Weird Chicago: The Haunted Hotel
Feb
27
27 February 2009, JellyBean @ 11:24 am

Congress Plaza Hotel is considered by ghost hunters to be the most haunted locale in “The Windy City”. As a hotel that has entertained a number of famous guests, there are legends about different well-known personalities who may haunt the hotel. One of the more notorious ghosts may be that of gangster Al Capone, who owned the hotel for a while and used it for his headquarters.

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The Weird Chicago Gang on St. Patrick’s Day 2007!
(Left to Right: Adam Selzer, Ken Berg, Willie Williams (Our Driver!) & Troy Taylor

Read more on the Congress Hotel on Adam’s site

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Weird Chicago: Wild Bill Griffith
Feb
06
6 February 2009, JellyBean @ 10:06 am

An interview with Weird Chicago’s behind-the-scnes historian, William “Wild Bill” Griffith, author of the new book “Fatal Drop: True Tales of the Chicago Gallows.” Bill has some stories to share, songs to sing, and smells to smell.

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Weird Chicago Podcast: The House of Crosses
Jan
23
23 January 2009, JellyBean @ 10:17 am

Adam and Ken visit with the nephew of the creator of the House of Crosses, which may not be long for this world.

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Read more on Adam’s site by clicking here

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Weird Chicago Podcast: The Old Criminal Court
Jan
16
16 January 2009, JellyBean @ 8:32 am

Weird Chicago, with Adam Selzer and Ken Melvoin Berg, does an overnight investigation at the old Criminal Court building, adjacent to the site of the old prison and the the infamous Chicago gallows.

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Read more about it here:

Cook County Sheriff Dept: History

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