Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Ghosts of Gettysburg

October 10, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in October 2013. It’s October again in Indianapolis. The air is crisp, the farmers are harvesting their crops in the fields, the smell of burning leaves permeates the air and Hoosier imaginations turn to ghosts, goblins and things that go bump in the night. I just … Read More

A Gift from a Friend

October 3, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Rhonda and I strolled through Irvington last week to reconnect with some old friends. We visited Ethel Winslow, my long-suffering editor at the Weekly View, and then stopped in to see Jan and Michelle at the Magick Candle. From there we went down to see Dale Harkins at the Irving … Read More

Where did you go Ambrose Bierce?

September 26, 2024 | by Al Hunter

110 years ago last week, one of the most famous journalists you’ve never heard of disappeared from the face of the earth. Sometime between September 18- 24 Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was reported missing. And of course, he had Hoosier ties. Less than two weeks after the start of the Civil … Read More

The Blue Gate in Shipshewana

September 19, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Last week my wife and I celebrated our 35th anniversary by returning to where it all started for us: Shipshewana, Indiana. Rhonda and my first “date” was a trip up north on State Road 5 to the fields of Amishland to hunt for treasures at the flea market there. I … Read More

Warren Zevon — Accidently Like a Martyr

September 12, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in August 2013. It’s hard to believe its been a decade since Warren Zevon died. If the name is not familiar to you, his songs might be: “Werewolves of London,” “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” or “Lawyers, Guns and Money” should ring a bell. Zevon was considered … Read More