Season 2
6 episodes · Apr 1, 2022
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S2E1Jane Byrne
Apr 1, 202257mAs a woman once again occupies the fifth floor of City Hall, Chicago Stories remembers the city’s first female mayor. After pulling off one of Chicago’s greatest political upsets, Jane Byrne found herself caught between the political machine that shaped her and the reformers who elected her.
S2E2Downtown Disasters
Apr 8, 202257mTwo very different disasters occurred in the heart of Chicago’s Loop 90 years apart. First, the deadliest building fire in U.S. history: the 1903 Iroquois Theatre Fire. Then, the Great Loop Flood of 1992 which saw downtown buildings mysteriously flooded by the Chicago River, and the city searching for answers in a long-forgotten tunnel system.
S2E3The Real Mad Men of Chicago
Apr 15, 202257mThe real Mad Men of Chicago became leaders of the advertising world, creating iconic figures like the Marlboro Man, Charlie the Tuna, and the Pillsbury Dough Boy.
S2E4The Union Stockyards
Apr 22, 202256mAt the end of the 19th century, Chicago completely transformed the way Americans eat, and the Union Stockyards on the South Side were the center of that revolution. Experience the sights, sounds, and awful smells of the Union Stockyards and the complex of meat factories next to it, known as Packingtown.
S2E5Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe
Apr 29, 202258mThis is the story of pride and heartbreak in a close-knit South Side community. Our Lady of Guadalupe, Chicago’s first and oldest Mexican-American parish, lost 12 young men in the Vietnam War during a brutal five-year period.
S2E6The Birth of Gospel
May 6, 202258mTracing the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s. Thomas A. Dorsey, "The Father of Gospel", wrote one of gospel’s early hits while coping with his grief over the death of his wife and child.