Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things (DetectiverySOM)
Welcome to the Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things Podcast. I am your host Detective Chuck, I have worked in the law enforcement field for over 19 years. I will be joined by my co-hosts Detective Burke, with over 29 years in, and Sgt RJ with over 15 yrs. Your mind will be taken on a wacky journey into some quirky and bizarre tales. You will laugh, cry and have nightmares as we negotiate your brain into a peaceful submission. So join us as we put our decades of experience to the task to tackle topics from true crime, hilarious and gritty law enforcement stories, to some great adventures in history....and there is so much more. We consider ourselves as a gaggle of brilliant minds who display our knowledge in a fashion befitting that of a drunken sailor with a sober sidekick...
Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things (DetectiverySOM)
The Great Chicago 1920s Taxi Wars!
Chicago was a bustling city in the 1920s, a mecca, a destination, the place to be, a spectacle to see for the country dwellers...and out of town folk. But, well most people didn't have a vehicle, maybe you've never ridden in one before and you gotta get somewhere. So, have a couple dollars you scraped together, how about catch a cab...sounds like a swell idea!
Well, not so fast, we bring you the Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s, this shit was totally bonkers...craziness and mayhem. It has everything, combat, bombs, stink bombs, war in the streets of Chicago, fist to cuffs, corruption, some mobster stuff, and maybe even a little romance, probably somewhere! These cabs are the same as tanks right, sure, yeah!
Have we go an episode for you, the Great Chicago Taxi Wars...and who would have thought born out of all of this would be Yellow Taxi, and Hertz rental car! So, crawl on in and belt up, it's going to be a bumpy ride!
If you don't know about the Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s, your going to learn today!!!
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Show Notes:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/05/18/flashback-chicagos-violent-taxi-wars-of-the-1920s/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Taxi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_cab
https://chicagology.com/notorious-chicago/1920taxiwars/