Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Graceland Gentrification? Part 2

June 27, 2024 | by Al Hunter

In part I of this article, I detailed our visit to Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis Tennessee on May 22, 2024, the date that the story broke claiming Graceland was being foreclosed on! The lawsuit claimed that Lisa Marie Presley had defaulted on a $3.8 million loan back in 2018 … Read More

Graceland Gentrification?

June 20, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Last month, Rhonda and I took a good old-fashioned road trip down to Dixieland. We headed west out of Indianapolis with plans in hand to stop at as many tourist trap destinations as we could handle. Our goal for the first leg of the trip was Elvis Presley’s Graceland, reportedly … Read More

Philo T. Farnsworth

June 13, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in August 2011. Last month we took our family vacation to Washington D.C. The trip was ostensibly a journey to retrace the saga of the Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia on the 150th anniversary of the first engagement of the Civil War. It turned … Read More

Leopold and Loeb A Hundred Years On

June 6, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Last month, Rhonda and I drove to the outskirts of Chicago to visit Joliet Prison. Like many old jails, prisons, and penitentiaries, Joliet has had a second life as a tourist attraction. It opened back in 2018. During the summer months (June to September) Joliet is open every day for … Read More

The Hodag

May 23, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Sometimes, you just need to get away and do something fun. Last month, Rhonda and I drove north to the logging boomtown of Rhinelander Wisconsin in search of a mythical creature from the Northwoods — a fearsome 4-legged beast resembling a large razor-backed ox with a row of sharp spines … Read More