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Episode 6: The Congress Hotel: Chicago’s Haunting History
Beneath the glittering crystal chandeliers of Michigan Avenue lies a dark, subterranean maze where the liquor flowed, the bodies vanished, and hotel management literally drywalled over their problems.
This week on Whispers in the Walls, I am checking into Chicago's legendary Congress Plaza Hotel. Originally constructed as a Gilded Age palace for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, this sprawling 14-story fortress became an epicenter of high-society luxury, underworld violence, and documented tragedy.
In this episode, I uncover:
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