Great Lakes Lore

E21 The Whitechapel Club

2 years ago

Episode Notes

Club? Professional networking opportunity? Secret society? In Gilded-Age Chicago, the Whitechapel Club was a little bit of all of these. Join Samantha and Aaron as they explore the origins, activities, and membership of this macabre circle of journalists. Along the way, enjoy a story from a belly dancer, phrenology, and a ritualistic funeral pyre on the shores of Lake Michigan.

  • Introduction: Secret Societies- 1:11
  • Club Life in the Gilded Age- 6:40
  • Establishing the Whitechapel Club- 11:00
  • Club Activities- 14:14
  • Mid-way Break- 25:07
  • The End of the Whitechapel Club- 31:56
  • Who was a Member?- 34:18
  • The Funeral Pyre- 37:52
  • Professionalization, Phrenology, the Morbid, and the Occult- 42:42

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