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Author Biography
Al Hunter writes a front page story about historical figures and happenings with a ghostly twist...
Alan E. Hunter has researched, scripted and lead the Irvington Ghost Walks for the past 20 years. The tours are roughly 75 percent history and 25 percent ghost stories and folklore. These non-profit tours raise funds for the Eastside Irvington community and related charities.
Al Hunter is the author of the “Haunted Indianapolis” and co-author of the “Haunted Irvington” and “Indiana National Road” book series. His newest books are “Bumps in the Night. Stories from the Weekly View,” “Irvington Haunts. The Tour Guide,” and “The Mystery of the H.H. Holmes Collection.” Contact Al directly at Huntvault@aol.com or become a friend on Facebook.
Al Hunter’s Story Archive
The Last of the Radium Girls
The year 2014 has come and gone and along with it, the passing of many notables whose time on this earth has run out. Lost among them is a woman you may have never heard of. Mae Keane died this year. She was the last of the radium girls. On … Read More
John Muir in Indianapolis
Last week marked the 100th anniversary of the passing of John Muir, the man many consider to be the patron saint of American conservation. When people hear the name John Muir, they may think of tall redwood trees nestled in the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Yosemite Valley, Sequoia … Read More
The Death of Sam Cooke, Part 2
Sam Cooke stood upright for a moment, stared off in the distance and slowly slid down to the floor, his head coming to rest against the splintered door jamb he had kicked in just moments before. Evelyn Carr then hung up and called the police at 3:15 a.m., advising them … Read More
The Death of Sam Cooke, Part 1
Fifty years ago this week, the smoothest voice soul music ever knew was silenced forever. Sam Cooke died needlessly, unexpectedly and mysteriously in a seedy motel just a couple blocks away from the swanky Hollywood Park Racetrack in Los Angeles, California. The man contemporaries called “The King of Soul” found … Read More
A Vinyl Resurgence in Irvington
In 1897, Humorist Mark Twain told a reporter from the New York Journal, “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” A century later in the 1990s, the music industry effectively declared the same fate for vinyl; both 45 rpm singles and 33 rpm LPs. It would appear that pronouncement … Read More