A killer videotape, Al Capone's last stand in Chicago, a secret sauce worth stealing, and a zombie sprint around the globe.

Of the many people who have found fame and flirted with immortality in Chicago, not all have been deserving, and most of even the best of them wind up fading away. Not so with a certain native New ...

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The two notable young men went to high school together and developed a friendship that continued after their school days ended Bettmann Archive/Getty (2) Desi Arnaz had a fascinating life from early ...

If you roll your eyes when passing the corner of Clark and Ohio streets in River North, you’re not the only one. Sneering or even clutching your pearls go back more than 30 years on this site, to the ...

A blast from the past! Workers at a Chicago distillery that allegedly once operated as a speakeasy under crime boss Al Capone have discovered a well-preserved pistol hidden inside its walls, according ...

One of Alcatraz’s most well-known prisoners left the famed island penitentiary in San Francisco Bay for the last time 87 years ago today on Jan. 6, 1939, for medical reasons. Eight years later, former ...

For tourists, there are two new ways to escape the mobs in the theme parks by heading to International Drive — and meeting the mob there. In recent months, “The Speakeasy Murder & Other Acts of ...

During Franklin D. Roosevelt's 12 years as U.S. president, cars became far more than just transportation at the White House. They served as symbols of visibility, security, and presidential authority.

Bust-down watches—the rap-world colloquialism for timepieces encrusted in aftermarket diamonds and gemstones—seem like an invention of recent history. In the early 2000s, especially, there was no ...

Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the reveal of Al Capone’s vault, ...