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In this episode, Alyssa gets Morgan Stringer's takes on three upcoming Chicago lawsuits: Thompson V United States, The Hoover Case, and Hubbard Inn. 

Directly related discussions include: a dead banker found in the master bedroom of a client, Demon Dogs, the band Chicago, Streets and Sanitation, SCOTUS, Real Housewives (SLC and OC), and Coffeezilla.

It is a wild ride.

SHOW NOTES: 

Chicago Tribune: 11th Ward hopeful labors to grow the Daley legacy

Chicago Sun-Times: At crooked Bridgeport bank, executive blew the whistle, but no one did a thing

Chicago Sun-Times: Dead CEO of failed Bridgeport bank in the spotlight as embezzlement trial begins

Chicago Sun-Times: Ex-boyfriend of daughter of failed Chicago bank executive guilty in death of her fiancee in San Diego

Chicago Sun-Times: Why did Bridgeport bank president kill himself in customer’s Park Ridge home?

Eater: Hubbard Inn’s TikTok Lawsuit Won’t Stop as Judge Denies Motion to DismissChicago Tribune:

Chicago Tribune: CHANNEL 2 SUED OVER AD CAMPAIGN

FOX 32: Judge allows Hubbard Inn’s defamation lawsuit to proceed amid viral TikTok claims

Chicago Sun-Times: Patrick Daley Thompson on prison life: ‘It was horrible, absolutely horrible’

WBEZ: U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of Patrick Daley Thompson, heir to Chicago political dynasty

Chicago Sun-Times: Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson guilty on all counts

NBC: Hubbard Inn sues woman for defamation after viral TikTok

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 In this episode Alyssa tells Ben Panko about the 1992 and 2021 versions of the movie Candyman and the urban legends which surround it.  

Show Notes:

Chicago Tribune: Cabrini-Green and a horror film that captured the fears of public housing

Vox: How a tragic unsolved murder and a public housing crisis led to Candyman

Chicago Reader: How a story about the horrors of housing projects became part of a horror movie

Chicago Reader: They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror

Horror News Network: Cabrini-Green: The True Horror of ‘Candyman’

AIC: Horrorella Talks Tolstoy, Beethoven and Candyman with Writer-Director Bernard Rose!

Chicago Tribune: BLACK SLASHER `CANDYMAN` DRAWS FIRE OVER `RACIST` DEPICTIONS

WTTW: Why ‘Candyman’ Continues to Hook Audiences Nearly 30 Years LaterVulture: Candyman Is a Soulless, Didactic Reimagining

Chicago Magazine: The Return of Candyman

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Alyssa updates John Zinn about the Madigan trial which organically invokes William Shakespeare, Steven Sondheim, and David Axelrod and others.  

Stay for the Putin comparison.

Show Notes:

Chicago Sun-Times: David Axelrod deliberates on the case against Michael Madigan

Chicago Sun-Times: The case against Mike Madigan, laid out in explosive court documents

Chicago Sun-Times:Madigan judge has experience with Shakespeare, Michael Jordan — and law used to target ex-House speaker

Chicago Sun-Times: Woman whose sexual harassment claims rocked Springfield may be one of first witnesses in Madigan trial

Chicago Sun-Times: Mike Madigan, once Illinois' most influential powerbroker, now faces federal corruption trial

G. Robert Blakey

Chicago Tribune: Our Culture of Corruption

Chicago Sun-Times: The politics of picking a Madigan jury: Prospects asked how they view 'politicians for life'

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Alyssa is joined by Molly McAleer from Mother May I Sleep With Podcast and Trend Lightly to discuss "The Steve Bartman Incident" and some parallels to the 1986 Red Sox.  

In case you don't know, on October 14th, 2003 during the NLCS the Cubs imploded and for years one man was blamed.  

Show Notes:

MLB YouTube: The Steve Bartman Incident

Sports Illustrated: What happened to Steve Bartman?

NYT: Steve Bartman Remains Invisible, 10 Years Later

NPR: Cubs Fans Try To Make Up For Sending Another Cubs Fan Death Threats In 2003

Bleacher Report: Chicago Cubs: 10 Things That Would've Changed If There Was No Bartman Incident

The Guardian: This article is more than 7 years old Steve Bartman, America's most infamous fan, receives Cubs redemption

ESPN: A convenient scapegoat

HuffPo: Steve Bartman Incident: 10 Years Ago Monday, The World Met This Poor Guy

Reuters: Winning helps Chicago Cubs fans forgive Bartman 12 years later

NYT: Cubs Survive a Bartman Moment and Are Headed to the Playoffs

The Guardian: The forgotten story of (but not by Chicago Cubs fans) … Steve Bartman

Fox Sports: Fan dressed as Steve Bartman at a Cubs-Marlins game

Business Insider: Even Bernie Mac's Career Went Downhill After The Steve Bartman Incident

MLB: The 'Curse of the Bambino,' explained

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In this episode I tell Jeff Tischauser from Southern Poverty Law Center about the time the Chicago Tribune created a LGBTQA Moral Panic in the 1970's and how it is alive and well in 2024.  

