BONUS: Chicago History Podcast Talks Edgewater Hospital
It's not a coincidence that many celebrities who performed at Edgewater Beach Hotel wound up in the "private suites" at Edgewater Hospital....
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If the Walls Could Talk
How did a group of bad apples turn a premiere Chicago hospital into a "butcher shop"? If the walls of Edgewater Hospital could talk, they would proudly share the years of good medicine befor...
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17 episodes
BONUS: Teresita Basa, Part 3 "Q&A"
There were other suspects in the mysterious murder investigation of Edgewater Hospital's Teresita Basa. In this special Q&A, learn about the...
BONUS: Teresita Basa, Part 2 "The Trial"
Accused of murdering Teresita Basa, Allan Showery's trial began in 1979. Given the unusual circumstances of the case -- namely that police w...
BONUS: Teresita Basa, Part 1 "The Murder"
Teresita Basa was found dead in her Chicago apartment with a knife in chest. The beloved Edgewater Hospital employee had been murdered and s...
Ep 11: Ep 11: If the Walls Could Talk: Q & A Wrap Up
Is one of Edgewater Hospital's doctors sitting on death row? Why did Peter Rogan get such a short prison sentence? What happened to the hype...
BONUS: Edgewater Hospital History
Dr. Maurice Mazel was Edgewater Hospital's leader who treated Hollywood's elite and turned his tiny neighborhood hospital into Chicago's pre...
Ep 10: Ep. 10: Second Season of Life
Roger Ehmen served 6 years in prison for his role in Edgewater Hospital's fraud scheme. He shares how he managed to turn that darkness into...
Ep 9: Ep. 9: Parade of Lies
Peter Rogan abruptly ended his extradition fight and returned to the United States. He faced up to 50 years in prison and a $1 million fine...
Ep 8: Ep. 8: Leave Only Footsteps
Edgewater Hospital closed in 2001, but the hospital still saw dozens of people come and go. Some of the many visitors were Urban Explorers w...
Ep 7: Ep. 7: Fringe Benefit
After losing a $64 million civil suit to the government, Peter Rogan fled to Canada and lived in a swanky Vancouver penthouse. Even after th...
Ep 6: Ep. 6: Day of Reckoning
As a handful of Edgewater Hospital doctors and Roger Ehmen headed to prison, Peter Rogan walked away a free man. While not charged criminall...
Ep 5: Ep. 5: Something We Had to Do
Edgewater Hospital management feared someone might be cooperating with the FBI and wearing a wire. That led to staff meetings conducted in u...
Ep 4: Ep. 4: Dr. Andrew Cubria
One Edgewater Cardiologist performed hundreds of invasive procedures on patients who didn't need them. Two of those patients died. Learn the...
Ep 3: Ep. 3: Bad Apples
Multiple Edgewater Hospital doctors secretly recorded conversations for the FBI. This provided the feds with the gory details on how the hos...
Ep 2: Ep. 2: The Second Floor
Patients who were not sick were being admitted to Edgewater Hospital and placed on a second floor unit. This mysterious section of the hospi...
Ep 1: Ep. 1: The Marvelous Dr. Mazel
Edgewater Hospital is the birthplace of Hillary Clinton, John Wayne Gacy and tens of thousands of Chicagoans. It was Chicago's premier hospi...
Introducing: If the Walls Could Talk
A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to stay afloat including performing hundreds of unnecessary tests and procedures on pa...