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Chicago History Podcast

Chicago History Podcast

Stories from history of the Greatest City in the World - Chicago. The places, events, and the people behind it all.

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Episode 807 - Chicago's Buckingham Fountain and Queen...

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2025/05/10

Send us a text Chicago's Buckingham Fountain is being turned on for the season on Saturday, May 10, 2025, so this seems like the perfect time to discuss the history of how the fountain came to be in this enhanced and re-recorded version, with an all-new section about Queen Elizabeth II's historic 1959 visit to the city. Switch On Summer: https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/events/switch-summer-night-out-kick-buckingham-fountain-0 Edward H. Bennett Digital Collection: http://edwardbennett.lake...

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Episode 806 - Don't Go with authors Tonika Lewis...

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2025/05/03

Send us a text Discussing their book "Don't Go: Stories of Segregation and How To Disrupt It" are authors Tonika Lewis Johnson and Maria Krysan. Folded Map Project: https://www.foldedmapproject.com/ Show your love of this podcast for the cost of a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory Further reading (purchasing these items through these links helps support our efforts at no additional cost to you): Don't Go; Stories of Segregation and How To Disrupt It by Tonika Lewis Joh...

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FROM THE ARCHIVES - Lincoln Park's High Bridge /...

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2025/04/12

Send us a text ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN OCTOBER 2020. 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 sightseers as the big beautiful bridge was, it also had a dark appeal, quickly earning it the dubious name “Suicide Bridge.” Viking Ship at Good Templar Park in Geneva, IL: https://vikingship.us/tours-of-viking/ Amazon Affiliate Links (anything you buy - not just this stuff - through these links helps benefit...

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Episode 805 - Five Pioneering Women of Chicago

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2025/03/29

Send us a text It is Women's History Month! Here's a look at five pioneering women in Chicago's history: Chicago founder Kitihawa du Sable, women's suffrage activist Grace Wilbur Trout, Vivian Gordon Harsh, Chicago's first Black librarian, Union activist Rev. Addie L. Wyatt, and Elisabeth A. Martini, Chicago's first woman architect. Show your love of this podcast for the cost of a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory Further reading (purchasing these items through these links ...

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FROM THE ARCHIVES - Police Chief Francis O'Neill,...

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2025/03/15

Send us a text Just in time for St. Patrick's Day 2025, here's a little history about Chicago's connection to preserving Irish music, originally posted in March of 2022. He served as a Chicago policeman for more than 32 years and was Chicago’s chief of police for four, but Francis O’Neill is probably better known for his efforts in preserving the music of his homeland. Today we’re talking about Police Chief Francis O’Neill – Chicago’s Savior of Irish Music. Show some love for the podcast for...

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Episode 804 - Chicago Crime: The Automatic Trio and...

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2025/03/01

Send us a text Originally released in September of 2021, this episode has been enhanced with additional music and sound effects. Sixteen years before Al Capone came to Chicago and long before anyone could blame violence on video games, three boys just out of their teens became robbers and worse in Chicago with brazen acts of thievery and wanton killings. Today we’re discussing the Automatic Trio and the Car Barn Murders. Want to help support the show? Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffe...

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47:14

Episode 803 - Illinois' Underground Railroad

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2025/02/22

Send us a text For Black Americans seeking to escape enslavement in the first half of the 1800s, Chicago was often an important stop on their path to freedom. Today we’re discussing the Underground Railroad in Illinois. Network to Freedom Listings: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/ntf-listings.htm Show your love of this podcast for the cost of a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory Further reading (purchasing these items through these links helps support our ef...

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Episode 802 - Chicago Connections: The Jackson Five

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2025/02/15

Send us a text While not from here, their connection to this city is undeniable and Chicago’s influence most certainly contributed to their rise as one of the most successful musical acts of all time. Today we’re talking about the Jackson Five. Show your love of this podcast for the cost of a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory Further reading (purchasing these items through these links helps support our efforts at no additional cost to you): Michael Jackson: The Magic, The M...

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Episode 801 - Unchecked Graft: Chicago Mayor William...

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2025/02/08

Send us a text This is a revised, expanded, and re-recorded version of an episode that was originally released in 2020. William "Big Bill" Thompson was a larger-than-life character who served as Chicago mayor for three terms and is viewed as one of the most corrupt politicians this great city has ever seen. Robert Loerzel's piece on Eugene Williams in the August 2019 Chicago Magazine: https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/August-2019/Searching-for-Eugene-Williams/ Show your love of this podca...

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Episode 725 - Chicago's Forgotten Towns,...

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2024/11/30

Send us a textAn area once called Dunkley’s Grove was considered for a new stadium for the Chicago White Sox, not in old-timey days – in 1986! Was Edison Park named for Thomas Edison? Dunton, Sagone, Hartford… and where was Cleaverville?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 lower right corner h...

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Episode 724 - Chicago Mob Stories - The Handshake...

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2024/11/10

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://portlandsyrups.com/collections/all?sca_ref=1270971.MO4APpJH1kAffiliate Links (anything you buy through these links...

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Episode 723 - Chicago Horror: The Grimes Sisters Murders

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2024/10/26

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 lower right corner here: https://www.chicagohistorypod.comUp your cocktail or Sodastream game with Portland craft syr...

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Episode 722 - Chicago's Forgotten Towns,...

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2024/10/12

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: chicagohistorypod AT gmail.comLeave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here: https://w...

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FROM THE ARCHIVES - The Great Chicago Fire - Ogden...

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2024/10/05

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.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistoryUp your cocktail game for the holidays with Portland craft syrups!https://portlandsyrups.com...

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32:43

Episode 721 - The Black Sox Scandal of 1919 with...

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2024/09/15

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 the lower right corner here: https://www.chicagohistorypod.comUp your cocktail or Sodastream game with Portland c...

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Episode 720 - Malört: A Truly Chicago Booze with...

Chicago History Podcast ·

2024/09/08

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 voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here: https://www.chicagohistorypod.comUp your cocktail o...

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38:49

Mike Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago with writer...

Chicago History Podcast ·

2024/08/31

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 much about Mike Royko - I include a (somewhat) brief bio before the interview.Tickets to Royko: The Toughest Man ...

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Episode 718 - Dr. Edward Holmes and the Illinois Eye...

Chicago History Podcast ·

2024/08/24

Send us a Text Message.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.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:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistoryLeave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the ...

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26:13

FROM THE ARCHIVES - Mysterious Death of Montgomery...

Chicago History Podcast ·

2024/08/17

Send us a Text Message.He 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 the microphone in the lower right corner here: https://www.chicagohistorypod.comUp your cocktail or Sod...

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Episode 717 - Chicago's Little Saigon with author...

Chicago History Podcast ·

2024/08/10

Send us a Text Message.Chinese 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-KimBuy it from the publisher: https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329719/Show your support of the show for the co...

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