Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Robert Todd Lincoln Checks In

April 3, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in February 2011. Anyone who reads my column regularly knows that I have a love of odd, unusual history, relics, ghost stories and collectibles. I spend a lot of time at antique shows, flea markets, libraries and historic buildings and about once a year, I stumble … Read More

Capt. Gail Glaze: Mrs. Cowboy Bob

March 27, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in April 2011. In December of 2010 legendary Indianapolis children’s TV stars Cowboy Bob, Janie and Harlow Hickenlopper reunited for a special Christmas season event at the Irving Theater on Indy’s eastside. The event, filled with jokes, songs, music, and laughter, was capped off by 2-hours … Read More

Nazis at Arsenal Tech…What?, Part 2

March 20, 2025 | by Al Hunter

On March 15, 1938, an eastside Indianapolis house was rocked (quite literally) by an angry crowd after the city learned about a formational meeting of the German-American Bund, an organization formed to follow the ideals and edicts of Adolph Hitler’s Nazi party. The Soltau family, who lived at 339 North … Read More

Nazis at Arsenal Tech…What?, Part 1

March 13, 2025 | by Al Hunter

It’s true. In the years leading up to World War II, there was at least one eastside Indianapolis family openly identifying with the American Nazi Party. And three of those proud young Nazis graduated from Arsenal Technical High School. It all came to a head 87 years ago this Saturday … Read More

Osborn H. Oldroyd’s Greatest Fear

March 6, 2025 | by Al Hunter

My wife and I recently traveled to Springfield, Illinois for a book release event (actually two books). One book on Springfield’s greatest living Lincoln historian, Dr. Wayne C. “Doc” Temple, and the other on my muse for the past fifteen years, Osborn H. Oldroyd. I have fairly worn out my … Read More