Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Did You Forget Lincoln’s Birthday? Part I

March 7, 2019 | by Al Hunter

So, what did you do for Abraham Lincoln’s birthday? Go out to dinner? Go to church? Get together with friends and family? Wait, you knew February 12th was Honest Abe’s birthday didn’t you? Well, don’t feel bad, nobody else did either. But once upon a time, everyone celebrated Lincoln’s birthday. … Read More

Oscar Wilde in Indianapolis

February 28, 2019 | by Al Hunter

It would be harder to find a more quintessential Victorian Era Englishman than Oscar Wilde, especially if you were to ask a literate American. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854-November 30, 1900) was the flamboyant Irish poet and playwright. He became one of London’s most popular playwrights in … Read More

Muhammad Ali Meets The Beatles

February 21, 2019 | by Al Hunter

It is February in Indianapolis. As I sit at my keyboard in 10 below zero weather, my power is out, the candles are lit and my compy is running on battery power. So . . . time for a happy warm memory. Fifty-five years ago, on February 18, 1964, The … Read More

The Quiet Ronette and the Quiet Beatle

February 14, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Ten years ago, the dead body of a 67-year old woman was discovered in Englewood, New Jersey. Her death came sometime that week and, for the most part, her passing went unnoticed. It remains so a decade later. But, in the weeks and months before the British invasion hit our … Read More

American Pie and the Day the Music Died, Part 2

February 7, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Sixty years ago, February 3, 1959, three of rock ‘n roll’s biggest stars: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, known as the Big Bopper, were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. The day became known as “The Day the Music Died.” Thirteen-year-old Don McLean was folding … Read More