Chicago History Podcast
Stories from history of the Greatest City in the World - Chicago. The places, events, and the people behind it all.
Episodes
Two murders. One paved the way for fingerprint use to determine the identity of a criminal. The other cut short the life of a farmer. Those responsible for the horrible deeds ended up in the same place.
Show your support of the show for the cost of a coffee:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Leave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here: https://www.chicagohis...
One from the archives for your Memorial Day weekend listening. Enjoy.
It was an industry that at one time employed 700,000 workers, including 200,000 here in the Chicago area. Italians, Poles, Mexicans, African Americans, and others willing to put in a long and sometimes dangerous day’s work found good pay and a career working at the steel mills. Then gradually, it went away… but not before one fateful Memorial Day protest...
What's the deal with those big Schlitz globes on the sides of buildings around the city? Have a listen and find out!
Chicago History Trivia Night - Beer, Booze, and Bars-Themed Trivia for Illinois Craft Beer Week at Begyle Brewing - https://www.facebook.com/events/3385871768397584
Spectacular Failures Podcast - Schlitz Goes Bad, Then Worse
https://www.spectacularfailures.org/episode/2019/07/01/schlitz-bee...
One On Every Corner travels to Scofflaw, located on the southwest corner of Armitage and Kedzie. Joining me for this episode are Chalonda White (aka Afro.Beer.Chick) and Nik White, host of the Chicago Beer Pass podcast.
Social Media:
Chalonda (Afro.Beer.Chick) - https://twitter.com/afrobeerchick
Nick (Chicago Beer Pass) - https://twitter.com/ChicagoBeerPass
Scofflaw - https://www.scofflawchicago.com/
...
What do you do after you and some pals pull off a big robbery? Why, buy some planes, of course!
Want to help support the show? Buy me a coffee!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Leave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here:
https://www.chicagohistorypod.com
Up your cocktail or Sodastream game with Portland craft syrups!
https://portlandsyrups...
Some EXTRAS from my conversation with Mark Guarino, author of "Country and Midwestern." If you haven't listened to the main episode yet, look for episode 612 from April 1, 2023 and give that a listen first.
Buy the book from the University of Chicago Press.
Anything purchased through the links below may generate a small commission for this podcast at no cost to you and will help offset production co...
One On Every Corner looks at the history of Chicago bars and the neighborhoods that surround them.
This episode was recorded at Sidetrack in Northalsted with Mike McMains.
Check out the in-person and virtual Tours with Mike - https://tourswithmike.com/
Show your support of the show for the cost of a coffee:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Leave me a voice message - just click on t...
Author Mark Guarino's book "Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country and the Folk Revival" tells the untold story of the vital role Chicago played in the rise of prewar country music, the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s, and the contemporary offspring of those scenes. Recorded at Carol's Pub in Chicago.
Buy the book from the University of Chicago Press.
Show your support of...
She was born in Chicago into a wealthy family in the late 1800s and would go on to change the way forensic investigators do their jobs. Today we’re discussing Frances Glessner Lee, The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths, and Crime Scene Investigation.
Glessner House - https://www.glessnerhouse.org/
Show your support of the show for the cost of a coffee:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
...
Geoffrey Baer is back to discuss his latest WTTW special "The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago."
WTTW Special - https://video.wttw.com/video/the-most-beautiful-places-in-chicago-hkr5he/
Show your support of the show for the cost of a coffee:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Leave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here:
https://www.chic...
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Communist Party in Chicago encouraged black women working in sweat shops to stand up for themselves and strike for better wages, better working conditions, and more. Today we’re talking about the Black Women’s Worker Strikes of the 1930s.
Read more about author Melissa A. Ford here:
https://melissafordphd.com/
Special thanks to the Black Metropolis Research Consortium (ht...
Many towns in the Chicago area were established to be all-white, keeping out blacks, Asians, Jews, Native Americans, and others, allowing minorities to work in those towns but not live there. Those individuals also needed to be gone by sundown.
Find all things Ernest Crim III at ernestcrim.com. Signed copies of Mr. Crim's books “Black History Saved My Life: How My Viral Hate Crime Led to an Awakening” and “The ABC’s o...
Today's episode comes courtesy of Tony Thaxton, host of "Bizarre Albums," a podcast devoted to exploring music's weirder side. And let's be honest - the Chicago Bears dancing and rapping? Pretty weird.
Support the show for the cost of a coffee:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Leave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here:
https:...
One On Every Corner looks at the history of Chicago bars and the neighborhoods that surround them.
This episode was recorded at Simon's on Clark Street in Andersonville with Robert Loerzel.
Show your support of the show for the cost of a coffee:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Leave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here:
https://www.chic...
The workers were on Lake Michigan, a mile and a half from shore, when the fire started. Today we’re talking about the 71st Street Crib Disaster of 1909.
Support the show for the cost of a coffee:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Leave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here:
https://www.chicagohistorypod.com
Up your cocktail or Sodastream game wi...
Each accused of unrelated murders, two real-life Chicago women in the 1920s use the media to garner support for themselves in order to avoid prison. Their stories inspired one of the longest-running musicals of all time.
Want to help support the show? Buy me a coffee!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Leave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here:
https://...
Come check out GMan Tavern for yourself!
https://gmantavern.com/
Chicago The Musical at the CIBC Theatre:
https://www.broadwayinchicago.com/tickets/order-tickets/
Want to help support the show? Buy me a coffee!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Leave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lower right corner here:
https://www.chicagohistorypod.com
Affili...
Chicago has seen some terrible winter weather over the years, with some of those icy storms bringing the city that works to a screeching halt.
Chicago The Musical at the CIBC Theatre:
https://www.broadwayinchicago.com/tickets/order-tickets/
Want to help support the show? Buy me a coffee!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Leave me a voice message - just click on the microphone in the lowe...
Author Connie Fairbanks joins me to discuss her book "Chicago's West Loop: Then and Now."
Purchase the book from the author:
https://www.conniefairbanks.com/
Amazon link:
https://amzn.to/3BzEPxt
Chicago The Musical at the CIBC Theatre:
https://www.broadwayinchicago.com/tickets/order-tickets/
Want to help support the show? Buy me a coffee!
https://www.buymeacoffee.co...
There had never been a murder in Kenilworth, just north of Chicago, until September 18, 1966, when 21-year-old Valerie Percy, the daughter of Chicago politician and businessman Charles Percy, was slain.
If you have information about this crime, please contact the Kenilworth Police Department at 847-251-2141.
Want to help support the show? Buy me a coffee!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chicagohistory
Le...
Popular Podcasts
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people.
In order to tell the story of a crime, you have to turn back time. Every season, Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra digs deep into a mind-bending mystery with the hopes of reigniting interest in a decades old homicide case.
It’s a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. Join us for a heavy dose of research with a dash of comedy thrown in for flavor.
Unforgettable true crime mysteries, exclusive newsmaker interviews, hard-hitting investigative reports and in-depth coverage of high profile stories.