Chicago Unbelievable: The Podcast 2.0

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Grave Robbing in Lincoln Park Mar 30, 2021

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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.

Asylum Graveyard Part 1 Mar 05, 2012

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The abandoned pauper's cemetery on the northwest side

Resurrection Mary Roundtable Dec 19, 2011

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

H.H. Holmes and the Great Glass Bending Factory Part 2 Oct 12, 2011

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Goofing off and playing with gadgets!

H.H. Holmes and the Great Glass Bending Factory Part 1 Oct 11, 2011

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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 Oct 03, 2011

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Are there ghosts in the old City Cemtery?

Colonel Selig's Moving Picture Plant Apr 20, 2011

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

In Chaplin's Vault Mar 16, 2011

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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 Mar 09, 2011

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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) Mar 02, 2011

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