Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Hilton Sisters-Vaudeville’s Beautiful Siamese Twins

May 22, 2025 | by Al Hunter

I recently ran across a five-dollar box of sheet music at an antique show. Seems like nobody wants sheet music anymore. I suppose, like recipe books, almanacs, TV guides, and car manuals, they are seen as obsolete nowadays. It turned out to be a fun, if not so valuable, box … Read More

Foul Ball!

May 15, 2025 | by Al Hunter

Last week I ran a story about Cleveland Indians phenom Bob Feller’s pitched foul ball that hit and injured his mother during a game against the White Sox at old Comiskey Park in Chicago. That got me thinking about other foul ball stories and legends I’d heard about. Growing up, … Read More

Bob Feller’s Happy Mother’s Day

May 8, 2025 | by Al Hunter

So what did you get for Mother’s Day this year? I hope it was something fun, delicious, or useful, but just in case the answer was nothing, this article might make you feel a little better. Every year, as the boys of summer take the field, I try to dig … Read More

Gypsy Ghosts in Terry Hot

May 1, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in May 2014. When you hear the term Gypsy, what comes to mind? A vagabond road wanderer? A classic motorcycle? Maybe a Cher song? Let me share with you a gypsy story from a century ago from just up the National Road in Terre Haute. On … Read More

Robert Rayford: America’s First AIDS Victim

April 24, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in May 2014. On May 16,1969, the face of modern medicine changed forever when 15-year-old Robert Rayford, sometimes identified as “Robert R.” due to his age, died in a St. Louis, Missouri hospital. He was a slender, uncommunicative street kid whose condition left doctors distressed, perplexed … Read More