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lovelyknifes18 · 24 days ago

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Sweet child of mine.

Chapter one

December 11th 1986, five years later...

That's how long the brothers had to serve their sentence, the rest of the band were let out of Joliet early for good behavior. Which in itself was ironic since the only crime they committed was unknowingly being accomplices. Once given their fedoras, suits, and sunglasses, despite it being the middle of december and snowing.

Jake and Elwood were now free men and left to their own devices once again. After hitchhiking to the nearest used car lot, finding a suitable replacement for the bluesmobile they decided to find somewhere to get some decent food after having the crap they typically serve in prison. Stopping at a small diner in the of Chicago, just as our men in suits walked in. A beat up station wagon pulled behind a young girl climbs out, looking inside as the vehicle pulled away. Leaving her on the sidewalk with nothing but a suitcase, and a five dollar bill. While only having a name and one detail to go by, "Your father's name is Elwood. He wears sunglasses." She heard her mother's voice echo, shouldn't be too hard to find.

Going inside, we see the two men chatting amongst themselves. Discussing what's next for them. But the bubble of their own little world is popped, and the rest of their lives (Mostly Elwood's) is changed forever. "Are you my dad?" An awkward silence fell, the unwarranted tension became so thick you could cut through it. The brothers looked back at each other, then back at the girl standing in front of them. "What?" Jake blurted out, the girl rolled her eyes. Already annoyed by even asking anyone the question in the first place. "I'm looking for my dad." She huffed, Jake straightened out his tie and leaned back against the booth. "Sorry kid, we don't do "lost and found."" Elwood simply nodded, that would have been just that had the girl not been more persistent. "Fine, do you know anyone named Elwood or something?"

She crossed her arms, as Jake and Elwood's eyes became as wide as saucers (It was hard to tell with the sunglasses) trying not to choke on their drinks or whatever food they had in their mouths. Not so surprising, Elwood was the first to ask. "You say he's your old man?" She nodded yes. "And who exactly are you?" Jake asked, eyeing her up and down with suspicion. "Erin, do you know him or not? I'd rather not be here any longer than I want." Another beat of silence followed, just as Elwood was going to speak again. Jake interjected. "Ohhh... Could you excuse us short stack?" Erin gave an offended look, as the two men stood up from the booth. Leaning in close to hush the conversation.

"I'm just saying, we don't know what trick she might be playing right now." Jake hushed, not sure how to feel about Erin. Then again he and Elwood weren't exactly innocent themselves at that age either. "But don't you think it's a little weird, what if she is who she says she is? And I can't even remember her ma, or when it could've been."

"El, she's trying to pull a long con. She could be a midget for all we know pretending to be a-" They both look back at Erin. "How old are ya?" "Fourteen?" Then back to their huddled talk. "Pretending to be a fucking fourteen year old!" He hushed, though Elwood had his own question. "Ain't she a little tall to be a dwarf?"

"No! Come, we've seen midgets that look seven. She's probably one of the giant ones."

While they were talking about whatever it even was about, Erin was feeling herself grow more bored, and like she might lose it listening to them any longer. She had to get out of there, her eyes darted over to the keys on the table. Turning away from the brothers as she swiftly grabbed them.

"Okay, how about we just ask?" Jake whispered as they turned back around. "Hey, are you one of those tall midgets or something- Where the kid go?" They looked around the diner, spotting Erin outside In the car... Uh oh. "Shit, she took the keys!" Jake exclaimed, as he pushed aside a passing waiter. Causing the poor man to drop the plates and drinks he was carrying, Elwood followed in pursuit. Apologizing for anyone he knocked over.

Erin hit the steering wheel in frustration, the engine was stalling as if some divine intervention was preventing her from leaving this godforsaken city her mother dumped her in. "Start, damn you start!" She said through gritted teeth, being caught by surprise as she's yanked out of the driver's seat. "Let me go now!"

"Why, so you can steal our car? I don't think so." Before Erin could make an escape, she's held by the collar of her jacket by Elwood. "Let me go, I don't even wanna be here! Especially if the guy my mom told me to look for isn't here!" Erin kicked her legs out, eventually being lifted up and over his shoulder. "Hey put me down!" "Take it easy, and watch your head." Elwood said, unceremoniously tossing Erin in the backseat before joining Jake in the front. "Augh, what the hell is your guy's problem? And why are you dressed like secret service?" Jake just chuckled at her confusion. "We're a lot better than secret service. We're the blues brothers."

