Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Indiana Beach Music Scene, Part 2

August 20, 2020 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in 2014. Last week, I shared the details of Janis Joplin’s visit to Indiana Beach in Monticello on August 14, 1968, 46 years ago. It still seems strange to me. The place most Hoosiers identify with the cartoon crow popping up out of a cornfield to … Read More

Janis Joplin at Indiana Beach, Part 1

August 13, 2020 | by Al Hunter

This article first appeared in the August 15, 2014 issue. As the last gasps of summer slowly wheeze out of our lungs, I wanna take you back to 1968. America seemed to be coming apart at the seams. It was a presidential election year in the United States. The nation … Read More

A Haunted Antique Mall

August 6, 2020 | by Al Hunter

This article first appeared in 2010 Here’s a one tank trip that might just help make your autumn season a little bit better. It combines many things that I like and perhaps a couple of things you might fancy as well; History, antiques and ghosts! Recently my wife Rhonda and … Read More

A Hoosier Guard on Alcatraz, Part 4

July 30, 2020 | by Al Hunter

I asked guard Jim Albright what he remembered about the closing of Alcatraz prison in March of 1963, in particular the visit by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. “Oh yeah. I remember. He toured the island and had about 50 bodyguards all around him. He didn’t want any of those … Read More

A Hoosier Guard on Alcatraz, Part 2

July 16, 2020 | by Al Hunter

A couple of weeks ago, with COVID-19 restrictions finally easing up, I traveled west on the National Road to Terre Haute with my wife Rhonda and friends Kris and Roger Branch to see a couple of Hoosier legends that I hadn’t seen in almost a decade. Jim and Cathy Albright … Read More