Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

John Dillinger at Little Bohemia, Part 2

May 16, 2024 | by Al Hunter

As revealed in part one of this article, my wife and I visited Little Bohemia Lodge on Monday, April 22, 2024, the 90th anniversary of the gun battle in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin between FBI Agents and the John Dillinger gang. During our visit, I was surprised to find the lodge … Read More

John Dillinger at Little Bohemia, Part 1

May 9, 2024 | by Al Hunter

I managed to check off a bucket-list thing recently. My wife and I visited Little Bohemia Lodge in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin on Monday, April 22, 2024, the 90th anniversary of the gun battle between FBI Agents and the John Dillinger gang. Like many a Hoosier youth, I grew up hearing … Read More

The President is a Sick Man

April 25, 2024 | by Al Hunter

On July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland vanished. He boarded a friend’s yacht, sailed into Long Island Sound, and disappeared. He would not be heard from again for five days. What happened during those five days was so incredible that, even when the truth was finally revealed, many Americans simply … Read More

The Ghost of I.U.’s Lambda Chi Alpha

April 18, 2024 | by Al Hunter

At the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, Hence Orme lived on a large estate farm in Glenn’s Valley, an area on Indianapolis’ south side near Morgantown and Bluff roads, which he intended to use as a model for modern scientific farming. Hence Orme’s specialty was raising pigs. As a young … Read More

George Alfred Townsend and The War Correspondent Memorial Arch

April 11, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Next week will witness another sad passing in American history: the 159th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Because I live with this date dancing around in my head more than most, I want to share my experience (and admiration) for a peripheral character in that tragedy: George Alfred … Read More