Jane Doe at Ravinia

Chicago Tribune, September 22, 1934. Ravinia is a park and performance venue built in 1904 that has long served as the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and hosts an eclectic annual summer concert series. But in 1934 the site fell derelict during the Depression–hence the reference to the “old Ravinia Opera House,” a Prairie Style structure since restored to its original glory.

Searching for clews

Chicago Tribune, April 23, 1925. I find a lot of people tend to assume that horrors like this are signally modern, but take my word for it: the further back you look, the more such mayhem you’ll find. Don’t even get me started on the 19th century. Anyway, persons of delicate sensibilities should stop reading here, because the details get a whole lot hairier after the jump.