Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Charles Manson – Hoosier Juvenile Delinquent

January 22, 2015 | by Al Hunter

Al Hunter is on vacation. This is a reprint of an article from 2009. Charles Manson. The very name alone conjures up images of a drug addled criminal maniac in our culture. What most Hoosiers don’t realize is that many of Manson’s severe psychotic disabilities are rooted here in Indianapolis. … Read More

Asa Jessup Smith: Unsung Hero of the Oberholtzer Tragedy

January 15, 2015 | by Al Hunter

Al Hunter is on vacation. This is a reprint of an article he wrote in 2008. During my research for the first Irvington Haunts book, I was gathering information about the 1925 D.C. Stephenson / Madge Oberholtzer tragedy in Irvington. I had heard of the deathbed declaration obtained from Madge … Read More

The Last of the Radium Girls

January 8, 2015 | by Al Hunter

The year 2014 has come and gone and along with it, the passing of many notables whose time on this earth has run out. Lost among them is a woman you may have never heard of. Mae Keane died this year. She was the last of the radium girls. On … Read More

John Muir in Indianapolis

January 1, 2015 | by Al Hunter

Last week marked the 100th anniversary of the passing of John Muir, the man many consider to be the patron saint of American conservation. When people hear the name John Muir, they may think of tall redwood trees nestled in the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Yosemite Valley, Sequoia … Read More

The Death of Sam Cooke, Part 2

December 18, 2014 | by Al Hunter

Sam Cooke stood upright for a moment, stared off in the distance and slowly slid down to the floor, his head coming to rest against the splintered door jamb he had kicked in just moments before. Evelyn Carr then hung up and called the police at 3:15 a.m., advising them … Read More