Erin just glared back. "Who?" She never heard of them, Jake swore he was about to have a stroke or aneurysm. Elwood's mind was somewhere else. "What, you've never heard of us?!"

"No." Jake had to refrain himself, but also fancying the idea of possibly hitting a minor. Once. "Alright, if you don't know who our band is. Then how do you know my brother's name missy?" Elwood nodded, Erin's eyes darted between the men. "You're brothers?"

"Yeah," Elwood answered. "Is that why you look like some kind of Mormon FBI?" Erin's sarcastic response earned a chuckle from them. "Well that's a new one." Jake guffawed. "Now answer the question, how'd you know my brother's name?"

"Is his name Elwood?" Erin asked, gaining a nod from Elwood. "My mom said it was my dad's name, before she ditched me" The brothers shared a glance, before looking in the backseat. "And what's the lady's name?" Jake raised an eye brow. "Linda." Erin responded, keeping her gaze on Elwood. "God, if you're supposed to be him. I rather go back home, so just let me- What the, did you lock me back her?!"

Erin's protesting was tuned out while Jake and Elwood discussed what this could mean for them. "Have you even been with anyone named Linda, In the past however old the midget is?" Jake asked, draping his arm across the seat. "No, but there was that one time. Remember?" Jake slowly nodded as he looked back on the good times when they were younger. "Yeah, that party we went to. You were all over that blonde-" The realization hit them both simultaneously, the mystery now solved on how Elwood wasn't aware of Erin's existence. He was seventeen. "Oh..." "Shit." Jake finished after Elwood, as the reality of their situation sunk in. "Can you open the door already?! I'd rather not be here anymore. Just at home where nothing happens."

"Now hold on there, where's your ma at?" They both waited for her answer. "Tch, I don't know. Probably heading back to Astoria." "Isn't that on the northwest?"

"Yeah," Erin answered Elwood's question.

A beat of silence followed, before Jake announced. "Excuse us for a bit, Erik. Grown-ups gotta chat."

"It's Erin-" They closed the door on her, as she tried to will the backseat door open. "Don't worry, heating doesn't work but you'll be fine." Elwood assured, much to her frustration. "We can't just let her hitchhike all the way back."

"Unless she tries to nab the car again." Erin's screams of anger can be heard from inside, as people passing through with their items bought for the holiday season. "Don't worry, she's just upset she didn't get to see Santa." Jake shouted, before turning his attention back to Elwood. "So what, we give her a ride back?"

"She's a kid, and a girl. That's enough reason to help her out." Elwood argued, even though there wasn't much to argue about.

"Right, and nothing to do about her mother..." Jake shrugged, adjusting his tie as he kean against the car's hood. "Alright, let's hit the road." He pushed himself off, almost tripping over Erin's discarded luggage. "Jesus, almost broke my neck." He picked it up, opening the door on his side as Elwood starts the engine. "Forgot something, don't worry. We'll have you home by Christmas." He tossed the suitcase at Erin, who grunted in response. "What?! I don't need any help getting home."

"Yeah you do." Elwood replied. The blues mobile drove off, just as the diners owner yelled at them for the mess they made, and their unpaid meal. Erin groaned, letting her head fall back against the seat. She turned her head toward the window, getting a somewhat decent view of the falling snow. She doesn't need help, never needed anyone but herself, but now she had no choice. She might die surrounded by the strangest men she's ever seen.

I decided to also post the fic as I updated on AO3, so let's hope this really gets it more attention.🤞

#fanfic #the blues brothers #ao3 fanfic

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spaceyeehaw101 · 4 months ago

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Mentally, I am at the Old Joliet Prison

#the blues brothers #blues brothers #joliet jake blues

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mus1g4 · 1 year ago

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Any state prisons used striped pants? Any combos of striped pants and a solid shirt or like a button down/denim shirt that are still in use?

The most famous example of that configuration that I know is from the movie Nevada Smith.

If you look at old mug shots, many convicts wore work shirts and then striped coats

In this Georgia photo, the inmates are transitioning from stripes to the modern uniform of today.

