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- The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
- The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.
- Go beyond the legend and meet the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. Born 200 years ago in Maryland, Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad, a Civil War scout, nurse and spy, and one of the greatest freedom fighters in our nation's history.
- Amidst some of the most tumultuous times in our nation's history, Rev. Theodore Hesburgh finds himself in the eye of the storm as he works to advance the causes of peace and equal rights.
- The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
- ART PAUL OF PLAYBOY: The Man Behind the Bunny, a documentary film on the innovation and impact of Art Paul, the creator of the iconic bunny logo, founding art director of Playboy, and the magazine's visual guru for its first 30 years. Paul is also an extraordinary artist, creating thousands of drawings and paintings of his own. The film combines interviews with historical footage and artworks--works that were art directed by Paul and/or created by him, to bring to life a legendary figure of our time. The film is a production of MoraQuest Media, a company based in Chicago.
- Follows the illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy laid the foundation for today's out-and-proud LGBTQ advertisements.
- DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis tells the history of Chicago's African-American community as never before, through the voices of its leading citizens, scholars, artists, politicians, and business leaders.
- How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. The feature-length film-brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists-reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.
- In 1893, Chicago plays host to the World's Columbian Exhibition. One man wants the fair to be the launchpad of his masterpiece. He wants to display to the world his chef-d'oeuvre. It's a gargantuan flying swine. A boar, complete with tusks, a snout, and wide, pointed ears. Its power: Steam. Its name: Parsifal. Its inventor: Hammond VanOchre. This is his story. It is a mockumentary told through a "found footage" technique. An artist, a historian, a scuba diver, and an ancestor testify today about events that occurred more than a century ago. Hammond VanOchre took his plans for his flying pig aboard a ship that was destined to sink in a tempest on Lake Michigan. But, in the new millennium, his schematics were discovered, hidden away in the unfortunate ship. With the power of teamwork and ingenuity, Parsifal the Steampig would fly.
- Underwater exploration reveals astonishing secrets: terrifying disasters, war-winning heroics and an engineering marvel that saves the city.
- 2008– 42mTV-PG8.3 (64)TV EpisodeZak and the crew head to Illinois in search of the spirit of infamous serial killer John Gacy. Their investigation leads them to the Old Joliet Prison, where they hope to come face-to-face with the Killer Clown himself.
- 2019– 42mTV-PG7.4 (25)TV EpisodeZak and the crew head to Illinois in search of the spirit of infamous serial killer John Gacy. Their investigation leads them to the Old Joliet Prison, where they hope to come face-to-face with the Killer Clown himself.
- Chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley takes on food manufacturers to banish dangerous substances threatening the health of consumers, laying the groundwork for U.S. consumer protection laws and the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.
- For a week in 1919, long-simmering tensions between white and black residents in Chicago erupted in violence. Its aftermath shaped laws and housing for generations. Host Edward Ayers visits Chicago during the 100th anniversary of what became known as the "Red Summer." He meets a poet, performance artist, museum educator, and young people who are creating living memorials to a long-ignored past.
- Richard explores the science behind the Taipei 101 tower. Built next to a seismic fault line in a typhoon hot spot, it is designed to be able to withstand extreme natural events. Elements include compression, flexibility, stability and pressure.
- The 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York's Greenwich Village resulted in legislation ensuring the most comprehensive workplace safety laws in the U.S.
- Theo Wilson travels back in time to 1893 Chicago, finding himself in the lair of America's first famous serial killer, H.H. Holmes. But how did Holmes become such a prolific murderer? Theo follows Holmes dark road from conman, to the owner of a fiendishly engineered "murder castle," where he hunts his victims in the convenient shadow of the World's Columbian Exposition.
- Theo Wilson time travels to 1865 and immerses himself in the events that lead to the assassination of President Lincoln
- It's February 14th, 1929 - In a Chicago garage during the height of Prohibition, a group of gangsters is mowed down by Tommy Guns. It will be known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and its violence shocks the nation, eventually leading to the end of the nationwide ban on booze. But how did this historic hit really happen? Theo Wilson retraces the steps, from the first day of Prohibition, to the rise and secret rules of the speakeasies, to a flower shop hit and the bloody beer wars between the rival forces of Chicago's North and South sides led by ruthless gangsters George "Bugs" Moran and the FBI's "most wanted" Al Capone.
- 2016–7.9 (10)TV Episode
- Julie Bowen makes the discovery that a close relative led a criminal organization that triggered a dark chapter of US history; another ancestor risked everything to fight for the freedom of African Americans.
- Could history's two most notorious killers actually be the same man? Jeff Mudgett, great-great-grandson of America's first serial killer and expert con man, H.H. Holmes, and ex-CIA operative Amaryllis Fox team up to investigate the theory that Holmes was Britain's infamous murderer, Jack the Ripper.
- An investigation into the murder house shows that Holmes may have killed all over Chicago and beyond. Meanwhile, a report surfaces that the Ripper may have killed in the US.
- While investigating Chicago's World Fair of 1893, an unexpected connection to Jack the Ripper is found in the police archives.
- The Wall Street bombing occurred at 12:01 pm on September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of Manhattan, NYC. The blast killed 30 people immediately and another eight died later of wounds sustained in the blast.