666 Lounge (666 S. State St) — demolished in the mid 1990s.

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Pictures from exhibits at the Libby Prison War Museum in Chicago.

Episode 221 of the podcast looks at this Civil War prison-turned-museum in Chicago in the late 1800s.

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In addition to owning the Lincoln death bed and the Appomattox Table, Libby Prison War Museum investor C. F. Gunther also claimed to have the serpent's skin from the Garden of Eden.

Episode 221 of the podcast.

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