Episode 7: Maxwell Street Police Station

Jay walks us through Chicago’s “Bloody Maxwell” Street’s Police Station – built in 1888.

This story contains:

1. Haymarket Riots (1886!)

2. Immigrants and Gangs (Oh my!)

3. Torture Prison (Inhumane!)

4. Prison Graffiti (Advice and Sad Scrawls from Inmates!)

5. Ghosts (Haunted set of TV’s “Chicago PD”!)

Sweet Dreams!

Episode 6: Our Lady of Angels

Jay walks us through Chicago’s disastrous fire at Our Lady of Angels school - December 1, 1958.

This story contains:

1. Our Lady of Angels (Fire!)

2. A raging fire at a school without a plan (Confusion!)

3. Victims and Heroes (Hero Dad!)

4. A strange case of arson (Troubled Boy!)

5. Hauntings and Ghost Stories (Sweet Visits to Family Members!)

Sweet Dreams!

Episode 5: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Noelle walks us through Savannah, GA and the inspiration for John Berendt’s book “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.”

This story contains:

1. Jim Williams (Art Dealer!)

2. Danny Hansford (Murdered Lover!)

3. Lady Chablis (Recently deceased elegant lady!)

4. Dr. Buzzard and Minerva (Voodoo!)

5. Various Hauntings and Local Savannah Flavor (Delightful!)

Sweet Dreams!

Episode 4: Eastland Disaster

Jay walks us through the Eastland Disaster – in Chicago, 844 people lost their lives on Saturday, July 24, 1915.

This story contains:

1. Details of the Eastland Disaster (Clark Street Bridge!)

2. A poem written by outraged journalist/poet Carl Sandburg (Poem!)

3. Temporary Morgues (floating Morgue under Wells St. Bridge!)

4. The ghosts at Harpo Studio (Lady in Gray!)

5. SPOILER ALERT: Excalibur has been debunked as a morgue for the Eastland Disaster (It’s just a nightclub maybe haunted by other old-timey ghosts!)

Sweet Dreams!