In this episode, Alyssa Tells David Baxter about William Hale “Big Bill Thompson” who is considered to be the most corrupt politician in Illinois History. This is a wild story about an Anglophobe prone to crazy rants, name-calling, and PR stunts.  

SHOW NOTES:

Chicago Tribune: 'Big Bill' Thompson: Chicago's unfiltered mayor

WTTW: Original Chicago Cocktail: Crooked Cowboy

NBC Chicago: The Most Corrupt Public Official In Illinois History: William Hale Thompson

CST: Before The Donald, there was Big Bill of Chicago

CST: This week in history: ‘Big Bill’s’ big disaster

Chicago Reader: Chicago mayor Big Bill Thompson used ‘America First’ decades before TrumpWBEZ: September 30, 1927: The trial of school superintendent William McAndrew

University of Michigan: The Law

WBEZ: Big Bill’s rat show

Chicago Magazine: The Chicago Political Quote Hall of Fame

Mayors, Madams, Madmen

Gangs of Chicago

Time Out: Rahm might be bad, but Chicago's last Republican mayor was worse

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