In 1920, on a quiet street in Chicago’s Lincoln Square, Carl Wanderer and his wife Ruth, eight months pregnant, were robbed at gunpoint in the vestibule of their two-flat. Shots rang out in the tiny foyer and when the smoke cleared, Ruth and the alleged holdup man lay dying while Carl emerged unscathed. Headlines the next day hailed Wanderer a hero for avenging his wife’s death. Three weeks later he was in jail for murder. The alleged holdup man would come to be known as the Ragged Stranger ...
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A Conclusion to the Ragged Stranger Mystery- Episode #8
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The day before his pending execution on September 30th, Carl’s last hope to stay among the living was a second stay of execution or to at least get his sentenced to commuted to life imprisonment. Governor Len Small, still under indictment for embezzlement, held Carl’s fate.Impassively entering the death cell, Wanderer grabbed a seat on his bunk as …
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The Governor is Doing What?? - Episode #7
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Carl Wanderer had been given a 25 year prison sentence for murdering his wife. In a second trial, he was sentenced to die upon the gallows for the murder of the Ragged Stranger. A third trial, after a successful appeal using an arcane law from 1845, drew such heated passions in the city that the Chicago Chief of Police would be sentenced to five da…
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Carl Wanderer at Trial for the Murder of the Ragged Stranger- Episode #6
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This podcast aims to take a deep look, at what was one of Chicago’s most famous crimes.In 1920, on a quiet North Side street, three people entered a tiny vestibule of a two-flat. Ten gunshots later, only one person emerged.This is the true story.Episode #6- Carl Wanderer Goes to Trial for the Murder of the Ragged StrangerAfter Carl Wanderer had bee…
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Getting to Know More Strangers- Episode #5
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This podcast aims to take a deep look, at what was one of Chicago’s most famous crimes.In 1920, on a quiet North Side street, three people entered a tiny vestibule of a two-flat. Ten gunshots later, only one person emerged.This is the true story.Episode #5- Getting to Know More StrangersThe first few weeks after the murder of Ruth Wanderer saw a fl…
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The Trial of Carl Wanderer- Episode #4
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This podcast aims to take a deep look, at what was one of Chicago’s most famous crimes.In 1920, on a quiet North Side street, three people entered a tiny vestibule of a two-flat. Ten gunshots later, only one person emerged.This is the true story.Episode #4- The Trial of Carl WandererAfter initially being hailed a hero for avenging his wife's slayin…
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Who Was the Ragged Stranger?- Episode #3
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This podcast aims to take a deep look, at what was one of Chicago’s most famous crimes.In 1920, on a quiet North Side street, three people entered a tiny vestibule of a two-flat. Ten gunshots later, only one person emerged.This is the true story.Episode #3- Who Was the Ragged Stranger?In the immediate aftermath of the shooting the police tried to i…
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Murder In The Vestibule- Episode #2
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This podcast aims to take a deep look, at what was one of Chicago’s most famous crimes.In 1920, on a quiet North Side street, three people entered a tiny vestibule of a two-flat. Ten gunshots later, only one person emerged.World War I, mental illness, love affairs, Chicago Police shenanigans, the first John Doe murder trial in Chicago history, Illi…
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A Prelude to Murder- Episode #1
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This podcast aims to take a deep look, at what was one of Chicago’s most famous crimes. In 1920, on a quiet North Side street, three people entered a tiny vestibule of a two-flat. Ten gunshots later, only one person emerged.World War I, mental illness, love affairs, Chicago Police shenanigans, the first John Doe murder trial in Chicago history, Ill…
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