Al Hunter’s Story Archive

Bloody Mary Brown — An Irvington Tale

Fifteen years ago, Russ Simnick and I published our first book, Irvington Haunts. Haunted and Infamous Irvington. That first volume was a collection of fourteen different ghost stories gathered from the pages of Irvington’s haunted history. A few of those stories have fallen off the radar screen over the years. … Read More

Bonnie & Clyde, Part 4

There have been some changes to my “Bonnie and Clyde” story series in the years since I first wrote it. This past September, my wife and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. For our milestone anniversary we visited Las Vegas, Nevada, which is an odd choice since neither of us … Read More

Bonnie & Clyde — The Saga of the Death Car, Part 3

In Parts 1 and 2 of this article, we recalled the bloody death of outlaws Bonnie and Clyde and explored their Indiana connection. By now, you know the Barrow gang robbed a bank in the tiny community Lucerne in North Central Indiana and that Clyde was wearing a shirt made … Read More

Bonnie & Clyde, Part 2

The ambush of Bonnie and Clyde some 80 years ago proved to be the beginning of the end of the “Public Enemy” gangster era of the 1930s. By the time of their bloody, bullet riddled deaths on May 23, 1934, new federal statutes made bank robbery and kidnapping federal offenses; … Read More

Bonnie & Clyde, Part 1

Outlaws Bonnie and Clyde have been in the news again lately, nearly 85 years after they died in dramatic fashion on a dusty back road in Gibsland, Louisiana. I wrote this 3-part series over 5 years ago and have since added an updated part 4 to the saga. So, here … Read More