This is one taken at Joliet Illinois StTe Penitentiary

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turnonyrlovelight · 8 months ago

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do you think there was a sense of homesickness throughout the years ?

did jake and elwood miss the orphanage, always go back to it in their minds and reminisce about it during stateville ?? did they see factories in the distance and think of the orphanage ? did they see a shitty little prison chapel and get reminded of sister mary ? did they want to come home, want to revisit the orphanage and be nothing but those two naughty little children again ? did they see an old janitor or a guard with a kind face and think of curtis ? did they wish some nights to go down to the basement and listen to music with him, to learn with him once more ?? what about the band ?

what about their minds and jake's during the court case when elwood got the longer sentence ? did they look over at him, did they feel sad ?? did jake feel guilty even though it wasn't his sentence ? did he overthink it ? what happened in those first few years in stateville ?? did the years end up blurring together and did it become home to them ? did jake and elwood stick together throughout it and did jake write ? was there any suspicion around his death ?? did camille ever find out or is she still looking, is she still out there waiting for him like elwood was when he left stateville ?

of course elwood felt guilty, but was there ever a time where the guilt left and he thought 'i started this, it's only fair i stay in longer' and did he ever forget who he was ?? were there times where he zoned out for weeks on end, maybe for years and one day looked in the mirror and realised he was changing, that time wouldn't stop and he shouldn't be waiting for it ?

did elwood feel at home again in the hospital, getting smacked by mother mary and talking to her in person ?? did it feel like he was a kid again being sent up to her office for setting something on fire or not paying attention, only this time it wasn't something he could apologise for or take back - even though he completed his task and the orphanage closing was years later - did he feel the need to apologise over and over again for what he did ?

and did she ever get overwhelmed ? did she get overwhelmed during the swap from sister to mother, from the little orphanage director in calumet city to the hospital director in chicago ? were there nights she missed curtis and missed the orphanage, missed the children, missed jake and elwood ?? did she ever cry ? did she ever go back to calumet city ?

did she see jake and elwood in buster when he came along, when he got into trouble for the same things and had the same attitude of jake when threatened and the same mannerisms as elwood when left alone ?? is that why she thought elwood would be the best influence to him ? did mother mary hesitate to call the cops because she knew buster was in safe hands and knew this would happen ?? did she chase after them with the others just to see how they were doing, held her tough front to scare them into not getting into that much trouble again ? was she scared she would lose them and they would lose each other ? was mother mary drafting another 'angels have dirty faces' letter when she heard elwood's charges and how far he'd taken everything ?

did mother mary feel the same as elwood in the sense that it was just them, that everything was gone and they only had each other ? was she so quick to yell at elwood because she would've broken down too ?? how she was much more defensive than she was in the first movie. there she was vulnerable and explained everything, told them she was worried and ended up guilt tripping them because she didn't know what else to do. in the second movie, she was harsher and more defensive, angry like elwood was. did she miss the orphanage and calumet city and joliet and curtis and jake an was it hard for her to look at cab and buster because of it ?

oh god this was very question oriented im going so feral abt them, no doubt there's gonna b another post soon

#bb analysis #bb tag !!!#bb2k #jake tag #el tag #sister mary tag #scribbles tag #cab tag #curtis tag #idk what else to add bc i have so many thoughts and i have no idea how to put them down #HSGISGIAIHDOHD #you'll see another post soon muahahahha #lvelite

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beardedmrbean · 11 months ago

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OLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- The girlfriend of a Joliet area murder suspect pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice in Will County court Thursday.

Joliet police said 21-year-old Kyleigh Cleveland-Singleton made statements in an attempt to stop police from arresting her boyfriend, Romeo Nance, after he allegedly shot nine people, eight fatally, in Will County.

Cleveland-Singleton is the mother of Nance's 3-year-old child.

Police said they first made contact with Cleveland-Singleton when they were looking for their son in the aftermath of the shootings. During the investigation, detectives were told the child may be with his mother and grandmother at a home in Plainfield. Police went to that home where they found the child as well as Cleveland-Singleton.

While she voluntarily went with police for questioning about the shooting spree, detectives believe she made statements to prevent them from apprehending Nance and to obstruct the investigation.

Police said Cleveland-Singleton lied to them by saying she didn't have Nance's phone number.

She was ordered to remain on electronic monitoring, as she stays with her mother.

She faces one to six years in prison if convicted, and is next due in court March 7.

