Pop-up tree lots sprout up on every Chicago corner during the holiday season, only to disappear. Who are the people who make these happen and what's the business like? As one operator says it, "It’s fast, it’s furious and it’s over in about three and a half weeks."
Crimetown - S1 E04: The Bonded Vault Heist
August 14, 1975. A ragtag crew of crooks holds up a fur company. But it’s not just a fur company. It’s the Patriarca crime family’s secret bank. And now, the thieves not only have to run from the law—they have to run for their lives.
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Curious City - When Church Meets State: Picking Apart Prayer in Aurora’s City Council
Aurora leads council meetings with prayer, and it sometimes raises eyebrows. But would a judge ever smack it down?
Curious City - When Church Meets State: Picking Apart Prayer in Aurora’s City Council
Aurora leads council meetings with prayer, and it sometimes raises eyebrows. But would a judge ever smack it down?
Crimetown - S1 E03: The Making of a Mayor
Buddy Cianci runs for mayor as the anti-corruption candidate, promising to change Providence. He’s a novice Republican politician in a city ruled by Democrats and mobbed-up unions. As he struggles to get elected, he faces an impossible choice: stay clean and lose, or get a little dirty and win.
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Curious City - City Beautiful? Why Some Chicago Neighborhoods Have Viaduct Art and Others Don’t
Murals beautify some viaducts, while others are left bare and dirty. Why the disparity?
Curious City - City Beautiful? Why Some Chicago Neighborhoods Have Viaduct Art and Others Don’t
Murals beautify some viaducts, while others are left bare and dirty. Why the disparity?
Crimetown - S1 E02: The Wiseguys
How does a kid from Providence become a mob enforcer? Two men share their personal stories of joining Raymond Patriarca’s crime family. As they move from their formative years on the street to maximum security, they come up against murder charges, jailhouse feuds…and even the occasional farm animal.
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Crimetown - S1 E01: Divine Providence
Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, a city where organized crime corrupted every aspect of public life. In the first episode of Crimetown, a young prosecutor named Buddy Cianci takes on a gruesome murder case. As the investigation heats up, Buddy goes head to head with the most notorious mob boss in the country—and launches a career that will change Providence forever.
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Curious City - Tips For Hunting Chicago’s Long-lost Recipes
The city's top recipe sleuths share their secrets as we recreate a divine, but elusive, fried chicken dish.