Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Disney’s Uncle Remus

July 24, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in August 2009. James Baskett, the first male African American to win an Academy Award, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 16, 1904. His father, John Baskett, owned a barber shop on the east side and James attended Arsenal Technical High School where he studied … Read More

Greenfield: The Great Flood of 1913, Part 2

July 17, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column originally appeared in March, 2013. Last week, we left Greenfield a century ago; March 25th, 1913, underwater. The “Black Night of Terror,” the “March Flood,” or the “Great Flood of 1913″ had come and gone through the Hancock County seat, leaving devastation in its wake. And it was … Read More

Greenfield: The Great Flood of 1913

July 10, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column originally appeared in March, 2013. Oh, how it rained! For 48 straight hours, it rained. Martha Duncan stood on the porch of her house, located on the north side of Fourth Street between State and Pennsylvania, wondering if it was ever going to stop. It was Monday March … Read More

Good Fellas, Henry Hill and eBay

July 3, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in July 2009. Editor’s Note: Henry Hill died in June 2012. This is a story for guys. It has little to do with Indiana or her fair capital city, but it is well worth noting for the irony of its subject’s content and the ability to … Read More

Harry Houdini and Abraham Lincoln

June 26, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column originally appeared in June 2017. Magician Harry Houdini had a very unlikely boyhood hero — a hero adored by a generation before Houdini’s 1874 birth and a hero worshiped by generations hence. Harry Houdini’s hero was Abraham Lincoln. Houdini’s devotion to Lincoln could be found on stage during … Read More