Adam Selzer
@adamchicago.bsky.social
historian, author, and tour guide. I talk about Bob Dylan, Chicago stuff, old time true crime, and cemetery stories. There's a canon Star Wars character named after me. He/him mysteriouschicago.com , patreon.com/adamchicago
This really sounds like someone who read my novel "Banshee '94" and got just what I wanted them to out of it. But I'm sure it's just a "good review" generated by AI. It's from a "pay me to promote your book" guy. I get about 5 of these a day, mostly for out-of-print titles.
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This really sounds like someone who read my novel "Banshee '94" and got just what I wanted them to out of it. But I'm sure it's just a "good review" generated by AI. It's from a "pay me to promote your book" guy. I get about 5 of these a day, mostly for out-of-print titles.
My annual reminder that the point of Thanksgiving is not to celebrate the pilgrims or any of that crap; Lincoln never mentioned them once in his proclamation. Thanksgiving is about being grateful for Union victories.
(Well, in Chicago, it was mostly about getting sloshed as of 1870).
(Well, in Chicago, it was mostly about getting sloshed as of 1870).
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My annual reminder that the point of Thanksgiving is not to celebrate the pilgrims or any of that crap; Lincoln never mentioned them once in his proclamation. Thanksgiving is about being grateful for Union victories.
(Well, in Chicago, it was mostly about getting sloshed as of 1870).
(Well, in Chicago, it was mostly about getting sloshed as of 1870).
Tomorrow night's virtual tour: Shopping History in Chicago. Featuring my favorite ad of all time, from just after the Union took Richmond back.... www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Tomorrow night's virtual tour: Shopping History in Chicago. Featuring my favorite ad of all time, from just after the Union took Richmond back.... www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...
I liked Glasgow; I was all set to agree with people that it seemed like a UK Chicago until I saw this:
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I liked Glasgow; I was all set to agree with people that it seemed like a UK Chicago until I saw this:
Well today I found a cast of Robert Burns’s skull, lost a game of dominos, bombed at karaoke, learned the old Scots word for hedgehog (Hurchin), and got chewed out about Donald Trump by a guy whose teeth looked like coffee grounds. All in all, pretty packed day in Dumfries, Scotland.
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Well today I found a cast of Robert Burns’s skull, lost a game of dominos, bombed at karaoke, learned the old Scots word for hedgehog (Hurchin), and got chewed out about Donald Trump by a guy whose teeth looked like coffee grounds. All in all, pretty packed day in Dumfries, Scotland.
What a score in Coventry! Top of my want list for years; you almost never see it on vinyl, especially at a decent price!
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
What a score in Coventry! Top of my want list for years; you almost never see it on vinyl, especially at a decent price!
Here in the UK Epstein is front page news…. Wonder how a newsstand would look in the states (or when I last saw such a thing).
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here in the UK Epstein is front page news…. Wonder how a newsstand would look in the states (or when I last saw such a thing).
The DHS has released this photo of what Trump was doing during those hours with [victim].
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The DHS has released this photo of what Trump was doing during those hours with [victim].
They all play on the penny whistles
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough on Desolation Row
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough on Desolation Row
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
They all play on the penny whistles
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough on Desolation Row
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough on Desolation Row
At midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
And they bring them to the factory
Where the heart attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene….
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
And they bring them to the factory
Where the heart attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene….
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
At midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
And they bring them to the factory
Where the heart attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene….
And the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
And they bring them to the factory
Where the heart attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene….
And the riot squad they’re restless
They need somewhere to go
As lady and I look out tonight
On Desolation Row
They need somewhere to go
As lady and I look out tonight
On Desolation Row
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
And the riot squad they’re restless
They need somewhere to go
As lady and I look out tonight
On Desolation Row
They need somewhere to go
As lady and I look out tonight
On Desolation Row
One hand is tied to the tight rope walker
The other’s in his pants
The other’s in his pants
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
One hand is tied to the tight rope walker
The other’s in his pants
The other’s in his pants
Here comes the blind commissioner
They’ve got him in a trance
They’ve got him in a trance
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Here comes the blind commissioner
They’ve got him in a trance
They’ve got him in a trance
The circus is in town
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The circus is in town
The beauty parlor’s filled with sailors
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The beauty parlor’s filled with sailors
They’re painting the passports brown
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
They’re painting the passports brown
Desolation Row: a thread
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Desolation Row: a thread
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
Great 1900 Queen Anne / Tudor hybrid that I see on one of my school whistle patrol corners. @tudoraf.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Great 1900 Queen Anne / Tudor hybrid that I see on one of my school whistle patrol corners. @tudoraf.bsky.social
Ha, look at this one I just got! (At least this one didn’t call me trying to get me to pay up to promote an out-of-print book I only ever made like 59 cents per sale on).
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Ha, look at this one I just got! (At least this one didn’t call me trying to get me to pay up to promote an out-of-print book I only ever made like 59 cents per sale on).
“Trump to City: ‘Drop Dead.’”
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“Trump to City: ‘Drop Dead.’”
In 1857, pro-slavery goons ("border ruffians" in the parlance of that year) tried to bust up polling places in more progressive neighborhoods during the Chicago city elections. At least one man, Charles Seiffert, was killed Mayor elect-Wentworth said the goons were only a pawn in the south's game.
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In 1857, pro-slavery goons ("border ruffians" in the parlance of that year) tried to bust up polling places in more progressive neighborhoods during the Chicago city elections. At least one man, Charles Seiffert, was killed Mayor elect-Wentworth said the goons were only a pawn in the south's game.
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year
The Kimball angel at Graceland Cemetery is either being taken for restoration or kidnapped. I’m really not sure which.
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Kimball angel at Graceland Cemetery is either being taken for restoration or kidnapped. I’m really not sure which.
They always look like Beavis and Butt-Head characters. (Or maybe that still sergeant from Animal House and the “We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore” video?)
October 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
They always look like Beavis and Butt-Head characters. (Or maybe that still sergeant from Animal House and the “We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore” video?)