places, and Other Things in Chicago
Episode 306 - If The Walls Could Talk: The Edgewater Hospital Scandal with Todd M. Ganz and Stephani Young
Episode 305 - Assassination of Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison, The
Episode 304 - Division Street Riots of 1966, The
Episode 303 - Chicago Steel and the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre
Episode 302 - Chicago History Podcast At The Movies - Backdraft (30th Anniversary)
EXTRAS - Chicago's Original Chinatown 1870-1912
Episode 301 - Chicago's Original Chinatown 1870-1912
EXTRAS - Episode 205 - Our Lady of the Angels Fire / Tragedy
EXTRAS - Episode 109 - Blues Brothers, The - 40th Anniversary
EXTRAS - Episode 212 - School By Radio: The 1937 Polio Outbreak in Chicago
EXTRAS - Episode 108 - Wanda Stopa, The Brainiest Murderess EXTRAS
EXTRAS - Episode 225 - 1980 - Chicago's Summer of Entertainment
Episode 225 - 1980 - Chicago's Summer of Entertainment
EXTRAS - Episode 224 - Cicero Race Riots of 1951, The
Episode 224 - Cicero Race Riots of 1951, The (with special guest Shermann "Dilla" Thomas, the Urban Historian)
Episode 223 - Killing of Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, The
Episode 222 - Jane Addams and Hull House
Episode 221 - Libby Prison War Museum, The
Episode 220 - St. Patrick's Day in Chicago
Episode 219 - Mysterious Death of Montgomery Ward Thorne, The
Episode 218 - Physicist Leona Woods Libby / Women's History Month with Chicago Detours' Amanda Scotese
Episode 217 - The Beatles in Chicago with author John F. Lyons
Episode 216 - Antarctic Snow Cruiser, The
Episode 215 - Marshall "Major" Taylor: The Black Cyclone
Episode 214 - Roller Skating in Chicago
Episode 213 - U-505 German Submarine in Chicago, The
Episode 212 - School By Radio: The 1937 Polio Outbreak in Chicago
Episode 211 - Earle T. Cook and the Airplane Bombing
Episode 210 - Dr. Bernard Fantus and The Blood Bank
Episode 209 - Captain Santa and The Christmas Tree Ship
Episode 208 - Chicago History Podcast At The Movies - Home Alone (1990)
Episode 207 - Spider-Dan Goodwin Climbs The Sears Tower
Episode 206 - Chicago's Christmas Good Fellows & Holiday Fun with Chicago Detours' Amanda Scotese
Episode 205 - Our Lady of the Angels Fire / Tragedy
Episode 204 - Wicker Park's Beer Baron Row / The Murder of John Henry Raap
Episode 203 - Chicago From The Air: An Interview with WTTW's Geoffrey Baer and Eddie Griffin
Episode 202 - The Teepee at Wrigley Field: Native American Protests of the 1970s
Episode 201 - Chicago's Ghost Tales: Resurrection Mary
Episode 124 - Chicago's High Bridge / Suicide Bridge of Lincoln Park
Episode 123 - Wrongfully Convicted: Majczek and Marcinkiewicz
Episode 122 - The Ferris Wheel in Lincoln Park
Episode 121 - Chicago's Teen Rock Clubs of the 60s
Episode 120 - Labor Day and Chicago: The Haymarket Tragedy and the Pullman Strike
Episode 119 - Provident Hospital, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, and Emma Reynolds
Episode 116 - Villa Venice: Sinatra and The Mob
Episode 115 - Chicagoland's Drive-In Theaters
Episode 114 - Sans Souci Amusement Park and Frank Lloyd Wright's Midway Gardens
Episode 113 - The Eastland Disaster
Episode 112 - Jay's Foods / Jay's Potato Chips
Episode 111 - The Ivanhoe Restaurant and Theater
Chicago History Podcast Mini - Chicago Firsts 106 - Chicago Tour Guide Kelly Kniewel
Episode 110 - Chicago Firsts Part Two
Chicago History Podcast Mini - Chicago Firsts 105 - Jacob Slichter (Semisonic)
Episode 109 - Blues Brothers, The - 40th Anniversary
Chicago History Podcast Mini - Chicago Firsts 104 - Theater Director Gary Griffin
Episode 108 - Wanda Stopa, The Brainiest Murderess
Chicago History Podcast Mini - Chicago Firsts 103 - Hannah Stanley
Episode 107 - Chicago Cougars Hockey Team, The
Chicago History Podcast Mini - Chicago Firsts 102 - Author Marvin Mason
Episode 106 - Old Chicago Amusement Park
Chicago History Podcast Mini - Chicago Firsts 101 - Ralph Covert (The Bad Examples)
Episode 105 - Chicago Firsts
Episode 104 - The Breweries on Bosworth
Episode 103 - Tuts and Avalon
Episode 102 - Quiet Knight
Episode 101 - The Theater at Dearborn and Division