McHistory
Podcast
McHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodically on WGLT's Sound Ideas. The series is produced in partnership with the McLean County Museum of History.
Latest Episodes
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On this month's episode of McHistory, you'll meet Florence Mae Risser Funk of Bloomington, who played a key role in getting women the right to… -
The McLean County Basketball Tournament is one of the longest running basketball tournaments in the state of Illinois.During this episode of McHistory,…
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Here is a profile of a man who drove vice presidents and governors, wealthy landowners, visiting artists, and the prominent of Bloomington-Normal all…
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McHistory: Segregation In Bloomington-NormalThe early 1900s saw an influx of racism and discrimination in the Midwest, from anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant, and anti-African American sentiment, to…
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Bloomington-Normal had only one documented lynching.This episode of McHistory produced by WGLT's Mary Cullen tells of the gruesome death of Charles…
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John L. Walcott was Bloomington's first undertaker.This episode of McHistory shares the story of one cabinet furnisher turned coffin maker.This episode of…
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Irons Folsom Fox blazed the path for women in Bloomington-Normal who had dreams of writing in the late 1800s.One of the Pantagraph's…
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Baseball fans remember the greats of the sport: the Babe Ruths, the Lou Gehrigs. And the players that didn't quite make the Hall of Fame often slip…
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One of Bloomington-Normal's early feminists, Anna May Christian, was proud to live her life as a single woman at the turn of the 20th century.This episode…
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In 1935, switchboard operators for the Wabash Telephone Company handled an average of 60,000 calls coming through its downtown Bloomington building.This…
