Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Bona Thompson Memorial Center

November 21, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in October of 2010. It’s Halloween in Irvington and everyone’s thoughts turn to costumed trick-or-treaters, intricately decorated houses, painted windows lining merchant buildings on Washington Street, and ghosts. For eight years now, the very first stop on the Irvington Ghost tours has been the Bona Thompson … Read More

The Dust Bowl

November 14, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in March 2012. It cannot be denied that Basketball is connected to our state like a child to its mother. Whether you played it, watched it, or avoided it, you cannot deny that basketball is what Indiana is known for. Go ahead and make your argument … Read More

60s-70s Indianapolis kid’s TV in Irvington

November 7, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in November 2010. Children’s television shows of the 1960s and 1970s reflected good, old-fashioned ideas of family values. Households often gathered in front of the TV set as a family to eat frozen dinners out of space age aluminum trays, prime time programming was considered clean … Read More

Pinkerton Detective Frank Guyer and his chase for H.H. Holmes

October 31, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in October 2011. The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson’s best selling book about America’s first serial killer H.H. Holmes, is set to go into production in the near future. Holmes, who spent some time in Irvington, is a prominent figure on the Irvington Ghost … Read More

Shrek…For Real?

October 24, 2024 | by Al Hunter

“The low spark of high-heeled boys” is the title track from the 1971 album by British rock band Traffic. The 11 minute, 44 second song, was written by Jim Capaldi and Steve Winwood. Capaldi credits diminutive actor Michael J. Pollard (Bonnie & Clyde) for coming up with the term while … Read More