Nance allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree in the Joliet area last month. He took his own life during a confrontation with Texas police the next day, authorities said.

Joliet police said two of the shootings "appear to be more random in nature" than the other two shootings, in which Nance targeted multiple relatives.

Nance is believed to have a criminal history; though, police did not offer any further details. Police said that in cases like this, they may never know the motive behind the crimes.

Joliet police asked anyone with information about the crimes to contact them.

#nunyas news #imagine how the day will go #when she has to explain about why dad isn't around #it's not like she can lie #too high profile so it's all there on the net #for them to find on their own anyhow

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hylaversicolor · 2 years ago

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ok so if i were to write an essay on the blues brothers

it would be about how we get all those aerial shots at the beginning of the city and the smog and for the first few minutes of film it all feels very grim and gritty, and then we see more shots from above of people inside the walls of joliet prison working out in a grid, or marching in very strict straight lines. the shots are very brutal, focusing on geometry, especially rectangles and squares, almost monochrome. then we see jake and the guards walking in time with each other, something about how maybe the world has a natural rhythm but it can be exploited by The State, when you are incarcerated your natural rhythm is stolen / appropriated. what purer form of exploitation is there than giving your body, your time, in “service of the state,” as jake calls it when they’re at chez paul? only when jake gets out of prison do we get “katy,” non diegetic, the characters are not experiencing the music themselves yet, but it is There for us; the film is self aware. there is a push and pull in the blues brothers between organization and chaos, and what that means for jazz, which had once dominated popular music and culture, but what is by the early 1980s a declining art form.

tbb came out in 1980 but i don’t consider it an 80s film because the 80s hadn’t happened yet. tbb takes american cultural landmarks of the 1970s like howard johnsons, holiday inn, and trailways and characterizes them with a kind of dark humor (hojo’s getting blown up with the flamethrower, “welcome exterminators” at the holiday inn, murph and the magic tones are laughed at for their “candy ass monkey suits” at the armada room), as (despite imo these locations reaching iconic status nowadays) by the early 1980s they are grim and modern and represent the pervasion of disco (again, imo an iconic art form, but by the late 1970s disco had fallen in popularity and was criticized as being consumerist and mindless. i’m talking disco in the context of the blues brothers specifically.) even outside the context of the film itself, we have cab calloway initially wary of performing a classic 1930s version of minnie the moocher, instead wanting to do a more modernized version of it, before finally being convinced to go with the original (i think john landis convinced him? don’t know off the top of my head.) basically in tbb, disco=the american establishment=the death of free will.

jazz and blues in this movie represent the antithesis of that mindlessness, but jazz is also in danger of dying out. maurie reports that the clubs that the band used to play at before jake went to prison (a mere 3 years ago) have all become discos now, so the blues brothers band coming back together after being forcefully separated as a result of the prison system is a radical act. we see the culmination of The Blues Itself (here straddling the line between “repetitive; easy for newcomers to grasp” and “repetitive; limitless grounds for improvisation and self expression”) vs The State (mindlessly following orders; going along to the rhythm not out of an innate desire to do so but because it is mandated by the times, and the men in charge) during the final chase scene and especially when (who??? i guess some unknown faceless entity, side note the illiniois nazis are connected to the police in this film) summons swat teams, helicopters, tanks, basically every manifestation of good old american “unnecessary force” closing in on the brothers. compare this to the opening scene in the prison with its aerial shots of uniformed men moving in unison.

and then jake, elwood, and the rest of the band all end up back in jail at the end of the film, but this time they bring the music in with them. they have become the collective. using jake’s metaphor: they are the “backbone, the nerve centre of a great rhythm and blues band.” jazz is essentially characterized as a living entity in this film; it represents the collective, and by extension the good that comes of organizing together, recognizing yourself in other people and other people in yourself. imo the thesis of the film is stated outright during “everybody needs somebody to love” by elwood himself: “no matter who you are and what you do to live, thrive, and survive, there’s still some things that make us all the same.” by the end of “jailhouse rock” the entire prison is alight with the rhythm of the song. compare this to the opening scene where the prisoners are moving in rhythm, but not in a joyful way that reflects their own humanity. basically i think the blues brothers represents a nicely optimistic view of humanity through music.

