Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Abraham Lincoln, the Blood Moon, and History, Part 1

March 21, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Indiana is firmly ensnared by “Eclipse Fever” and for the next few weeks, whether you want to or not, you’re caught smack dab in the middle of the path of totality. According to the National Park Service, the first recorded instance of a total eclipse in America can be traced … Read More

Beef Manhattan: Born in Irvington?

March 14, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Okay, okay, not likely…but possible. No one really knows EXACTLY where the Beef Manhattan was born, but most culinary historians agree that the dish (a diagonally cut roast beef sandwich split butterfly fashion with a generous scoop of mashed potatoes resting between the two halves and the whole shebang swimming … Read More

They Stole Charlie Chaplin’s Body! Part 2

March 7, 2024 | by Al Hunter

On March 1 & 2, 1978, 24-year-old Polish refugee Roman Wardas, and his cohort, Bulgarian Gantscho Ganev, aged 38, entered a small country graveyard in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland to dig up Hollywood movie legend Charlie Chaplin, who had died on Christmas Day of 1977. The weather was right out of central … Read More

They Stole Charlie Chaplin’s Body!

February 29, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Two score and six years ago, a pair of hapless unemployed European auto mechanics crept silently into a small country graveyard in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland under cover of darkness. On the night of Wednesday, March 1, 1978 (and into the early morning of March 2), a 24-year old Polish refugee named … Read More

The Breathalyzer

February 22, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Recently, I found myself at an antique show rummaging through a small box of paper, not unfamiliar territory for me. Then my fingers danced past a small greenish-colored slip of paper with a frozen gauge chart numbered .00 to .40 and a pair of machine-cut holes in the corners. Titled … Read More