Chicago History Podcast

Nov 10 2024 223 ep. 24 mins 270
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Stories from history of the Greatest City in the World - Chicago. The places, events, and the people behind it all.

  History  Society & Culture  True Crime
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Episode 724 - Chicago Mob Stories - The Handshake Murder of Dean O'Banion

Nov 10 2024 32 mins  
Send us a textShow your love of this podcast for the cost of a coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistorySend me an email with whatever is on your mind: chicagohistorypod AT gmail.comLeave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here: https://www.chicagohistorypod.comUp your cocktail or Sodastream game with Portland craft syrups!https://p

Episode 723 - Chicago Horror: The Grimes Sisters Murders

Oct 25 2024 37 mins  
Send us a textTheir killings stand out as one of Chicago's most infamous unsolved crimes. Today we’re discussing the Grimes Sisters Murders.Show your love of this podcast for the cost of a coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistorySend me an email with whatever is on your mind: chicagohistorypod AT gmail.comLeave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lo

Episode 722 - Chicago's Forgotten Towns, Neighborhoods, and Names

Oct 11 2024 32 mins  
Send us a textHave 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.Show your love of this podcast for the cost of a coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistorySend me an email with whatever is on your mind: chicag

FROM THE ARCHIVES - The Great Chicago Fire - Ogden Mansion, The Barracks, and Newberry Library

Oct 04 2024 19 mins  
Send us a textOn 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.Show some love for the podcast for the cost of a cup of coffee and help offset production costs:https://www.buymea

Episode 721 - The Black Sox Scandal of 1919 with WTTW's Eddie Griffin

Sep 15 2024 33 mins  
Send us a textWTTW's Eddie Griffin is back to discuss one of Chicago's darkest sports stories - the Black Sox Scandal of 1919.The new season of Chicago Stories begins September 20th.https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-storiesShow your love of this podcast for the cost of a coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistoryLeave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in

Episode 720 - Malört: A Truly Chicago Booze with author Josh Noel

Sep 07 2024 31 mins  
Send us a textAnthony 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.Show your love of this podcast for the cost of a coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistoryLeave me a voi

Episode 719 - Mike Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago with writer / actor Mitchell Bisschop

Aug 30 2024 39 mins  
Send us a textThis 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

Episode 718 - Dr. Edward Holmes and the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary with Connie Fairbanks

Aug 23 2024 29 mins  
Send us a textHe 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.West Loop: Then and Now by Connie FairbanksBuy it from the author: https://www.conniefairbanks.com/shop-1Show your support of the show for the cost of a coffee:ht

FROM THE ARCHIVES - Mysterious Death of Montgomery Ward Thorne, The

Aug 16 2024 27 mins  
Send us a textHe was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but when this Chicago-born department store heir died mysteriously at the age of 20, things really got weird. #ChicagoHistory #MontgomeryWard #MysteriousDeath #Wards #DepartmentStores #TrueCrimeWant to help support the show? Buy Me A Coffee!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistoryLeave me a voice message - just click on

Episode 717 - Chicago's Little Saigon with author Erica Allen-Kim

Aug 09 2024 48 mins  
Send us a textChinese entrepreneurs in the 1970s as well as refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia transformed an area on the city’s north side by opening restaurants, bakeries, pharmacies, and social service agencies. Today we’re discussing Chicago’s Little Saigon with author Erica Allen-Kim.Building Little Saigon: Refugee Urbanism in American Cities and Suburbs by Erica Allen-K