Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Neto’s in the Meadows and Avondale, Part 1

December 17, 2015 | by Al Hunter

The Avondale Meadows neighborhood was constructed in 1948 to accommodate America’s soldiers returning home from World War II. Located along the Fall Creek Greenway and less than four miles from downtown Indianapolis, it quickly became the Baby Boomer epicenter of the Circle City. By the 1950s and 1960s, the Meadows … Read More

A Gunfight With Colonel Sanders

December 10, 2015 | by Al Hunter

Colonel Harland Sanders died 35 years ago this week (December 16, 1980) but lately he’s been getting more TV face time than Abe Vigoda, Kirk Douglas and Zsa Zsa Gabor combined (who are all still alive, at least at the time of this writing). The Colonel has proven so popular … Read More

My World’s Fair Daydream — 50 Years On, Part 2

December 3, 2015 | by Al Hunter

The 1964-65 New York World’s Fair was proceeding despite not being officially sanctioned by the governing body of all World’s fairs known as the “BIE.” As a result the United Kingdom (England, Australia and Canada), the USSR/Soviet bloc and most European nations weren’t going either. So Gotham City officials decided … Read More

My World’s Fair Daydream — 50 Years On, Part 1

November 26, 2015 | by Al Hunter

We all do it, some more than others I suppose, but we all do it: Daydream. Winning the lottery, scoring a hole-in-one, dating a movie star or maybe embarking on an exotic vacation, we all daydream. For me, I daydream about history. Lately, I’ve been daydreaming about the 1964-65 New … Read More

The Sylvia Likens Family Saga, Part 3

November 19, 2015 | by Al Hunter

The sad saga of the October 26, 1965 Sylvia Likens torture murder passed its 50th anniversary recently. Over the past two columns we’ve revisited the crime, its impact on the Likens family, and the astonishing postscript that seems to defy reality. On Mother’s Day, May 10th, Sylvia Likens’ older sister … Read More