Al Hunter’s Story Archive

Charles Manson – Hoosier Juvenile Delinquent

November 30, 2017 | by Al Hunter

The world became a happier place last Sunday when news came that California cult leader Charles Manson had died in prison. If there was anything to be sad about Manson’s passing, it was that he died of natural causes, a luxury that most who crossed his path were never afforded. … Read More

Piggly Wiggly

November 23, 2017 | by Al Hunter

It’s Thanksgiving week in Indianapolis and all over the Circle City, and Hoosiers are heading to grocery stores to buy turkey and all the trimmings. No doubt families will be bouncing words back and forth to each other off their big screen TVs with belts loosened and feet propped up … Read More

Notre Dame-USC and the Hollywood Connection, Part 2

November 16, 2017 | by Al Hunter

USC football coach Howard Jones couldn’t help but like his foolish young tackle Marion “Duke” Morrison, better known to movie fans as John Wayne. In the fall of 1926, Morrison and his friends went to So-Cal’s Balboa Beach to challenge “The Wedge” and lost. The Duke broke his collarbone and … Read More

Notre Dame-USC and the Hollywood Connection, Part 1

November 9, 2017 | by Al Hunter

A funny thing happened while we were all busy prepping for the 2017 Halloween Festival. A couple weekends ago #13 Notre Dame trounced #10 USC 49 to 14 in South Bend. Okay, so if you are not a sports fan, you probably missed it. And if you’re a Chicago Cubs … Read More

Tom Petty and Elvis Presley

November 1, 2017 | by Al Hunter

Like most columnists, I have a large cache of article starts in the can just waiting for me to flesh them out for future columns. I thought I had plenty of time to finish an article I’d started two years ago. Tom Petty’s death a month ago sped up the … Read More