Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Indianapolis Union Station

April 23, 2020 | by Al Hunter

Al is hunkered down with research. This column originally appeared in the April 22, 2011 Twenty-five years ago this week, the single most important icon of our capitol city’s railroad era, Union Station, reopened to much fanfare, high hopes and hoopla as a downtown destination for visitors and citizens alike. … Read More

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

April 16, 2020 | by Al Hunter

This column originally appeared in 2011. Al selected this column for a re-run because it seems appropriate for the times we are living in. September 11 is an important date in this country. It’s a date as important to our generation as December 11, 1941 (Pearl Harbor) and November 23, … Read More

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

April 9, 2020 | by Al Hunter

We’re all cooped up, trying to avoid the coronavirus by surfing the net, checking social media and (gulp) shopping on-line. Hoosiers are stressing out bandwidth capacity like a hippo in bicycle shorts by binge watching every form of entertainment available on line. So, I have decided to help alleviate your … Read More

John Dillinger Throwback

April 2, 2020 | by Al Hunter

This article was originally published in 2009 in our Summer Almanac. Al is currently in research mode. 2009 was the year of John Dillinger. Seventy-five years after being gunned down in a Chicago alley, the Hoosier bandit was the subject of a hit movie starring Johnny Depp this past summer, … Read More

The Tuberculosis War in Indianapolis

March 26, 2020 | by Al Hunter

Sometimes it’s just a photo that starts the discussion. Such was the case with the photo I ran across in the archives of the Indianapolis Commercial Club’s collection. It’s a curious photo of a group of Boy Scouts in Indianapolis in 1907. The serious faced group of young men are … Read More