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29: Tillie Klimek Part I
We kick off our series on Tillie Klimek with an exploration of 1920s Chicago, the social impacts of the industrial revolution, the city’s persistent rat problems, and the symptoms of arsenic poisoning.
TW: murder by poisoning
Notes:
“Arsenic: A Murderous History | Dartmouth Toxic Metals.” Accessed September 1, 2025. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/arsenic/arsenic-a-murderous-history/.
"From our archives – March 14, 1923." Mexia News, The (TX), March 14, 2017: 4. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.chipublib.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=news/163244C312AE49A0.
Daily Times (Chicago, Illinois), November 23, 1931: 10. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.chipublib.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A176820A8B9EC1C11%40EANX-NB-16C22ACF9EC2C604%402426669-16C172605C3A5DE6%409-16C172605C3A5DE6%40.
Daily Times (Chicago, Illinois), June 1, 1931: 3. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.chipublib.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A176820A8B9EC1C11%40EANX-NB-16C3529F71BE60F1%402426494-16C2115FA42D89A6%402-16C2115FA42D89A6%40.
Daily Times (Chicago, Illinois), November 20, 1936: 82. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.chipublib.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A176820A8B9EC1C11%40EANX-NB-16C3D040C58001FC%402428493-16C3CB8353C95CCE%4081.
Berg, Caitlin. “The History behind the Musical ‘Chicago’: How 1920s Crime and Vaudeville Inspired the Show.” New York Theatre Guide, 25 Feb. 2022, https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/history-behind-musical-chicago-1920s-crime-and-vaudeville.
Tillie Klimek and The Bluebeard Clique of Little Poland (Aka the Ukranian Village) – Mysterious Chicago. 17 Feb. 2010, https://mysteriouschicago.com/tillie-klimek-and-the-bluebeard-clique-of-little-poland-aka-the-ukranian-village/.
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By Jonathan Sanchez Leos and Meridith Halsey
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We kick off our series on Tillie Klimek with an exploration of 1920s Chicago, the social impacts of the industrial revolution, the city’s persistent rat problems, and the symptoms of arsenic poisoning.
TW: murder by poisoning
Notes:
“Arsenic: A Murderous History | Dartmouth Toxic Metals.” Accessed September 1, 2025. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/arsenic/arsenic-a-murderous-history/.
"From our archives – March 14, 1923." Mexia News, The (TX), March 14, 2017: 4. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.chipublib.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=news/163244C312AE49A0.
Daily Times (Chicago, Illinois), November 23, 1931: 10. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.chipublib.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A176820A8B9EC1C11%40EANX-NB-16C22ACF9EC2C604%402426669-16C172605C3A5DE6%409-16C172605C3A5DE6%40.
Daily Times (Chicago, Illinois), June 1, 1931: 3. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.chipublib.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A176820A8B9EC1C11%40EANX-NB-16C3529F71BE60F1%402426494-16C2115FA42D89A6%402-16C2115FA42D89A6%40.
Daily Times (Chicago, Illinois), November 20, 1936: 82. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.chipublib.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A176820A8B9EC1C11%40EANX-NB-16C3D040C58001FC%402428493-16C3CB8353C95CCE%4081.
Berg, Caitlin. “The History behind the Musical ‘Chicago’: How 1920s Crime and Vaudeville Inspired the Show.” New York Theatre Guide, 25 Feb. 2022, https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/history-behind-musical-chicago-1920s-crime-and-vaudeville.
Tillie Klimek and The Bluebeard Clique of Little Poland (Aka the Ukranian Village) – Mysterious Chicago. 17 Feb. 2010, https://mysteriouschicago.com/tillie-klimek-and-the-bluebeard-clique-of-little-poland-aka-the-ukranian-village/.
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Find us on BlueSky @deepdishofdeath.bsky.social
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