This is the part 1 of our 2-parter on Wolf Lake, a southeast side lake that drew the attention of Leopold and Loeb as well as Andrew Urdiales. We dive into the history of Wolf Lake and the Chicago neighborhood it sits it, Hegewisch.
TW: Kidnapping, sexual assault, torture, murder
Research sources include:
“Southeast Side Marsh Is Urban Oasis.” WBEZ Chicago, 15 June 2011, https://www.wbez.org/stories/hegewisch-marsh-oasis-of-nature-in-industrial-southeast-chicago/557bd4fb-2cbd-4121-9b7c-99ca3bfea539.
“Hegewisch, Past and Present.” WBEZ Chicago, 5 Apr. 2012, https://www.wbez.org/stories/hegewisch-past-and-present/d64e807f-9505-4639-84e0-8c6399b171bb.
“How the American steel industry nearly committed suicide — and not from trade.” The Seattle Times, 13 March 2018, https://www.seattletimes.com/business/economy/how-the-american-steel-industry-nearly-committed-suicide-and-not-from-trade/.
Bensman, David, and Mark R. Wilson. “Iron and Steel.” Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago History Museum and the Newberry Library, 2005. Encyclopedia of Chicago, https://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/653.html.
Degrade, Susan. "Historian documents early days of Hegewisch, Chicago’s ‘most isolated neighborhood.’" Chicago Tribune, 12 January 2024, https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/12/historian-documents-early-days-of-hegewisch-chicagos-most-isolated-neighborhood/
Writers, PHIL ROCKROHR and LAURI HARVEY Times Staff. “Testimony Shows Life of Abuse.” Nwitimes.Com, 5 May 2002, https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/testimony-shows-life-of-abuse/article_66583e13-92e9-5eb0-b558-683a394e6b2b.html.
People v. Urdiales, 225 Ill. 2d 354 | Casetext Search + Citator. https://casetext.com/case/people-v-urdiales. Accessed 11 Aug. 2024.
Lauri Harvey Keagle. “Families Still Waiting for Serial Killer’s Calif. Trial.” Nwitimes.Com, 6 Sept. 2015, https://www.nwitimes.com/news/opinion/forum/families-still-waiting-for-serial-killers-calif-trial/article_5deac238-c117-5802-b23e-a54592fb043d.html.
Granberry, Michael. “‘The Details, as Much as His Victims, Were the Trophies.’” Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1997. 07/07/2016.
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