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In this episode, Alyssa is joined by John Zinn to discuss what some call the biggest scandal in Chicago Police Department history.  We end fanaticizing about the story getting the Ryan Murphy treatment.  Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram.  Show Notes:  Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago To Serve and Col...

In 1999, under pressure from an activist priest, the City of Chicago Police and Fire Committee invited talk show host Jerry Springer to a hearing regarding violence on his show.  Spoiler, it didn’t go well for Burke and the gang.  Come for the government inefficiency stay for the schadenfreude.  Alyssa is joined by her college roomate Pam to mock this circus.  Support the show by subscribing, leav...

Morgan joins Alyssa to talk about Van der Rohe V Fansworth which is case of contract law.  Show Notes: Chicago Magazine: Remembering the Farnsworth House Feud WTTW: Mies van der Rohe Architectural Record: A Second Look at Edith Farnsworth and Her Mies van der Rohe–Designed Retreat Architect Magazine: The Farnsworth House on Trial New York Times: When Mies van der Rohe Went on Trial WBEZ: Who was t...

To celebrate NYE, Alyssa and John combined their knowledge of performing arts venue management and recorded an impromptu episode to discuss the dumpster fire that is the Kennedy Center.  These people are incompetent and seemingly hate the arts. Grenell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Alyssa tells Risen about Y2K Chicago Style.  This episode takes some surprising twists and turns and 2025 makes more sense. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram.  Show Notes: Chicago Tribune: PRACTICAL ADVICE ON Y2K PREPAREDNESS CNN: Chicago, retailers pushing for Y2K readiness NPR: Y2K se...

Alyssa and  Molly McAleer from Mother May I Sleep with Podcast  travel back to the late 1890's/ early 1900's to discuss Chicago's Bluebeard Johann Hoch, a bigamist and murder whose crimes would be too much for a Lifetime Movie plot.    Show Notes: Second City Sinners New York Times: JOHANN HOCH HANGED, PROTESTING INNOCENCE; Wife Murderer's Lawyers to Test Denial of Stay in Last Hour. PRISONER FORC...

Alyssa and Matt Drufke  from the comedy show Still Not Friday talk about 16 inch softball.   Show Notes: ABC-7: 'Chicago's game': 16-inch softball, created on Near South Side, celebrates 135th anniversary Encyclopedia of Chicago:Softball, 16-Inch Loop North News: The Home Front Chicago History Museum: Indoor Baseball in Chicago: Block Club Chicago: The Mangled History Of 16-Inch Softball Hands: Ma...

I am joined by Vanessa from Reel Relationships to talk about the first Motocycle (automobile) race in America which took place in Chicago. Show Notes: Smithsonian: Six Cars Raced to the Finish Line of the U.S.’s First Automobile Race—at Speeds of Seven Miles Per Hour SI: Days of Blunder: The First U.S. Car Race Was Won 125 Years Ago ... at 7 mph WGN: Second City Firsts NBC Chicago: From the first...

Alyssa and Captain Scoot from the maritime podcast ⁠ShipWrekt⁠ go back to the early 1900’s when schooners lined the main branch of the Chicago River selling Christmas trees and boating fatalities were the norm. Show Notes: ⁠National Archives: The Christmas Tree Ship⁠ ⁠ABC 7: US Coast Guard 'Christmas Ship' makes annual tree delivery at Chicago's Navy Pier⁠ ⁠Block Club Chicago: Chicago’s Christmas...

I am joined by Steven Ray Morris to talk about the Brown's Chicken Massacre.  Show Notes: Seattle Times: Browns Chicken Murders Changed Business Forever Chicago Tribune: Judge tosses bid for new hearing in Brown’s Chicken massacre Chicago Sun-Times: ‘Divine intervention’ helped solve Brown’s Chicken Massacre, investigator says NBC Chicago: Former Girlfriend of Murder Suspect Testifies New York Tim...

A lot happened today including two important written findings. Show Notes: U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel A. Fuentes Judge Sarah Ellis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The title pretty much explains it all. Show Notes: Chicago Sun-Times: Judge says he’ll order release of hundreds of people arrested under feds’ deportation blitz Chicago Tribune: Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show Chicago Tribune: Immigration agents have reportedly left Naval Station Great Lakes: ‘A sigh of relief’ Cummings Order Le...