#txt #tbb #meta #this is animalscamos fault. thanks for ENABLING ME

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usastuffstates · 5 months ago

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Westport • Lincoln Trail State Memorial

Wheaton • Armerding Center for Music and Arts • Billy Graham Museum • Jack T. Knuepfer County Administration Building • Wheaton College • Wheaton College Marion E Wade Center • Wheaton College Observatory (IL) • Wheaton Windmill Wheeling • Superdawg Drive-In

Whitehall

Willow Hill • Mound Cemetery

Willowbrook • Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket

Wilmette • Bahá'í House of Worship

Wilmington

Winnetka

Woodlawn

Woodridge • Hollywood Blvd Cinema

Woodstock • Royal Victorian Manor • Shoe Tree

Worth • Ball Fore Miniature Golf

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littletittie · 5 months ago

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Illinois

Fox River Grove • Bettendorf Castle

Freeport • Little Cubs Field • Union Dairy

Fulton • The Dutch Oven • Heritage Canyon • Windmill Cultural Center

Galena • Belvedere Mansion • U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site • West Street Sculpture Park

Galva • Galva City Police Department

Gardner • Streetcar Diner • Two Cell Jail

Gays • Two Story Outhouse

Geneva • Chicago Soccer Academy • Fabyan Windmill • Oak Hill Cemetery • Good Templar Park Association

Glen Ellyn • College of DuPage • College of DuPage, Health and Science Center

Glenview • Abt Electronics

Granite • Chain of Rocks Bridge • Everclean Car Wash • Granite City Park District

Grayslake • Lake County Farm Bureau

Greenville • DeMoulin Museum

Gridley • Telephone Museum of Gridley

Griggsville

Gurnee • El Rancho Motel

Hartford • Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower

Harvard • Five Point Park • RavenStone Castle

Hebron • Basketball Water Tower

Herod • Gap Bar • Garden of the God's • Herod Cave Historic Site • Shawnee Bigfoot Statue

Highland Park • Giant Hawk Head and Nest

Hillsboro • Abraham Lincoln Statue Plaza

Hillside • Mount Carmel Cemetery

Hinsdale • Robert Crown Center For Health Education

Homewood

HoopPole • St. Mary of the Fields Catholic Church

Hopewell • Whispering Giant Park

Hudson • Comlara Park

Hudsonville • Hutson Memorial Park

Inverness • Village of Inverness

Iuka • Quandt's Supply

Jacksonville • Brennan HVAC

Justice • Resurrection Cemetery

Kankakee • 5th Avenue Community Gardens • Alexander Construction and Innovative Mobile Marketing • American Legion Kankakee Post 85 • Dairy Queen

Kaskaskia • Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial

Kent • Blackhawk Battlefield Park

Kewanee

Lemont • Argonne Welcome Center Northgate

Lerna • Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site • Shiloh Cemetery • Thompson's Welding Service

Lexington • Crazy Presidential Elephant

Liberty

Libertyville • Lambs Farm

Lincolnshire • Par-King Skill Golf

Lincolnwood • Novelty Golf & Games

Livingston • Pink Elephant Antique Mall

Lockport • Lincoln Landing • Lockport Powerhouse

Loda • Loda Park

Lombard • Weber Grill Restaurant & Cooking School

Long Grove • Sock Monkey Museum

Lynnwood • Clarke's Garden Center & Stone Depot

Lyons • Chicago Portage National Historic Site

Macomb • Living Lincoln Topiary Monument

Makanda • Giant City State Park Lodge & Restaurant • Rainmaker Art Studio • Water Tower

Malta • Old School Pizza

Mapleton • Butler Haynes Pavilion • Hollis Park District

Marseilles • Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial

Marshall • 1918 Brick National Road • World's Largest Gavel

Martinsville • Martinsville Agricultural Fair • Moonshine Store

Matanzas Beach

Mattoon • Burger King (Mattoon)

McCook • Welcome To Fabulous McCook Illinois Sign

Melrose Park • Kiddieland Amusement Park Sign

Metropolis • Big John Super Foods Store • Fort Massac State Park • kryptonite rock • Lois Lane Statue • Masonic Cemetery • Massac County Courthouse Annex • The Super Museum

