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Tales from Chicago History, explorations of cool places, and more!

Adam Selzer


    • Oct 5, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 27 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Mysterious Chicago

    Girl in Glass: The Inez Statue at Graceland Cemetery

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 10:44


    New information about one of our most famous graves

    Revolutionary War Grave Found in Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 15:00


    A Graceland Cemetery gravestone holds a surprising story

    Was John Stone Chicago's First Serial Killer?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 17:00


    Half a century before Holmes...

    Make No Little Plans - A Real Quote After All!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2019 9:20


    Long considered apocryphal, we've found Burnham's famous quote is real

    The Devil and Daniel Elston

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 9:45


    Was the death of Knud Iverson a martrydom or an accident?

    The Cop Who Cried Wolf

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019 11:30


    A Capone-Era cop who wanted to be famous

    A "Suicide Bridge" Ghost Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2018 12:30


    The sad fate of the Pontius Sisters

    The Black Hole: A Forgotten Vice District

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 10:00


    Did journalists invent red light districts for political gain?

    The First Journalist Killed in the Civil War

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 13:40


    Irving Carson, the Poe Dameron of the Union

    HH Holmes: The Hanging

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2017 26:40


    Detailed accounts from multiple eyewitnesses

    HH Holmes and Jack the Ripper: The Chicago Evidence

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2017 10:01


    Could Holmes have been the Ripper, or was he busy in Chicago?

    She Dreamed a Skeleton

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2017 17:00


    Rose Hill Pedro and other Vanishing Hitchhikers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2017 16:07


    Searching for a Pirate's Grave

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2016 12:03


    Looking for Cap Streeter's Gravestone

    Thomas Neill Cream: Antique Serial Killer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2016 23:49


    Examining an antique murderer with author A.J. Griffiths-Jones

    More Ghostlore of the Pioneers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2016 16:12


    Early Chicago ghost stories, including a glowing ghostly mule

    The Bloody Handprint of West Randolph

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2016 19:52


    The evolution of an early ghost story

    HH Holmes "Body Dump" Excavation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2016 29:52


    A popular ghost tour stop is dug up for condos

    Charles Volney Dyer: Badass

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2016 13:59


    Underground Railroad Conductor, Doctor, Vampire Witness

    Hidden Cemetery Mysteries: Barton Edsall and the Great Chicago Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2016 11:39


    Some outstanding Chicago Fire mysteries, including a strange death that time forgot

    Did H.H. Holmes Fake His Death?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2015 28:27


    A strong rumor in 1898...

    The Fool Killer Submarine: 100th Anniversary

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2015 15:27


    Found in the Chicago River 100 years ago, still a mystery

    W.H. Donaldson: The Lost Aeronaut

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2015 15:26


    Daredevil Balloonist's Last Flight

    Victorian Police Controversies

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2015 18:28


    How Would You Have Voted?

    Did H.H. Holmes Murder Dr. Holton?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2015 16:46


    Did the killer from Devil in the White City kill a man named Dr. Holton?

    The Man Who Stole the Gallows

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2015 15:40


    The Missing Photo of George W Green

    World's Fair Charlatans

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2015 14:59


    The Greatest Caper of 1893

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