She tells NPR's Scott Simon that almost anything was possible in post-fire Chicago. Gillian O'Brien is the author of Blood Runs Green, a new book about the murder. Or was he British? All at a time when Chicago had been burned down, and was reborn as the fast-growing city in America. The investigation and trial caused an international sensation, and one of the world's first media circuses, over a story that involved Irish revolutionaries and reactionaries, secret societies, and even a French spy. Cronin, an esteemed physician, was found in a sewer. How?Ĭhicago's reputation for dramatic crime and corruption predates Al Capone and Prohibition - by decades. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Blood Runs Green Subtitle The Murder That Transfixed Gilded Age Chicago Author Gillian O'Brien
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