Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Sylvia Likens Family Saga, Part 2

November 12, 2015 | by Al Hunter

The Likens family must have thought they were revisiting a nightmare. On Mother’s Day, May 10th, the older sister of Sylvia Likens went missing. It had been 50 years since the brutal torture slaying of 16-year-old Sylvia had lit up the headlines of newspapers all over the country. By today’s … Read More

The Sylvia Likens Family Saga, Part 1

November 5, 2015 | by Al Hunter

We passed another sad milestone last week. Fifty years ago, October 26, 1965, Sylvia Likens died. Her death at the age of 16 was due to massive brain swelling and hemorrhaging in what authorities called “the most terrible crime ever committed in the state of Indiana.” Sylvia and her younger … Read More

Pat Quinlan and the Ghost of H.H. Holmes, Part 2

October 29, 2015 | by Al Hunter

H.H. Holmes paid for his misdeeds with death by hanging on May 7, 1896. But his former “Murder Castle” caretaker/janitor Patrick “Pat” Quinlan would never escape his own self-made prison. When the Murder Castle caught fire in September of 1893, he was arrested with Holmes but eventually freed. Quinlan was … Read More

Pat Quinlan and the Ghost of H.H. Holmes, Part 1

October 22, 2015 | by Al Hunter

As a lover of all things historical, the stories I find myself most drawn to often include the aftermath of a historical event. One such story involves an incident and personality from the pages of Irvington history. In October of 1894, America’s first serial killer, Dr. H.H. Holmes committed one … Read More

The Real Life Ghostbusters

October 15, 2015 | by Al Hunter

It’s been over 30 years since Peter Venkman, Raymond Stanz and Egon Spengler chased the spirits of New York City in Ghostbusters. Now the best known ghost movie of our time is getting a makeover and is set to be released in the summer of 2016. The Number 1 movie … Read More