Oh, Malort!

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Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while explo... more

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The podcast currently has 136 episodes available.

Oh, Malort! episodes:

October 13, 2025Rewind: 1855 Lager Beer Riots
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: Lager Beer Riot

Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s Lager Beer Riot proved immigrants’ power

Chicago Brewseum Brewing Up Chicago Exhibition 1855 Lager Beer Riot Video

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59min
October 11, 2025 The Dirksenverse: Who's Reliable?
In this episode, Alyssa gives updates on the rulings from the various cases in the Northern District of Illinois.
It's cathartic.
Socials:
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31min
October 07, 2025 The Dirksenverse: What is Happening in Chicago Courts?
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.

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22min
October 06, 2025Wingfoot Air Express: Why Chicago is not Blimpoplis
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

Wingfoot Air Express

Chicagology: The Red July of 1919

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1h 9min
September 29, 2025Edward and Stephania Andrews: A Cold Case
Alyssa is joined by Max Winkler director of 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 Tribune: RELATIVES ARE

HOPING 24-YEAR MYSTERY OVER

Chicago Sun-Times: NW Suburb Couple Missing

Chicago Sun-Times: Search Back On for Couple Missing 24 Years

Chicago Tribune: POLICE MAKE A NEW DIVE AT 1970S MYSTERY

MISSING COUPLE MAY BE IN POND IN LAKE COUNTY

Chicago Tribune: POND COMES UP DRY OF CLUES ABOUT MISSING COUPLE

Chicago Tribune: NEWS DREDGES UP MEMORIES OF GANG LAKE FOREST WOULD LIKE TO FORGET

Chicago Tribune: ROAD TALES RESURFACE FROM ABE TO `THE BLUES BROTHERS,' WACKER HAS LONG LEGACY

Chicago Tribune: Curtain of Mystery Cloaks Couple's Disappearance

New Nation: 140 cars found in Chicago River amid search for missing couple

Motor Biscuit: Divers enter Chicago River over a 1970 cold case and find not 1, but 97 cars

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1h 3min
September 22, 2025Edward Vrdolyak Part Two: A Clown
Alyssa tells at Morgan about Fast Edde.
Socials:
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Show Notes:
DOJ: INDICTED IN ALLEGED KICKBACK
SCHEME INVOLVING GOLD COAST REAL ESTATE DEAL

Chicago Sun-Times: The billionaire behind the scenes in White Sox' stadium plan

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1h 11min
September 15, 2025Edward Vrdolyak Part One: Corruption Junction
Alyssa tells at Morgan about Fast Eddie. We take a digression into the 78.
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Show Notes:
DOJ: INDICTED IN ALLEGED KICKBACK
SCHEME 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

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58min
September 08, 2025Bozo: The World's Greatest
In this episode, Alyssa tells John Zinn about the legacy of Bozo.
Socials:
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Show Notes:
Chicago Reader: Our Town: Bozo the Clown

Chicago Reader: The Bozo Chronicles

BOZO AT THE CIRCUS - A Capitol Record-Reader (1946)

Classic Chicago Magazine: Bozo, America’s Favorite Clown

LA Times: Waiting for Bozo: In Chicago, they take a clown seriously.

People: How David Arquette and Billy Corgan's Shared Love of Clowns Led to an Unlikely Partnership (Exclusive)

ABC: Battling Bozos

WGN: How WGN-TV’s Bozo The Clown came to be

LA Times: Bozo Has Left the Building

Chicago Tribune: Where’s Bozo?

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1h 10min
September 01, 2025Haymarket: Things Rhyme
Happy Labor Day. In this episode Alyssa tells Molly McAleer about the Haymarket Affair and the origin of the 8-hour work day.
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Show Notes:
Illinois Labor History Society: The Haymarket Affair
Encyclopedia of Chicago History: Haymarket and May Day

WTTW: HAYMARKET AFFAIR HANGINGS

Britannica: Haymarket Affair

WCCO: Good Question: How did we get the 8-hour work day?

Chicago Cop: HAYMARKET SQUARE RIOT

Chicago Sun-Times: Haymarket blast shook the world - 100 years later, Chicago remembered

Chicago Reader: Haymarket Revisited

Chicago Tribune: HAYMARKET RIOT REMEMBERED

PBS: The Anarchists and the Haymarket Square Incident

Second City Sinners

Chicago Tribune: STILL-HEARD VOICES: HAYMARKET MONUMENT GETS LANDMARK STATUS

CPD: Haymarket Statue Rededication Ceremony at Police Headquarters

The Haymarket Memorial

Chicago Tribune: SITE OF HAYMARKET RIOT PROPOSED FOR LABOR PARK

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2h 9min
August 25, 2025Riverside Park: Don't Stand up on Roller Coasters
Alyssa tells Ken Guy the history of Riverview ParkSubscribe, leave a five-star review, and tell all your friends.
Socials:
⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠BlueSky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Email⁠
Show Notes:
⁠Chicago Tribune: Photos: Remembering Riverview Park⁠

⁠Chicago Tribune: Remembering the Chicago amusement parks that filled summertime with thrills and spills and water⁠

⁠Chicago Tribune: Remembering Riverview Park, 50 years later⁠

⁠WTTW: “A Rite of Passage”: The History, Rides, and Legacy of Riverview Park⁠

⁠Chicago Tribune: RIVERVIEW`S ATTRACTIONS⁠

⁠Chicago Tribune: GOODMAN`S `RIVERVIEW` IS REALLY A STORY OF AMERICA⁠

⁠Chicago Reader: Exhilarating Highs, Crashing Lows⁠

⁠Seattle Weekly: God of Hell⁠⁠WTTW: Amusement Parks⁠

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1h 7min

FAQs about Oh, Malort!:

How many episodes does Oh, Malort! have?

The podcast currently has 136 episodes available.