Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Life (and Death) of John Dillinger’s Red Hamilton, Part 2

May 23, 2019 | by Al Hunter

The Dillinger gang was speeding towards Chicago underworld “fixer” Dr. Joseph Moran. During World War I, Moran served honorably as a pilot in the Army Signal Corps rising to the rank of lieutenant. His addiction to alcohol eventually gained him an unscrupulous reputation as the windy city’s best “pin artist” … Read More

The Life (and Death) of John Dillinger’s Red Hamilton, Part 1

May 16, 2019 | by Al Hunter

The Dillinger Gang: Baby Face Nelson, Handsome Harry Pierpont, Red Hamilton and of course, Public Enemy Number One, John Dillinger himself. All wickedly infamous names from the annals of crime. But, only one of them was memorialized by the master of American horror Stephen King. That distinction goes to John … Read More

Paul is Dead — The Rumor Revisited, Part 4

May 9, 2019 | by Al Hunter

By the time The Beatles released their eleventh, and ultimately last, studio album “Abbey Road” on September 26, 1969, the “Paul is Dead” rumor had developed a life of it’s own. Although “Let It Be” was the last album released before the band’s dissolution in 1970, work on “Abbey Road” … Read More

Paul is Dead — The Rumor Revisited, Part 3

May 2, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Last week, we once again visited the famous “Paul is Dead” rumor that haunted the Beatles rock band for many years. Obviously, the rumor that Paul McCartney died in a November 1966 car accident was just a rumor, but to many Beatlemaniacs during the final years of the turbulent Sixties, … Read More

Paul is Dead — The Rumor Revisited, Part 2

April 25, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Last week, we revisited the famous “Paul is Dead” rumor swirling around the Beatles rock band during the last few years of the turbulent sixties. The rumor that Paul McCartney died in a November 1966 car crash seems silly to us now, but it was pervasive back in the day. … Read More