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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

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As a historian I am inclined to call him a damned rascal and a poltroon.

05.03.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m on it.

05.03.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Presumably the family? They wouldn’t have likely had much inside info on whether or not it was real, I don’t suppose.

05.03.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just wore my seat belt here in Chicago. Does that mean I’m more of a β€œrough man” than he is?

After my whistle patrol shift I guess I’ll eat some stew.

05.03.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s his epitaph on his slab, though.

05.03.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One more sour apple tree to plant.

05.03.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Virtual Tour: Chicago's Spookiest Graves A virtual tour of some of the creepiest stories and spots in Chicago cemeteries... ghost stories, strange statues, true crime, and more!

Hey, my book CHICAGO'S SERIAL HUSBAND: THE MARRIAGES AND MURDERS OF JOHANN HOCH is runner-up in the Chicago's Reader's Best New Book By a Chicagoan poll!

Tonight's virtual tour is about Chicago's spookiest graves: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...

05.03.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m really quite amazed that more great artists haven’t done Vince Guaraldi’s β€œGreat Pumpkin Waltz.”

04.03.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Brake For No One, by The Limited Time from the album Hyperspace Pizza

HYPERSPACE PIZZA is my new* rock opera and novelization, including the new hard rocking β€œWe Brake For No One.” Everything good starts in a getaway car.

thelimitedtime.bandcamp.com/track/we-bra...

04.03.2026 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That part’s great! The sentimental parts just get over the top for me (from what I remember; it’s been a few years).

04.03.2026 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait counting to 25 was little fort.

I loved the first half of Dombey; second had its moments.

04.03.2026 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just count to 25 and you’ll be all right.

04.03.2026 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At the Music Box for Masked and Anonymous / @whitecitycinema.bsky.social β€˜s book release!

03.03.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

If I held a million dollar per plate fundraiser I only need one idiot to come.

Even half an idiot I’ll be doing pretty well.

Yeah.

#whatwasinthatdribkbesidesaneggpepperandworcesteshiresauce

03.03.2026 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish I could host a million dollar per plate fundraiser.

All funds go to me just going wild with drinks and apps at bar trivia nights forever. Rattle your jewelery.

(They talked me into drinking a Prairie Oyster at Le Piano, my local jazz bar, just now and it’s now all falling into place.)

03.03.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Dude’s face in the entryway of Trinity Church nyc

Dude’s face in the entryway of Trinity Church nyc

Here’s a Trinity Church NY guy who I think was frozen in the middle of a Scooby Doo chase scene. Happy birthday!

03.03.2026 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, Death, why canst thou not sometimes be timely?

03.03.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 372    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 27

She's like an old samurai whose great battles are behind her but every once in a while she kills a man with piece of paper just to prove a point

02.03.2026 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4989    πŸ” 850    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 12

Fuck yeah

02.03.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I remember it all very well; I think Powell really did believe that speech with the pictures of the trucks.

02.03.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least W had the courtesy to spend months hyping bullshit reasons for a war instead of whatever this is.

02.03.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hard to believe Dillinger was so riveted that he didn’t notice all the agents coming and going.

02.03.2026 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Manhattan Melodrama! Mickey Rooney gets orphaned twice in the first time minutes; you have to have a heart of stone to see it and not laugh.

02.03.2026 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If Trump wants to help his friends get richer on betting markets, why not just throw them a bone if they bet he mentions Bigfoot in a speech or something?

(Of course if I ever get a chance to really fuck polymarket over with inside information myself, I sure won’t feel bad for polymarket).

01.03.2026 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Top: Pete Hegseth β€” suit snug, hair oiled, buzz on β€” signing a missile on Arsenal of Freedom tour. The sign is half cut off, though, so it reads 

The
ARSE 
of 
FRE

Bottom: the surface of the missile, which reads β€œMaybe it's the beer talking, Marge, but you've got a butt that won't quit. They've got these big, chewy pretzels here... meddanrtargym... five dollars?! Get outta here!”

Top: Pete Hegseth β€” suit snug, hair oiled, buzz on β€” signing a missile on Arsenal of Freedom tour. The sign is half cut off, though, so it reads The ARSE of FRE Bottom: the surface of the missile, which reads β€œMaybe it's the beer talking, Marge, but you've got a butt that won't quit. They've got these big, chewy pretzels here... meddanrtargym... five dollars?! Get outta here!”

01.03.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1355    πŸ” 192    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 13

Similar to what he was wearing in 95 though

01.03.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Minutes in. I meant β€œminutes in.”

01.03.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching β€œStrip Law” on Netflix. Ten episodes in and I haven’t laughed out loud so many times at a tv show in ages.

01.03.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love that his office spelled it that way 3 separate times in the press release

01.03.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 954    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 30