Ep 1: Ep. 1: The Marvelous Dr. Mazel

If the Walls Could Talk by Todd Ganz and Stephani Young

Jan 10, 202133:08Society & Culture

Edgewater Hospital is the birthplace of Hillary Clinton, John Wayne Gacy and tens of thousands of Chicagoans. It was Chicago's premier hospital for 50 years -- but that changed following the sale to a man named Peter Rog...

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