Anthony Fleming III
Narrator
Chicago Stories (2020)
Season 2
An original documentary series from Chicago PBS affiliate WTTW uncovering the city’s fascinating history. Each story presents an entertaining and intriguing tale about a person or event that shaped Chicago. The series reflects the rich diversity and breadth of human experience that shaped this great American city.
Released Oct. 9, 2020
Episode 56 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: tmdb.wttw, tmdb.chicago-illinois, imdb.chicago-illinois
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Jane Byrne
As 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.
April 1, 2022, midnight
S2E2 - Downtown Disasters
Two 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.
April 8, 2022, midnight
S2E3 - The Real Mad Men of Chicago
The 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.
April 15, 2022, midnight
S2E4 - The Union Stockyards
At 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.
April 22, 2022, midnight
S2E5 - Our Soldiers, Our Lady of Guadalupe
This 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.
April 29, 2022, midnight
S2E6 - The Birth of Gospel
Tracing 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.
May 6, 2022, midnight
PBS
56 min/ep
1414 min
Oct. 9, 2020
Nov. 8, 2024, midnight
Returning Series
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