Tag: Chicago
Chicago Woman Sought Divorce After Husband Refused to Remove “Who’s Boss” Sign
A Chicago woman reportedly decided she had endured enough of her husband’s sense of humor, especially after he refused to remove a provocative sign hanging…
14-Year-Old Buried Under Tons of Sand as Chicago Rescuers Dug Through the Night
Through the night, rescue workers dug beneath the glare of acetylene torches, searching for 14-year-old Thomas Zygil under tons of clay and sand. The boy…
Chicago Killer Confessed to 25 Murders and Called Himself a “Lover of Death”
Chicago detectives already believed Henry Spencer responsible for several brutal murders when he delivered an even more astonishing confession in October 1913. After being questioned…
Al Capone Accidentally Shot Himself in Both Legs After a Round of Golf
Al Capone was one of the most heavily guarded men in Chicago. Surrounded by armed bodyguards and marked for death by rival gangsters, the notorious…
50 Chicago Hotel Guests Fled as Iron Shattered Through the Floor
More than 50 guests were seated in the dining room of Chicago’s Lakota Hotel when the floor suddenly erupted beneath them. A deafening crash came…
Chicago Mayor Threatened to Call Out Troops as 1905 Strike Spread
Chicago stood on the edge of a wider labor conflict in the spring of 1905 as striking teamsters, determined employers, imported strikebreakers, and hundreds of…
Massive Flywheel Burst Killed Engineer at Chicago Steel Plant
In 1915, five hundred men were at work inside the Illinois Steel Plant in South Chicago when a massive flywheel came apart. The wheel, thirty…
Someone Kept Poisoning This Chicago Family With Arsenic
A Chicago family was struck again and again by arsenic poisoning in the spring of 1907, leaving police to wonder who was trying to wipe…
Chicago Heiress Took Vows of Silence Hoping to Cure Her Deaf Brother
Mary Holway had wealth, youth, and a comfortable place in Chicago society. Then, at twenty-five, she gave it all up. Before the altar of a…
Escaped Joliet Convict Captured Near Chicago
In October 1912, an escaped convict’s run for freedom came to an end not because of a betrayal or a clever trap, but because he…
