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🗓️ 30 April 2013
⏱️ 10 minutes
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In both life and death, the people who ended up at the notorious asylum and poor farm were some of Chicago’s least fortunate residents.
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0:22.6 | You're listening to the Curious City podcast from WB.E.Z Chicago. |
0:27.6 | You asked the questions. |
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0:35.6 | By now you know that Curious City takes your questions about Chicago, the region, and its people. |
0:43.3 | But this time, we got a question about some people who have passed on. |
0:47.5 | It comes from Michael Dotson, who lives on Chicago's far northwest side. |
0:51.6 | My question is, what is the history of Dunning, the insane asylum, and the people who have |
0:57.5 | died here and the people who are buried and unknown? |
1:01.5 | And with Michael's help, we narrowed his question down to who exactly ended up at Dunning |
1:06.0 | Asylum. |
1:07.0 | We had freelance reporter Robert Lower Zell dig into the archives and memories to find out. |
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