Midlothian • Bachelor's Grove Cemetery

Milford

Mokena • Creamery

Moline

Monmouth

Morton • Red Barn Tree Shop

Mount Carroll • Raven's Grin Inn

Mount Morris • Illinois Freedom Bell

Mt Olive • Soulsby Shell Station • Union Miners Cemetery

Mt. Pleasant • Grave of King Neptune the Pig • Trail of Tears Welcome Center

Mt. Vernon • Mt.Vernon Overhead Door

Murphysboro • Holiday Inn Express & Suites Murphysboro-Carbondale

Nashville • The Traveler’s Chapel

Nauvoo • Nauvoo-Colusa Elementary/Jr High School

Newton • A-J Welding & Steel • Burl Ives Statue • Mug Tree

Niles • Booby's • Leaning Tower YMCA • Niles Veteran's Memorial Waterfall • President Abraham Lincoln bench • Veterans Memorial Monument Nilwood • Turkey Tracks on Route 66

Normal • Carl's Ice Cream Factory • Sprague's Super Service Station

Norridge • Westlawn Cemetery & Mausoleum

North Aurora • Scott's Vintage & Antiques

North Riverside • Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care

Norway • Norwegian Settlers State Memorial

Oak Brook • Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center

Oak Forest • King Heating and Air Conditioning

Oak Lawn • Cardinal Liquor Barn Inc

Odell • Standard Oil of Illinois Gas Station

Oglesby • The Rootbeer Stand • Starved Rock State Park

Olney • Olney Chamber of Commerce • Olney City Park • The Repair Shop

Oquawka • Norma Jean, Circus Elephant Monument

Oregon • Lowden State Park • Lowden State Park Campground • Oregon Park East

Ottawa • Ho-Ma-Shjah-Nah-Zhee-Ga Indian Monument • Lincoln-Douglas Park • Ottawa Avenue Cemetery • Remembering the Radium Girls • Shoe Tree • Volvo at Carling Motors Co. Limited

Palatine • Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services

Pana • Giant Hand with Painted Nails

Park Forest • Chinese House @ 428 N. Orchard Drive • Park Forest Rail Fan Park

Pekin • Double D's Soft Serve

Peoria Heights • Heights Tower

Peru

Petersburg • Oakland Cemetery

Piasa • Southwestern Middle School

Plainfield • Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202

Plano • Smallville Superfest

Pontiac • Burma Shave Signs • Livingston County War Museum • Route 66 Association of Illinois • Route 66 decommissioned Illinois State police headquarter

Port Byron • Will B. Rolling Statue

Princeton • Owen Lovejoy House • Red Covered Bridge

Quincy • St Peters Cemetery

Rantoul • Chanute Air Force Base (Decommissioned) • Hardy's Reindeer Ranch • Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport-Frank Elliott Field

Rend Lake • Rend Lake Golf Course Restaurant & Banquet

River Grove • Hala Kahiki Lounge

Riverdale • Riverdale, IL Water Tower

Roanoke

Rochelle • Vince's Pizza & Family Restaurant

Rock Island • Black Hawk State Historic Site • Chippiannock Cemetery • Rock Island Arsenal

Rockford • Beyer Peaches Stadium • Lockwood Park & Trailside Equestrian Centre • Midway Village Museum • Rock Men

Rolling Meadows • Rolling Meadows Park District Headquarters

Romeoville • White Fence Farm Main Restaurant

Rondout

Roscoe • Historic Auto Attractions

Roselle • Mark Drug Pharmacy and Home Health

Rosemont • Rosemont Water Tower Russell • Russell Military Museum

Salem • Pollard Motors

Sandwich • Bull Moose Bar & Grille • Sandwich City Hall • Sandwich Opera House

Savanna • Savanna Army Depot

Schaumburg • Al Larson Prairie Center For the Arts • Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament • Weber Grill Restaurant & Cooking School

Scott AFB • Scott Field Heritage Air Park

Seneca • LST Memorial Public Boat Launch

Shelbyville • Mobile Wedding Chapel & Wedding Ceremony • Shelby County Courthouse

