Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Life and Death of Alan Turing, Part 1

June 19, 2014 | by Al Hunter

I often write articles about anniversaries, some sad, some happy and some just downright confounding. This story falls within the bounds of the latter. In statistics, a confounding variable is defined as “an extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (directly or inversely) with both the dependent variable and … Read More

Bonnie and Clyde — The Saga of the Death Car, Part 3

June 12, 2014 | by Al Hunter

In Parts 1 and 2 of this article, we recalled the bloody death of outlaws Bonnie and Clyde and explored their Indiana connection. By now, you know the Barrow gang robbed a bank in the tiny community in North Central Indiana known as Lucerne and that Clyde was wearing a … Read More

Bonnie and Clyde — The Indiana Connection, Part 2

June 5, 2014 | by Al Hunter

The ambush of Bonnie and Clyde some 80 years ago this month proved to be the beginning of the end of the “Public Enemy” gangster era of the 1930s. By the time of their bloody, bullet riddled deaths on May 23, 1934, new federal statutes made bank robbery and kidnapping … Read More

Bonnie and Clyde, Part 1

May 29, 2014 | by Al Hunter

Bonnie and Clyde. Names that evoke different images to different people. Although their image, like those of Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and John Dillinger have been romanticized over the years, the truth is a little bit more complicated. Without doubt, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are the most famous … Read More

Gypsy Ghosts in Terry Hot

May 15, 2014 | by Al Hunter

When you hear the term Gypsy, what comes to mind? A vagabond road wanderer? A classic motorcycle? Maybe a Cher song? Let me share with you a gypsy story from a century ago from just up the National Road in Terre Haute. On May 16, 1914 three bodies were interred … Read More