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Chicago History Podcast

Chicago History Podcast

A weekly History, Society, Culture and True Crime podcast
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Chicago History Podcast

Chicago History Podcast

Chicago History Podcast

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Chicago History Podcast

Chicago History Podcast

Chicago History Podcast

A weekly History, Society, Culture and True Crime podcast
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She grew up in a small town in Illinois in the late 1800s and became known worldwide as an activist, reformer, and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize. This is the story of Jane Addams and Hull House.Want to help support the show? Buy Me A Coffee!htt
Local author Cynthia Pelayo's new book masterfully blends dark Chicago history and fairy-tale horrors. Listen as the author and I discuss her life growing up in Chicago and her exciting new book about two sisters and a killer dumping men into t
Her last name is well known around the city, but do you know the story behind Chicago's Saint, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini? Listen and learn, Chicago history fans!Show some love for the podcast for the cost of a cup of coffee and help offset
Three! Three! Three episodes in one! Enjoy.Show your support of the show for the cost of a coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistoryLeave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here: https://www.chi
Jack Johnson not only became the first Black American heavyweight championship boxer but who also lived (and loved) in Chicago and opened the wildly popular Café de Champion before tragedy and the government forced its closure.Show some love fo
He has been called the first international African American sports superstar and in his time was the biggest star of any sport. Although he wasn’t born in Chicago, some of Marshall "Major" Taylor's most lasting accomplishments occurred here.Wan
Bartender, poet, musician, artist, and more. Sergio Mayora and the art of Weeds Tavern.In the Weeds: How Bartender, Poet, Musician and Artist Sergio Mayora Cultivated One of the Most Important Taverns in Chicago History by Dave Hoekstra (New Ci
Enjoy this episode originally posted in January 2021.In 1937, 87 years before the current pandemic forced kids to find ways to learn outside of the traditional classroom, Chicago school children took classes by radio while trying to stay safe f
Enjoy this story from July 2020.Six years after the closing of the World's Fair of 1893, on 10 acres near the University of Chicago, a new outdoor entertainment venue opened called Sans Souci. Sans Souci and Midway Gardens, although all but for
A series of tragedies prompted one Chicago suburb to change the way trains travel through their city. This is the story of Connecting Winnetka to Chicago.Show your support of the show for the cost of a coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicag
Just days before Christmas in 1910, a fire broke out at the stockyards in Chicago that resulted in the highest loss of life of firefighters due to a building collapse, a grim claim held for nearly 91 years before being surpassed on 9/11.Show yo
In October 1960, Prince Akihito of Japan visited Chicago for 21 hours. Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley presented the prince with a diplomatic gift: 18 bluegill. What happened next would change the underwater world of Japan forever.Today's episod
A holiday-themed episode from 2020.In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a familiar sight near the river at Clark Street was the Rouse Simmons, also known as The Christmas Tree Ship, and its captain Herman Schuenemann, who became known to families
Geoffrey Baer is back on the podcast to discuss his latest program for WTTW - The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2.https://interactive.wttw.com/most-beautiful-places-in-chicagoYouTube version: https://youtu.be/9q4JKk0t3bA?si=VZJNeWARwdqSaXriS
With the recent crash of a Yellow Line L train into a snow removal machine (?), it seems like a good time to repost this episode.In the 1970s, one of the most horrifying transportation accidents in Chicago happened downtown at the height of rus
In May of 1970, those driving past Wrigley Field were greeted with an unusual sight – a Native American teepee, surrounded by smaller tents and groups of people. This was just the beginning of the Native American protests in Chicago in the 1970
Women and poison. Chicago's history is thick with these killers.Want to help support the show? Buy me a coffee!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistoryLeave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here:htt
He was an African American performer who went from humble beginnings to become a huge movie star based on a single character, but soon his Hollywood standing, his personal fortunes, and his acceptance by fellow Blacks collapsed. Today we’re dis
This story of sibling rivalries, suicides, arson, missing heiresses, and murder was originally presented at a members-only event at the Chicago History Museum.Thanks to my co-writer and co-host for this episode, Anna Mason (@annadotmason). Anna
It was a Civil War prison in Richmond, VA, housing thousands of Union soldiers captured during that war. After the war, someone thought the building would make a good tourist attraction in… Chicago. This is the story of the Libby Prison War Mus
Producer Eddie Griffin and I discuss the new season of Chicago Stories on WTTW. The reversal of the Chicago river, candy companies of the city, and more!Watch episodes of Chicago Stories on the PBS app or online at wttw.com/chicagostoriesYouTub
The true Chicago crime story that inspired the film "Call Northside 777."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 men were sent to prison for the crime, b
This really could have been a six or eight-part podcast experience as there is SO MUCH Polish history in Chicago. Here are more things of interest regarding this subject. Enjoy.Get tickets to the Cats in Action Bingo Benefit (October 2nd at 7pm
Chicago's Polish history is far too extensive for one episode, but I'm hopeful this gives you a nice overview. Enjoy.Get tickets to the Cats in Action Bingo Benefit (October 2nd at 7pm in Chicago):tinyurl.com/CIABingo Show your support of the s
FROM THE ARCHIVES from October, 2020:On Memorial Day, May 25th, 1981, a 25-year-old year old sport climber dressed as comic book hero Spider-Man used a system of suction cups and other climbing gear to scale the outside of the 110-story Sears T
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