Sinister Chicago - Windy City Secrets, Urban Legends, and Sordid Characters

The bone-chilling breeze off Lake Michigan carries unnerving whispers of days gone by.

Sinister Chicago chronicles the unknown, unusual, or otherwise unexplained events that have occurred in Chicago’s short history. Author Kali Joy Cramer uncovers the sinister foundations of Chicago’s urban legends and unravels the facts around its most notorious murder cases. She looks below the superficial stories of Chicago’s most infamous characters and chronicles the tragic accidents that left their mark on the city.

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By Kali Joy Cramer

Summary

Author Kali Joy Cramer uncovers the sinister foundations of Chicago's urban legends and unravels the facts around its most notorious murder cases. She looks below the superficial stories of Chicago's most infamous characters and chronicles the tragic accidents that have left their mark on the city.

Product details

• Authors: Kali Cramer, Kali Joy Cramer
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781493045167
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-4516-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Mafia, Slum, Titanic, Mystery, Elvis Presley, Chicago, History, FBI, True Crime, Cold Case, Serial Killer, Prohibition, Al Capone, Illinois, TRUE CRIME / General, Urban legend, Poltergeist, Lake Michigan, Lincoln Park, cemetery, Midwest, John Dillinger, Murder, Tragedy, History of the Americas, Immigrants, Shipwreck, gang violence, Eastland, Possession, Assassination, Haunting, Speakeasy, H. H. Holmes, jazz club, systematic racism, Teresita Basa, Grimes sisters, Great Chicago Fire, Flight 191, Lipstick Killer, transwoman, Lager Beer Riot, Potawatomi Tribe, plane crash, Clown Killer, Cabrini Green, Keenan Ivory Wayans, rathskeller, Lottie's Pub, Lottie Zagorski, John Wayne Gacy, Treaty of Chicago, Zagorski's Tavern, kali cramer, The Green Mill, Biograph Theater, Barbara Grimes, Iroquois Theatre Fire, Homey the Clown, Patricia Grimes, William Heirens, Everleigh Club, Mayor Edward Kelly