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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
Monopoly: The Hoosier Connection (Part 1)
Last winter, hundreds of thousands of voters in 180 countries elected a new Monopoly token that was added to the game earlier this year. The cat token won the race and replaced the iron, an original piece from 1933. By some estimates, more than 1 billion people have played Monopoly … Read More
Patience Worth, Part 2
Speaking through a Ouija board operated by Pearl Lenore Curran, a 30-year-old St. Louis housewife of limited education, Patience Worth was nothing short of a national phenomenon in the early years of the 20th Century. Though her works are virtually forgotten today, the prestigious Braithwaite anthology listed five of her … Read More
Patience Worth, Part 1
One hundred years ago this week, St. Louis, Missouri housewife Pearl Curran created a stir with a Ouija board by unleashing a legend named “Patience Worth.” Beginning in July 1912 Pearl Curran and her friend Emily Grant Hutchings began experimenting with the Ouija board during afternoon teas while their husbands … Read More
The Real Story of “The Natural”
The Major League All-Star game is just around the corner and once again network time usually devoted to regular season baseball games will be filled with baseball-themed movies like Major League, Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, Eight Men Out and, of course, The Natural. But did you … Read More
The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Disaster
When I was a kid, like most Hoosiers, I visited Chicago often. I was as big a history nerd back then as I am today. I made sure to visit the obvious places: the St. Valentines Day Massacre site, the alley next to the Biograph Theatre where Johnny Dillinger breathed … Read More