A collection of some popular and some unpopular stories that made up Chicago’s notorious past.
- 1848—Kilgubbin (Goose Island)
1849—Great Flood
1853—Grand Crossing Railroad Accident
1855—Beer Riot
1857—Lake Street Fire
1858-1869—Willow Saloon
1859—West Division Fire
1860—The Lady Elgin Disaster
1865—Fleming and Corbett
1866—Hairtrigger Block
1868-1871—Conley’s Patch
1871—Little Hell
1872—Biler Avenue
1874—Second Great Fire
1882—Sturla Stiles Tragedy
1886—Streeterville
1886—Haymarket Riot
1888—Snell Murder
1890—Smoky Hollow
1893—Henry Mudgett Murders
1893—Carter Harrison Sr Murder
1894-1919—Lincoln Park—Bridge of Sighs
1894—Pullman Strike
1896—Long and Short Gang
The Levee District
- 1897-1901—The Levee District
1896-1909—The First Ward Ball
1896-1903—Lone Star Saloon
1899—Bathhouse Coughlin
1900-1911—Everleigh Club
1903—Workingman’s Exchange
1897—Sausage Vat Murder
1889—Dr. Cronin Murder
1903—Iroguois Theatre Fire
1903—Car Barn Bandits
1903-1910—Black Hand
1904—Doremus Church Train Wreck
1904-1907—City of Traverse Gambling Boat
1905—Death of Marshall Field Jr
1908—Elevator Fire
1909—Crib Fire
1910—Union Stockyards Fire
1911—O’Leary’s Saloon
1912—RMS Titanic
1915—The Eastland Disaster
1916—Policeman Bror Johnson Murder
Red Summer of July, 1919
1919 World Series Scandal
- 1919 World Series
Collyer’s Eye Exposé on 1919 World’s Series
Hugh Fullerton
The Verdict
Joe Jackson Trial
I Recall
This Is the Truth!
Chick Gandil
1920—Taxi Wars
1922—Greyhound Racing
1924—Leopold & Loeb
1924—Beulah Sheriff Annan & Belva Gaertner
Beginning February 3, 1929 (eleven days before the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre), Chicago Tribune reporter, James O’Donnell Bennett wrote a weekly exposé on “The True Story of Chicago Crime.”
- Gangland 1—Charles Dean O’Banion
Gangland 2—O’Banion Funeral
Gangland 3—Rise and Fall of John Torrio
Gangland 4—The Nefarious Deeds of John Torrio
Gangland 5—Day of Sixty Shots
Gangland 6—The Ferocious of the Gangsters
Gangland 7—The End of “Little Hymie”
Gangland 8—Distillers and Distributors of Death
Gangland 9—The Murders of McSwiggin and Esposito
Gangland 10—The Big Fellow
1923—Gangland Chicago Map
1928—Chicago’s Gambling Houses
1929—St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
1929—St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Cars
1930—Jake Lingle Murder
1932—Police Officer William Lundy Murder
1933—Assassination of Mayor Cermak
1933—End of Prohibition
1934—Union Stock Yards Fire
1934—The Age of the Rum Runners
1934—John Dillinger & Melvin Purvis
1934—Baby Face Nelson
1937 & 1939—Manhole Blast
1937—Steel Mill Riot
1939—Elevator Fire
1939—Truck Hijacking
1946—LaSalle Hotel Fire
1950—Green Hornet Streetcar Accident
1957—Haunted Houses
AL CAPONE
- Capone Era, Part 1
Capone Era, Part 2
Capone Era, Part 3
I Was a Capone Juror
Frank Nitti
Edward O’Hare
Lexington Hotel
Meadowmoor Dairy
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