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True Crime Tuesday presents: Murder On Skid Row with Author, Charlene Wexler! The homeless and migrants are not new to Chicago. In the 1960s, there was Chicago’s Skid Row, centered at Madison and Halsted Streets. Now an area filled with recently built upscale housing and trendy businesses near Greektown, decades ago it was a downtrodden community occupied by lost souls, mainly veterans from the war nobody wanted to recognize—Vietnam. Mel, a young dentist who believes he can do good for the people living on Skid Row, enters into this world in 1966. It is a community so different than the working-class neighborhood in which he grew up—a world of gangs, bums, politicians, prostitutes, and murderers—and a few kind-hearted souls who want to help. While trying to become one of those kind-hearted souls by providing dental therapy to his patients, Mel becomes a suspect in a double murder. Did Mel do it, or was it one of the Skid Row swindlers and hustlers? Find out in Murder on Skid Row. On today's TCT, we talk to the Author of "Murder On Skid Row", Charlene Wexler, about the parallels between her own experiences with her dentist husband and his practice in Chicago, and her experiences, and the story in the book! We also talk about how the city of Chicago has changed since the mid 60's, when the book took place, and about the characters and setting of the book as well! Get your copy of "Murder On Skid Row" here: https://bit.ly/4kipnur Get to know Charlene better o social media: https://www.facebook.com/charlene.wexler PLUS: AN ALL NEW DUMB CRIMES/STUPID CRIMINALS W/JESSICA FREEBURG! Check out Jessica Freeburg's website and order her new books: https://jessicafreeburg.com/books/ and check out Jess on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jessicafreeburgwrites There are new and different (and really cool) items all the time in the Darkness Radio Online store at our website! . check out the Darkness Radio Store! https://www.darknessradioshow.com/store/ #crime #truecrime #truecrimepodcasts #truecrimetuesday #charlenewexler #murderonskidrow #melgreenberg #speakingvolumespublishing #womenscrimefiction #abe #tyrone #darlene #chicago #skidrow #maxwellstreet #spider #drmaxroy #hitforhire #murder #embezzlement #shooting #assault #drugdealing #crimefictionbooks #dumbcrimesstupidcriminals #TimDennis #jessicafreeburg #paranormalauthor #floridaman #drugcrimes #foodcrimes #stupidcrimes #funnycrimes #sexcrimes #dumbcrimes