Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Hodag

May 23, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Sometimes, you just need to get away and do something fun. Last month, Rhonda and I drove north to the logging boomtown of Rhinelander Wisconsin in search of a mythical creature from the Northwoods — a fearsome 4-legged beast resembling a large razor-backed ox with a row of sharp spines … Read More

John Dillinger at Little Bohemia, Part 2

May 16, 2024 | by Al Hunter

As revealed in part one of this article, my wife and I visited Little Bohemia Lodge on Monday, April 22, 2024, the 90th anniversary of the gun battle in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin between FBI Agents and the John Dillinger gang. During our visit, I was surprised to find the lodge … Read More

John Dillinger at Little Bohemia, Part 1

May 9, 2024 | by Al Hunter

I managed to check off a bucket-list thing recently. My wife and I visited Little Bohemia Lodge in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin on Monday, April 22, 2024, the 90th anniversary of the gun battle between FBI Agents and the John Dillinger gang. Like many a Hoosier youth, I grew up hearing … Read More

The President is a Sick Man

April 25, 2024 | by Al Hunter

On July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland vanished. He boarded a friend’s yacht, sailed into Long Island Sound, and disappeared. He would not be heard from again for five days. What happened during those five days was so incredible that, even when the truth was finally revealed, many Americans simply … Read More

The Ghost of I.U.’s Lambda Chi Alpha

April 18, 2024 | by Al Hunter

At the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, Hence Orme lived on a large estate farm in Glenn’s Valley, an area on Indianapolis’ south side near Morgantown and Bluff roads, which he intended to use as a model for modern scientific farming. Hence Orme’s specialty was raising pigs. As a young … Read More