A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to stay afloat including performing hundreds of unnecessary tests and procedures on patients. In the end, multiple patients were dead and its former owner fled the country. Left behind was an abandoned hospital that became a magnet for crime and a symbol of egregious insurance fraud.  

If the Walls Could Talk recounts the true crimes and tangled history of Chicago's Edgewater Hospital as told by former staff, patients, lawyers, and investigators. 

The hospital opened in 1929 and is the birthplace of Hillary Clinton and John Wayne Gacy. It was Chicago's premiere medical facility for 60 years until a new owner took over. Hear the shocking story of how the hospital's former owner managed to evade the law and why many believe he got away with it.

Written, produced and narrated by Chicago radio veterans Todd Ganz and Stephani Young. Visit https://ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast.com for more haunting pictures and details.

Follow the show on Instagram at @ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast and on our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ifthewalls

If the Walls Could Talk is a registered trademark of Buckletown Productions LLC.

**Meet Stephani and Todd at the Elmhurst Library, Mon., 2/16/26 at 7pm for "Sick & Corrupt: The True Crimes at Edgewater Hospital". In-person or online. Get more details and register here.

A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to stay afloat including performing hundreds of unnecessary tests and procedures on patients. In the end, multiple patients were dead and its former owner fled the country. Left behind was an abandoned hospital that became a magnet for crime and a symbol of egregious insurance fraud.&nbsp;&nbsp;
If the Walls Could Talk recounts the true crimes and tangled history of Chicago's Edgewater Hospital as told by former staff, patients, lawyers, and investigators.&nbsp;
The hospital opened in 1929 and is the birthplace of Hillary Clinton and John Wayne Gacy. It was Chicago's premiere medical facility for 60 years until a new owner took over. Hear the shocking story of how the hospital's former owner managed to evade the law and why many believe he got away with it.
Written, produced and narrated by Chicago radio veterans Todd Ganz and Stephani Young. Visit&nbsp;<a href="https://ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast.com/">https://ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast.com</a> for more haunting pictures and details.
Follow the show on Instagram at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.instagram.com/ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast">@ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast</a> and on our Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ifthewalls">https://www.facebook.com/groups/ifthewalls</a>
If the Walls Could Talk is a registered trademark of Buckletown Productions LLC.
**Meet Stephani and Todd at the Elmhurst Library, Mon., 2/16/26 at 7pm for "Sick &amp; Corrupt: The True Crimes at Edgewater Hospital". In-person or online. <a href="https://elmhurstpubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/15140893">Get more details and register here</a>.

A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to admit patients. During the '90s and 2000s, Edgewater Hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary heart surgeries on patients just to pad its bottom line. Multiple patients died. Hear what lengths the government went in order to stop the fraud and why many believe the owner got away with it. Former employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Chicago's Edgewater Hospital.

A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to admit patients. During the '90s and 2000s, Edgewater Hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary heart surgeries on patients just to pad its bottom line. Multiple patients died. Hear what lengths the government went in order to stop the fraud and why many believe the owner got away with it. Former employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Chicago's Edgewater Hospital.

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If the Walls Could Talk

A struggling hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary surgeries on patients simply to pad its bottom line. The fraud scheme at Chicago's Edgewater Hospital during the 1990s and 2000s claimed the lives of multiple patients. Hear former hospital employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Edgewater Hospital and how the villainous owner got away with it.

A struggling hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary surgeries on patients simply to pad its bottom line. The fraud scheme at Chicago's Edgewater Hospital during the 1990s and 2000s claimed the lives of multiple patients. Hear former hospital employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Edgewater Hospital and how the villainous owner got away with it.

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