The Omnibus Riot of 1862
In July of 1862, as the Civil War raged in the south, a tangential battle was waged in Chicago on the corner of Clark and Randolph. The horse-drawn omnibusses in the city were privately owned, and...
View ArticleRevolutionary War Soldier Found at Graceland Cemetery
Lists of military graves in Chicago tend to list two Revolutionary War vets – but neither are verifiable. In fact, they’re quite dubious. Lincoln Park hosts a memorial boulder to David Kennison, who...
View ArticleNew Statue Suggestion: Joseph Henry Hudlun
I don’t blame early Americans for their rush to name things after Columbus. In the days after the Revolution, they were eager for some national heroes who weren’t associated with the British, and...
View ArticleWhen Illinois Packed Its Supreme Court
As of the 1830s, when Chicago was just rising up from its status as a mudhole on the prairie, the law in Illinois was that anyone could vote in the state as long as they’d lived here for sixth months...
View ArticleGirl in Glass: The Inez Statue at Graceland Cemetery
Lots of new information on the history of Inez, Graceland Cemetery's famous "Girl in Glass."
View ArticleMinnie Wallace and the Ravenswood House of Mystery
There’s a new post and podcast episode over on our Cemetery Mixtape page about Minnie Wallace, a lesser known Chicago story that’s been occupying my attention the last couple of weeks. She’s usually...
View ArticleThe Grave of Big Thunder: A Deep Dive
The exposed corpse of Big Thunder, which was an Illinois tourist trap in the 1830s. A deep dive into first hand accounts.
View ArticleChicago’s “Legally” Haunted House
In 1991, a man in New York sued the previous owners of his house for not having disclosed that the house was haunted, and the court ruled in his favor. The judge didn’t comment on whether the ghosts...
View ArticleMonument Unveiling for William Randall, 29th USCT
A few months before release date, and my Graceland Cemetery book is already out of date – in the best way! Several of the stories in the book are about people whose plots have never been marked...
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