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Boring Crime For Sleep | What DETECTIVE Work Was Like in Prohibition-Era Chicago and more

Boring Crime For Sleep | What DETECTIVE Work Was Like in Prohibition-Era Chicago and more

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Slip into a calm, slow paced journey through Prohibition era Chicago, where detectives tracked bootleggers, speakeasies, and quiet street corner rumors with notebooks, patience, and long nights. In true Sleepless Detective style, this is a soothing, detail rich bedtime story about real investigative routines, surveillance habits, interviews, and the small paperwork moments that made cases move.

You will hear about how police work functioned during the 1920s and 1930s, the tools and methods detectives relied on, and what daily life looked like behind the badge when organized crime and corruption blurred the lines. Perfect for sleep, relaxation, and background listening, with gentle narration and just enough history to keep your mind comfortably occupied.

📚 Chapters:
0:00:00 Cold Streetlights, Warm Coffee
0:15:01 The Daily Rhythm of a Prohibition Detective
0:30:02 Speakeasies Without the Glamour
0:45:04 How You Actually Find People
1:00:05 Interviews: Soft Voices, Hard Lies
1:15:07 The Quiet Evidence of Everyday Life
1:30:08 Paperwork, Maps, and Patient Bureaucracy
1:45:09 Beyond Chicago: Other Places, Same Human Patterns
2:00:11 How Cases End (Or Don’t)

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