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Dec 4, 2019 · Seven Panthers in the residence were charged with attempted murder. The Dec. 4, 1969, confrontation at 2337 W. Monroe St. ended quickly, but the controversy over what exactly happened — fought ...
Aug 9, 1970 · CHICAGO, Aug. 8 — The Chicago police have become al most daily targets for bottles, bricks and bullets from the city's ghettos. In the last month three po licemen have been killed from ambush....
Nov 5, 2018 · A full buyer's guide for the Triumph Spitfire (1962-1980) including specs, common problems and model history...
- 1493cc, in-line four-cylinder OHV
- 71bhp @ 5500rpm
- Triumph Spitfire 1500
- 82lb ft @ 3000rpm
Nov 29, 2022 · Exploring the hope and harshness of 1970s Chicago through John H. White’s photography. Over the 20th century, the US Civil Rights Movement saw gradual progress that blazed a trail of severe resistance and unspeakable atrocities.
- John Wayne Gacy Before His Vicious Crimes
- The Brutal Murders That Unfolded Inside John Wayne Gacy’s House
- John Wayne Gacy’s House Today
Born in Chicago on March 17, 1942, John Wayne Gacyhad an abusive, tumultuous childhood. His father beat him, berated him as a “sissy,” and whipped him with a belt. When Gacy was seven, a family friend molested him but Gacy stayed quiet out of fear of further punishment. Gacy kept his sexuality a secret too. As an adult, he married his first wife an...
Between 1972 and 1976, John Wayne Gacy murdered at least 33 young men and boys. The killer later told police that he’d committed all his murders at his house on Summerdale Avenue. Gacy’s job as a construction worker became his primary method of drawing in unsuspecting young men. He offered them paid, part-time work for cash, only to torture and str...
Though John Wayne Gacy’s house was demolished in 1978, a new three-bedroom and two-bathroom home was built on the site in 1986. That year, the address was also changed from 8213 W. Summerdale Ave. to 8215. Over the years, the house has been bought and sold several times. It was most recently purchased in March 2021, when the property sold for $395,...
Jan 17, 2022 · On July 13, 1966, serial killer Richard Speck murdered eight Chicago nursing students in one night by stabbing them, strangling them, and slashing their throats.
Fifty years ago a stranger with a pockmarked face and a “Born To Raise Hell” tattoo on his left arm barged into a Chicago townhouse where a group of student nurses were living and proceeded to...