We had some audio issues with this episode and are taking step to insure they never happen again but thought it is too good not to release and recording would not have had the same impact.

Show Notes:

Senate Hearing

NYT: Chicago Jury to Probe Pornography and Prostitution Involving Boys

Chicago Sun-Times: A Gay Rates Police

Chicago Sun-Times: Council Panel Announces Porno-Zones Ordinance

Chicago Sun-Times: Burke Goes to Conference

Chicago Sun-Times: Runaway Witness

Chicago Sun-Times: Results of the Probe

CST: Pillars of the Community

Sexual exploitation of children: a report to the Illinois General Assembly

Chicago Reader: On June 14, 1977 Chicago had its first big gay-rights protest

Windy City Times: HISTORY Every kick is a boost

NYT: Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber Is Dead at 68; Founded Odyssey House Group Drug Program

Chicago Tribune: Reagan used her, the country hated her. Decades later, the Welfare Queen of Chicago refuses to go away

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In this episode I am joined by Captain Scoot and we discuss Block 37 which was nothing better than a land grab which inspired a book and a BBC Documentary.

Show Notes:

Chicago Magazine: A Brief History of Block 37

Chicago Tribune: A look at Block 37’s troubled past

Chicago Magazine: The Block 37 Superstation: Chicago's Money Pit

Chicago Tribune: Block 37 represents a painful missed opportunity

Reddit

Chicago Tribune: Block 37 developer sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for fraud

NBC Chicago: Block 37: Show Me the Money (Again)

NYT: Trying to Break the Jinx of Chicago’s Block 37

NBC Chicago: After Long, Long Wait, Block 37 Is Open

Chicago Reader: Mr. Big Spender

Chicago Magazine: What Rahm Leaves Behind

How Chicago’s controversial TIF program took over a third of the city

NYT: COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE; Chicago's Block 37 Finally Becomes a Contender

Here's the Deal: The Making and Breaking of a Great American City

WTTW: The Boss and the Bulldozer

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In this episode we discuss Sears, Roebuck and Company.

Show Notes:

WTTW: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants (Article)

WTTW: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants (Video)

Smithsonian: The Rise and Fall of Sears

CNN: Sears’ extraordinary history: A timeline

History Channel: Sears

Chicago Tribune: Sears timeline: Rise, fall and restructuring of a Chicago icon over 130 years

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This is not an episode about the history of Mike Royko. Instead, Alyssa is joined by writer and actor Mitchell Bisschop to discuss his one-man show Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago and the journalist's contribution to the city.  

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Alyssa is joined by Risen Lady Heathen to discuss innovator Aaron Montgomery Ward and his contribution to retail and the Chicago Lakefront.  

Other Topics:

The Fire

American Girl

Hobbies and crafts during COVID

Timezones

Chicago School of Economics

Layaway

Pots and pans in the dishwasher

Film cameras

Why I started this podcast

Show Notes: 

Chicago History Museum: Montgomery Ward’s First Catalog

WTTW: Sites Where Wards and Sears Became Giants

WTTW: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants (Article)

WTTW: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants (Video)

Wards.com

Encyclopedia of Chicago History: Ward (Montgomery) & Co.

Chicago Tribune: Edward Keegan: With stadium plans, the Bears are proposing a barely veiled takeover of the lakefront

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I am joined by Vanessa to talk about Dan Proft. A man who hates Chicago. 

Digressions include: 

Veggie Tales

Disqualifying resume items for Chicago pols

Why is Chicago so Corrupt?

What Russel Brand has been up to since he divorced Katy Perry

Vanessa Googles Dan Proft’s hair in real time.

Show Notes:

Chicago Sun-Times: Through Liberty Principles PAC, Dan Proft spreads millions to GOP

Chicago Magazine: Would Dan Proft Really Run for Governor Again?

The Daily Harold: GOP gets WIND of Dan Proft’s new job

Picayune Sentinel Extra: Dan Proft sinks to a new low

Chicago Tribune: Cicero spokesman’s firm gets pacts to boost town, schools

Chicago Reader: If your community news is slanted, Dan Proft may be to blame

Dan Proft Discusses Crime in Chicago with Tucker Carlson on FOX News

Dan Proft Discusses Brandon Johnson with Tucker Carlson

Dan Proft is Idiot

Fox 32: Darren Bailey, critic of 'hellhole' Chicago, moves into city

Salem Radio

Block Club Chicago: ‘Deceptive’ Chicago City Wire Hitting Mailboxes Looks Like A Newspaper. But It’s Really A Conservative Campaign Mailer

Capital Fax: Campaign Ads

ballotpedia: Jeanne Ives

RayLo on Fox News during the DNC

Chicago Sun-Times: The Score’s Shane Riordan, Danny Parkins, Matt Spiegel apologize for on-air behavior

Jordan's Ex Wife

WBEZ: A Lake County judge orders a chain of websites to remove voters’ personal information

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