Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Lyric Theatre & Sinatra

March 5, 2026 | by Al Hunter

Located at 135 N. Illinois Street there once stood a theatre with as rich a pop-culture history as any in Indianapolis. When the Lyric Theatre opened in February of 1906, it was basically a room filled with about 200 folding chairs arranged in rows. A carbon arc light projector rested … Read More

John Mathews, Lincoln, Booth and Six Degrees of Separation

February 26, 2026 | by Al Hunter

Remember the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” that was so popular a few years back? It was a parlor game based on the concept that any two people on Earth are six or fewer acquaintance links apart. The winner is determined by the person able to use the least … Read More

John Lennon’s Tooth and Doodles

February 19, 2026 | by Al Hunter

This article was published in February 2012. The last couple of months have witnessed yet another sign of the staying power of the Beatles as a couple of items hit the auction block at two different auction houses in Great Britain. One of them is historically significant while the other … Read More

The Buck Jones Ranger Club, Part 2

February 12, 2026 | by Al Hunter

Last week I told you about Vincennes, Indiana native Buck Jones. One of the best known cowboy stars in Hollywood history, Buck died tragically in a nightclub fire during World War II. Not just any fire, but the Cocoanut Grove inferno in Boston, Massachusetts; the worst nightclub disaster in world … Read More

The Buck Jones Ranger Club, Part 1

February 5, 2026 | by Al Hunter

Happy accidents of fate make my world go round. Last Monday I was puttering around playing with old stuff when I ran across an old wallet sized picture of cowboy star Buck Jones. As I turned it over in my hands I was surprised to find that it was actually … Read More