Chicago Unbelievable: The Podcast 2.0

Chicago Unbelievable: The Podcast 2.0

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Author Adam Selzer and comedians Hector Reyes and Erin Pieshke investigate history and folklore in Chicago.

Adam Selzer


    • Nov 15, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 20 EPISODES


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    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2015 26:53


    Updates, new podcast, Iroquois Theater ghosts, and Mrs. Hull's poetry

    William Duvol: Soldier of the Revolution?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2014 15:25


    Adam and Ray investiate a supposed revolutionary war vet at Rosehill Cemetery

    The House at Death Corner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2014 30:00


    "Little Hell's" worst intersection had a murder a week - and a "gumacco" craze.

    Geeking Out Over Mr. Couch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2014 46:00


    Who's in the Couch Tomb? Sorting through papers with a Couch family descendent.

    Rambling in Rose Hill

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2014 36:00


    Goofing off at Rose Hill Cemetery

    The Detective's Grave

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2013 35:33


    Adam and Ray hunt the grave of a Victorian detective from the HH Holmes case.

    Graceland Cemetery Safari

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2013 19:00


    Adam and Erin explore Chicago's Graceland cemetery

    Hector and the Lump of Coal

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2013 27:00


    Hector returns a lump of coal he took from Bachelor's Grove

    The Italian Bride of Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2013 40:23


    Adam, Hector and Erin discuss new findings on Julia Buccola, the "Italian Bride" at Mt. Carmel cemetery

    Inside the Murder Castle

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2012 17:23


    Audio from the infamous HH Holmes "murder castle"

    Asylum Graveyard Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2012 37:30


    The abandoned pauper's cemetery on the northwest side

    Resurrection Mary Roundtable

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2011 58:30


    Discussing Chicago's most famous ghost with Ray Johnson and Dale Kaczmarek

    H.H. Holmes and the Great Glass Bending Factory Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2011 22:00


    H.H. Holmes and the Great Glass Bending Factory Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2011 43:00


    The crew investigates the location of a "glass bending factory" once operated (more likely as a body dump than a glass works) by the notorious H.H. Holmes, ten miles from his famous "murder castle." Includes an interview with Jeff Mudgett, Holmes' great great grandson, who believes that Holmes may have also been Jack the Ripper - and that he may not have really been executed in 1896....

    Ghost Hunting (and hijinks) in Lincoln Park

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2011 26:00


    Are there ghosts in the old City Cemtery?

    Colonel Selig's Moving Picture Plant

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2011 26:00


    Exploring the studio where the first Oz movies were filmed (it's condos now, of course)

    In Chaplin's Vault

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2011 28:00


    Chicago was briefly the center of the movie world! Few know it, and even fewer know how much cool stuff is left at the building that used to be Essanay Studios, where Charlie Chaplin briefly worked. Listen in as we explore the building and discuss its fantastic history. They even let us into the old vault!

    Ghosts and Myths of Hull House

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2011 36:00


    Jane Addams Hull House in Chicago has been rumored to be haunted for over a century. Adam and Hector have been taking tour groups there for years. Here, they journey there to separate fact from fiction. See pictures and the Hull House Ghosts ebook at http://chicagounbelievable.com

    From the Vault: Bachelor's Grove Cemetery (Sept 2010)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2011 25:00


    FROM THE VAULT: in Sept 2010, Adam and Hector got lost in the woods near a supposedly haunted graveyard. Remastered!

    Grave Robbing in Lincoln Park

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 1969 25:00


    Kicking off Grave Robbing Week at Chicago Unbelievable with a talk about Chicago's "Lost Cemeteries," the 19th century grave robbing business in the city, and chatting with Daniel Kraus, author of ROTTERS, a new grave robbing novel.

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