Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Abraham Lincoln Handball

September 20, 2018 | by Al Hunter

Abraham Lincoln is in the National Handball Hall Of Fame. What, you say? There’s a National Handball Hall of Fame? Well, I don’t know if such an entity exists or whether the 16th president is enshrined there. But if it does and he ain’t…he should be. I do know that … Read More

Barb Adams — Gettysburg’s Nurse of Artillery

September 13, 2018 | by Al Hunter

One hundred and fifty five years after the last cannon shot was fired in anger on the hallowed fields at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, a dutiful volunteer keeps watch over the cannons located there. The Gettysburg National Military Park is 9.358 mi.in size and features some 1,300 monuments and 400 cannons. It … Read More

Abraham Lincoln’s Hat Needs You!

September 6, 2018 | by Al Hunter

Attention Hoosiers, Abraham Lincoln needs your help. More specifically the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation (ALPLM) in Springfield, Illinois is appealing to all friends of Mr. Lincoln to lend a hand in their hour of need. Last week I traveled to the ALPLM to speak with the State Historian of … Read More

Grave Robbing in Indiana, Part 1

August 31, 2018 | by Al Hunter

This article appeared in the August 24, 2018 issue and did not post to the Web site due to a technical error. Apologies to our “Bumps in the Night” and Al Hunter fans! I speak often about America’s first serial killer, the evil Dr. H.H.Holmes, and his demonic doings in … Read More

Grave Robbing in Indiana: John Scott Harrison-The Unquiet Corpse, Part 2

August 30, 2018 | by Al Hunter

Last week, I told you a little about the macabre grave robbing profession and subsequent black market medical cadaver trade that once flourished in our capital city. What most Hoosiers don’t know is that Indianapolis has a Presidential connection to the dark art of body snatching. Former Ohio Congressman John … Read More