A Podcast Where History Meets True Crime
A cash-strapped Chicago Hospital paid people to pretend they’re sick…simply to pad the bottom line. This massive insurance fraud scheme resulted in hundreds of unnecessary heart surgeries that claimed multiple lives. Hear the extreme lengths the government took to stop the fraud and why many believe the wrong person took the fall.
If the Walls Could Talk podcast shares the tangled history and true crimes at Chicago’s Edgewater Hospital.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Wayne Gacy are among the many born at Chicago’s Edgewater Hospital.
Originally built in 1929 to look and operate like a 5-star hotel, Edgewater Hospital served as the city’s premiere medical institution — it even treated A-List celebrities like Frank Sinatra and John Wayne. But everything changed when a new owner purchased the hospital in 1989.
During the 1990s and 2000s, Edgewater Hospital resorted to just about anything to fill up its beds. Along with hospitalizing senior citizens who weren’t sick, hospital staff concocted a scheme to pay people to fake illnesses…simply to ring up their medical bills. Money started pouring into the hospital before everything unraveled. Multiple patients died.
The government spent years investigating and compiling evidence to stop the fraud. The FBI even had doctors wearing wires. But would all that be enough to put those responsible behind bars?
In this true crime podcast series, former employees, investigators and patients recount the greed and lawlessness that took root.
If the walls of Edgewater Hospital could talk, they would tell of the lives they welcomed in — and the lives they watched be destroyed.
A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to admit patients. During the ’90s and 2000s, Edgewater Hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary heart surgeries on patients just to pad its bottom line. Multiple patients died. Hear what lengths the government went in order to stop the fraud and why many believe the owner got away with it. Former employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Chicago’s Edgewater Hospital.
A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to stay afloat including performing hundreds of unnecessary tests and procedures on patients. In the end, multiple patients were dead and its former owner fled the country. Left behind was an abandoned hospital that became a magnet for crime and a symbol of egregious insurance fraud.
If the Walls Could Talk recounts the true crimes and tangled history of Chicago’s Edgewater Hospital as told by former staff, patients, lawyers, and investigators.
The hospital opened in 1929 and is the birthplace of Hillary Clinton and John Wayne Gacy. It was Chicago’s premiere medical facility for 60 years until a new owner took over. Hear the shocking story of how the hospital’s former owner managed to evade the law and why many believe he got away with it.
Written, produced and narrated by Chicago radio veterans Todd Ganz and Stephani Young. Visit https://ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast.com for more haunting pictures and details.
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