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Ask Geoffrey: 2/20

Yasmin Rammohan | February 20, 2012, 10:00 am

Was a butcher to blame for a backup in the Chicago River? Geoffrey Baer uncovers some gruesome Bridgeport history in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

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