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Show Notes
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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