Chicago Unbelievable
By Adam Selzer, Hector Reyes
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Podcast Description
Author, tour guide and historian Adam Selzer teams up with comedian Hector Reyes to investigate ghosts, history, and mysteries. It's skeptic vs believer in a good natured free-for-all.
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Grave Robbing in Lincoln Park | Kicking off Grave Robbing Week at Chicago Unbelievable with a talk about Chicago's "Lost Cemeteries," the 19th century grave robbing business in the city, and a chat with Daniel Kraus, author of ROTTERS, a new novel. | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In Chaplin's Vault | Chicago was once the center of the film world! Listen in as we wander through Uptown, the prototype Beverly Hills, and explore the former Essanay Studios building. We had no idea that so much of the stuff was left! | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ghosts and Myths of Hull House | Jane Addams Hull House in Chicago has been rumored to be haunted for over a century. Adam and Hector have been taking tour groups there for years. Here, they journey there to separate fact from fiction. See pictures and the Hull House Ghosts ebook at http://chicagounbelievable.com | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From the Vault: Bachelor's Grove Cemetery (Sept 2010) | Outside of Chicago sits the long-abandoned Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, long rumored to be one of the most haunted sites in the world. Adam and Hector discuss the history and the truth behind the rumors - and then get lost in the woods. | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Resurrection Mary Roundtable | The mystery of Chicago's vanishing hitch-hiker! | Free | View In iTunes | |
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H.H. Holmes and the Great Glass Bending Factory Part 2 | Goofing off and playing with gadgets. | Free | View In iTunes | |
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H.H. Holmes and the Great Glass Bending Factory Part 1 | The crew investigates the location of a "glass bending factory" once operated (more likely as a body dump than a glass works) by the notorious H.H. Holmes, ten miles from his famous "murder castle." Includes an interview with Jeff Mudgett, Holmes' great great grandson, who believes that Holmes may have also been Jack the Ripper - and that he may not have really been executed in 1896.... | Free | View In iTunes | |
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Ghost Hunting (and hijinks) in Lincoln Park | A general lack of ghosts inspires the crew to joke around and pull a prank. | Free | View In iTunes | |
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Colonel Selig's Moving Picture Plant | Exploring the last surviving building of the Selig Polyscope empire. Colonel Selig was one of the great innovators of the silent film era. Featuring tunnels! | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 9 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Excellent
Excellent tales of Chicago legends! Was great to hear different accounts of places I already knew of and to learn of new haunts around town!
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