Episode 8 - "Where Are You?"
Episode 8 - "Where Are You?"
The Spectator concludes.
30 Jan 2020
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25mins
Episode 7 - "A Business of Favors"
Episode 7 - "A Business of Favors"
As the 1978 Joliet Herald News series reignited the Molly Zelko story, a newspaper landed on top of a rural Coal City, I... Read more
20 Jan 2020
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34mins
Episode 6 - "Come Pleasing to the Eye."
Episode 6 - "Come Pleasing to the Eye."
The year is 1978, over two decades since Molly's disappearance. A fateful move brings Lynne Lichtenauer and John Whitesi... Read more
11 Jan 2020
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32mins
Episode 5 - "Aunt Molly"
Episode 5 - "Aunt Molly"
Episode 5: “Aunt Molly.” Though Molly has since become a larger than life folk hero in Joliet, she was a daughter, siste... Read more
2 Jan 2020
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31mins
Episode 4 - "Prison-wise, Street-wise, and Other-wise."
Episode 4 - "Prison-wise, Street-wise, and Other-wise."
A bizarre break in the Molly Zelko occurs when it is revealed that Robert F. Kennedy traveled to Joliet to search for he... Read more
18 Dec 2019
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28mins
Episode 3 - "We Knew Them Well"
Episode 3 - "We Knew Them Well"
Francis “The Thin Man” Curry was the syndicate’s manager of gambling operations in Joliet and Will County. His path to l... Read more
8 Dec 2019
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26mins
Episode 2 - "Speculation"
Episode 2 - "Speculation"
Episode 2: “Speculation” Perhaps no one held more influence over Molly Zelko than the Spectator’s owner and her longtime... Read more
5 Dec 2019
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29mins
Episode 1 - "Hell A' Poppin"
Episode 1 - "Hell A' Poppin"
On the morning of September 26, 1957, Joliet Newspaper Editor Molly Zelko disappears. All that remains are two black, hi... Read more
28 Nov 2019
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28mins