Al Hunter’s Story Archive

Chicago Cubs: The Curse of Billy Goat Sianis

May 9, 2013 | by Al Hunter

It’s not often these days that goats make the news. You may have heard recently that a severed goat’s head mysteriously appeared outside of Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. To the uninitiated observer, the news of a blood-soaked box containing the mortal remains of a Capra … Read More

Dave “The King” Wilson

May 2, 2013 | by Al Hunter

The term “legend” gets thrown around a lot these days. Play a few seasons with the Colts or Pacers, you’re a legend. Get elected to political office a couple times, you’re a legend. Appear on a reality show or in a B-movie, you’re a legend. We hear the term so … Read More

Ebbets Field — 100 Years Ago

April 25, 2013 | by Al Hunter

I’m an anniversary guy. Nothing gets me to daydreaming faster than when I find out that something important happened on this date however many years ago. This month, we passed another anniversary that I really didn’t hear much about. April 9th was the 100th anniversary of the opening of Ebbets … Read More

Slaughter on North LaSalle Street

April 18, 2013 | by Al Hunter

Captain Robert L. Snow is  a serious man. I met with him a few weeks ago, perhaps appropriately, in the underground studio beneath Bookmamas bookstore in Irvington. Captain Snow is a cross between detective Joe Friday and private investigator Jim Rockford. Pragmatic, no-nonsense, drama free; in short, “Just the Facts … Read More

The Death of Robert Gay, Part 2

April 11, 2013 | by Al Hunter

The last moments of Private Robert Gay, as taken from the official military court martial document known as “General Orders No. 23,” were documented as follows.   His dying speech was uttered without any tremulousness of tone… His voice was clear and distinct, his words unusually well chosen, and his … Read More