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Nov 2019
48m 47s

Congress Plaza Hotel

PARCAST NETWORK
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Opened in 1893, the Congress Plaza Hotel in Chicago is still home to guests who never checked out. If you visit, be on the lookout for Peg Leg Johnny, a good-natured transient believed to have been murdered there. Or a woman lurking on the edge of the bed in Room 441.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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