⁠Alyssa⁠ tells her new friend ⁠Jess⁠ about 90's Daytime Talk Show Host Jenny Jones.  Subscribe, leave a five-star review, tell your friends and follow on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠BlueSky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠ Show Notes: ⁠Newsweek: ‘Trial by Media’ on Netflix: Where Is Jenny Jones Now and What Has She Said About the Murder of Scott Amedure?⁠ ⁠People: Body of Evidence⁠ ⁠People: True Confession⁠ ⁠Chicago Tribune: DAZE O...

In this episode, Alyssa updates Pat about the Bear quest to get a new stadium.   Subscribe, leave a five-star review, tell your friends and follow on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: Chicago Tribune: Lawmakers’ lack of action on new Bears lakefront stadium raises hopes in Arlington Heights Chicago Tribune: Kevin Warren presses ahead on Bears stadium pitch as Johnson, Pritzker stay quiet on...

In this episode Alyssa tells Hugh about the "State Street Mall."  He spends a lot of time, rightfully baffled. Subscribe, leave a five-star review, tell your friends and follow on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes:  Chicago Tribune: Flashback: The State Street Mall, billed as a car-free shopping mecca, started with high hopes but ended in failure and bus fumes Chicago Tribune: The failure of...

Alyssa tells David Baxter about  the personal life of acclaimed architect Mies van der Rohe. Subscribe, leave a five-star review, tell your friends and follow on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: CNN: A famous architect’s iconic furniture line gets its first update in decades Fox News: Tucker Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition The New Criterion: Is Modernism the...

Alyssa tells VanderpumpRobs about Chicago's No-Nothing mayor Levi Boone.   Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes Illinois State Register: Election Results Rock Island Argus: No Money Then Inter Ocean: Obit Daily Illinois State Journal: Treason Smithsonian: How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics Abraham Lincoln Papers: Boone, Levi D. Learn more about your ad cho...

A quick update on Illinois V Trump and other cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are revisiting one of the earliest episodes exploring Chicago's first incidence of civil unrest.  Immigrants have been getting in done here. Chicago is known for what some call "rough and tumble politics". Alyssa talks with friend from college and former coworker John Zinn about Chicago's first incident of civil unrest. Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: Encyclopedia of Chicago: La...

In this episode, Alyssa gives updates on the rulings from the various cases in the Northern District of Illinois. It's cathartic. Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot of stuff is happening in the Federal Courts regarding DHS/ICE/CBP so Alyssa decided to do an emergency update to give an overview of what is happening. If you have any questions please let her know. Today is a big day for weirdos like myself who obsess over the Northern District of Illinois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa is joined by Risen.  We talk about the first blimp which fell out of the sky. Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: Society For American Baseball Research:July 21, 1919: Horrified White Sox fans witness Wingfoot Express blimp disaster in Chicago NYT: 11 KILLED, 27 HURT IN BLAZING BLIMP'S FALL IN CHICAGO Chicago Sun-Times: This week in history: Goodyear blimp catches fire in Loop W...

Alyssa is joined by Max Winkler director of Ryan Murphy's  The Ed Gein Story to discuss Alyssa's Cameo in said upcoming Netflix series, Max's love of Chicago as well as a riveting cold case that led to divers finding cars in the Chicago River. Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: Chicago Tribune: With hidden evidence on their minds, unusual dive team takes to the Chicago RiverChicago Tr...

Alyssa tells at Morgan about Fast Edde.  Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: DOJ: INDICTED IN ALLEGED KICKBACKSCHEME INVOLVING GOLD COAST REAL ESTATE DEAL Chicago Sun-Times: The billionaire behind the scenes in White Sox' stadium plan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa tells at Morgan about Fast Eddie.  We take a digression into the 78. Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: DOJ: INDICTED IN ALLEGED KICKBACKSCHEME INVOLVING GOLD COAST REAL ESTATE DEAL Chicago Sun-Times: The billionaire behind the scenes in White Sox' stadium plan Ed Burke Episode 2: The Council Wars Betty Loren-Maltese: An Icon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...