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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
Irvington’s Link to the Formation of the F.B.I.
This article originally ran in the January 19, 2009 edition of the Eastside Voice. I spent this past weekend with the great-great-grandson of H.H. Holmes, “Bloodstains” author Jeff Mudgett, and the film crew from Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures” series. We gathered to tape a show inside the home where Holmes … Read More
The Life (and Death) of John Dillinger’s Red Hamilton, Part 2
The Dillinger gang was speeding towards Chicago underworld “fixer” Dr. Joseph Moran. During World War I, Moran served honorably as a pilot in the Army Signal Corps rising to the rank of lieutenant. His addiction to alcohol eventually gained him an unscrupulous reputation as the windy city’s best “pin artist” … Read More
The Life (and Death) of John Dillinger’s Red Hamilton, Part 1
The Dillinger Gang: Baby Face Nelson, Handsome Harry Pierpont, Red Hamilton and of course, Public Enemy Number One, John Dillinger himself. All wickedly infamous names from the annals of crime. But, only one of them was memorialized by the master of American horror Stephen King. That distinction goes to John … Read More
Paul is Dead — The Rumor Revisited, Part 4
By the time The Beatles released their eleventh, and ultimately last, studio album “Abbey Road” on September 26, 1969, the “Paul is Dead” rumor had developed a life of it’s own. Although “Let It Be” was the last album released before the band’s dissolution in 1970, work on “Abbey Road” … Read More
Paul is Dead — The Rumor Revisited, Part 3
Last week, we once again visited the famous “Paul is Dead” rumor that haunted the Beatles rock band for many years. Obviously, the rumor that Paul McCartney died in a November 1966 car accident was just a rumor, but to many Beatlemaniacs during the final years of the turbulent Sixties, … Read More