Haunting memories from a tour of Cook County's old 'morgue' more than half a century ago
Sneed on Sunday ...
The body count.
A ghost from my past popped up this week.
The specter arose when the Sun-Times reported the Cook County medical examiner’s office was hoping to move from its decades-old Harrison Street haunts to two buildings in the Fulton Market District.
Back in 1967, the predecessor of the medical examiner’s office was the old Cook County Coroner’s office, aka the morgue, and it was at 1828 W. Polk St.
In those days, one of the duties of a newly... Читать дальше...