Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

Pullman, Chicago: The Town That Paralyzed the Nation

Directed by Chris Acton, Charlie Clayton, Rory Kaufhold
TV-PG
S2 • E3    Sep 11, 2023    42m
7.0
A railroad enterprise once built this company town for its workers to live in, but when thousands of employees went on strike, the military intervened; the history of the complex remains as relevant as ever.

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Cast of Pullman, Chicago: The Town That Paralyzed the Nation

  • Kasper MichaelsNarrator
  • Susan BennettSelf - National Parks Assistant Superintendent
  • Sarah ChurchwellSelf - American Literature Expert
  • Sascha AuerbachSelf - Historian
  • Michele MitchellSelf - Historian
  • Mark LukensSelf - Local Resident, Thiells
  • Greg SzulgitSelf - Biomedical Scientist
  • Katherine AlcockSelf - Historian
  • Jim MeigsSelf - Author & Journalist
  • Wilbur AldridgeSelf - Former Employee, Letchworth Village
  • Tom ModugnoSelf - Local Resident, Santa Barbara
  • Linda Rodriguez-McRobbieSelf - Author & Journalist
  • Rob BellSelf - Engineer & Adventurer
  • Kenya Davis-HayesSelf - Historian
  • Mark MettlerSelf - Local Resident & Shriner, Wilkes-Barre
  • Corina KwamiSelf - Infrastructure Advisor
  • Kyle A. ThomasSelf - Performance Historian
  • Duke EllingtonSelf - Shriner
  • Billy FlorenceSelf - Actor & Shriner
  • Bob HopeSelf
  • Robert F. KennedySelf - Senator
  • Martin Luther King Jr.Self
  • William Pryor LetchworthSelf - New York State Board of Charities
  • Kozo NoshinoSelf - Submarine Commander
  • Barack ObamaSelf - President
  • Michelle ObamaSelf - First Lady
  • George PullmanSelf - Industrialist
  • A. Philip RandolphSelf - Leader, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
  • Geraldo RiveraSelf - Reporter
  • Franklin D. RooseveltSelf - President & Shriner
  • John WayneSelf - Shriner
  • Tammy WynetteSelf
  • Chris ActonDirector / Producer
  • Charlie ClaytonDirector / Producer
  • Rory KaufholdDirector / Producer
  • Henry ScottProducer
  • Biddy KalinskiProducer

 

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