Silvis • Hero Street Monument Committee

South Barrington • Goebbert's Farm - South Barrington

South Elgin • Fox Valley Trolley Museum

St. Anne • St. Anne Caboose

St. Charles • Ghoulish Mortals

St. Elmo • Driftstone Pueblo

Staunton • Henrys Rabbit Ranch

Stewardson • Moomaw Truck Alignment INC. Stickney • Mt. Auburn Cemetery

Stockton • Bottle Shed Bar & Pizzaria

Stone Park • Casa Italia

Streamwood • Spirit of America Car Wash

Streator • Canteen Monument • Pluto Coffee and Tea • Schultz Monument Co

Summit • Argo Community High School

Sycamore • Statue of Mr. Pumpkin

Tampico • Ronald Reagan's Birthplace

Taylorville • Christian County Circuit Clerk • Oak Hill Cemetery

Teutopolis • Monastery Museum

Towanda • Dead Man's Curve

Troy Grove • Wild Bill Hickok State Memorial

Union • Illinois Railway Museum

University Park • Governors State University

Urbana • Natural History Building • U of I Pollinatarium • University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Vandalia • Jay's Inn • Kaskaskia Dragon • Vandalia City Hall • Vandalia Statehouse State Historic Site

Vienna • Big Boys Bar & Grill

Villa Park • Safari Land

Volo • Jurassic Gardens • The Party Barn at Volo Museum • Volo Museum • Volo Museum Auto Sales

Wadsworth • Gold Pyramid

Wapella • Prairie Built Barns Wapella

Washington • Lincoln Statue “Return Visit” Washington Park • Eddie's

Watseka • Smiley Face Water Tower

Waukegan • Club Tiki Bar & Video Slots • Waukegan Public Library • Waukegan Roofing | TPO Commercial Flat Roof Repair & Replacement

Wedron

Wenona • Coal Mine Car Monument

Westport • Lincoln Trail State Memorial

Whitehall

Willow Hill • Mound Cemetery

Willowbrook • Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket

Wilmette • Bahá'í House of Worship

Wilmington

Winnetka

Woodlawn

Woodridge • Hollywood Blvd Cinema

Woodstock • Royal Victorian Manor • Shoe Tree

Worth • Ball Fore Miniature Golf

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loebleopoldwp · 4 months ago

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There's some interesting Leopold-Loeb related things happening in September, including a new documentary airing on September 20th and a Leopold-Loeb inspired haunted house attraction, running from September 13-November 2nd at the Old Joliet Haunted Prison. Full details are available at the link.

#leopold and loeb

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 2 years ago

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"PRISON BREAK IS PREVENTED BY TUNING FORK," Chicago Tribune. November 10, 1942. Page 17. ---- Stateville Trio Placed in Solitary. ---- (Picture on page 10.) Three convicts at the Stateville penitentiary were in solitary confinement yesterday because Warden Joseph E. Ragen believes in tuning forks. His tuning fork on Sunday night failed to get a ring when used on the bars of the window in the cell of Frank Garing, William Burke, and Robert Pond. The reason there was no ring was because the bars were of wood.

The convicts had laboriously sawed thru the window bars, and had snapped them off. Pieces of wood were fashioned to take the places of the removed steel and the wood was painted so that on casual inspection the substitution could not be detected. But the tuning fork did.

Working Two Months. Warden Ragen, who recently returned to the management of the prison where he had become recognized as one of the ablest men engaged in prison work, said the convicts had been working toward an escape for at least two months. "They planned to climb down the outside of the prison on a foggy day or night," Ragen said, "and to go to the furniture factory where they would nail together an improvised ladder which would enable them to scale the wall. Sunday night might have been their night but we were a few moves ahead of them. Test All Prison Bars. "Every bar in the Stateville and Joliet prison is being tested. If any others have been cut we will discover them. The entire prison is undergoing a shakedown today. A shakedown means that every inch of the prison is searched, mattresses and pillows are opened and examined, and every possible hiding place inspected. Already we have found many knives."

The three occupants of the cell had used emery dust and a piece of steel to cut the bars, it was explained. Two Serving Life. Garing and Burke were sentenced in Cook county to life imprisonment as habitual criminals. Pond was sentenced in 1938 to one year to life from McLean county, and the parole board had ruled that he was to serve until 1949 after which he was to be turned over to the federal government to serve a 10 year sentence for a postoffice robbery.

Garing had been paroled several times on previous sentences, but each time returned to his old trade as a robber. Burke was also a repeater.

TRIBUNE Photo: .Warden Joseph E. Ragen inspecting bars sawed apart by Stateville convicts. They were discovered with tuning fork. (Story on page 17)

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