Chicago History: The Stranger Side
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764345095 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Get your Strange Historical Side on. Read this! Since I am someone who can't get enough information on the peculiar , strange, mysterious , and historical side of Chicago, This book was impossible to put down. I find the author's keen eye for details remarkable and his descriptive writing easy to devour in a few hours. I would recommend this book, Chicago History The Stranger Side , to all my friends. As a matter of fact I already did!. Ann Marie said Great Book!!. What a great book. I could not put it down. I am from Chicago all my life, the book has many stories that I have been interested in. The Mayslake Monastery was a place we visited as teenagers and we did get chased by the Monks. The Voice of the Grimes Girls was very interesting. I sure hope they catch the person or persons that did this crime. The Austin neighborhood was my home for many years. Elmhurst was another o. Chicago History: The Stranger Side A person who has first-hand knowledge of Chicago's sordid underbelly is Ray Johnson, a former criminal investigator, historian, and genealogist who has written a remarkable book of intrigue and misadventure that reflect this great city's colorful past. Johnson loves to solve problems, and in so-doing often asks more questions than can be answered. But then, who among us does not get a kick out of a good mystery, espe
About the Author Raymond Johnson has had a lifelong passion for the mysteries of the past and especially in the colorful history, folklore,, and legends of the city of Chicago and its neighboring suburbs. His first book, Chicago's Haunt Detective, took a look at popular Chicago hauntings and legends from the viewpoint of a historian and criminal investigator. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1993 and from the Police Training Institute at the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urb
Holmes and Chicago's White City than previously thought, and could there also be another connection to England and other murders? What ties Chicago to the Titanic disaster of 1912? What rituals were being performed at El-Sabarum (currently The Tonic Room) that could explain some of the bizarre occurrences reported there? Explore these historic mysteries and read about the stranger side of Chicago. Who may have murdered sisters Barbara and Patricia Grimes in 1956? Who is the seventh body located under the 1893 Columbian Expo Cold Storage Fire Memorial at Oak Woods Cemetery…when there should only be six? Is th
Find out more at VoicesFromBeyondTours. He is a former criminal investigator, author, and local historian with over 25 years of historical research, lecturing, and teaching experience, Ray was a former Chicago Chapter Representative of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and conducts professional research for authors, attorneys, television professionals, and family historians