Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Alcatraz Connection, Part 2

August 9, 2018 | by Al Hunter

On April 14, 1943, Four Alcatraz prisoners, Indianapolis bank robber James Boarman, Harold Brest (a kidnapper serving life plus 50 years), Floyd Hamilton (Bonnie & Clyde gang member), and Fred Hunter (partner of Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and member of Ma Barker’s gang) took two officers hostage while at work in … Read More

The Alcatraz Connection, Part 1

August 2, 2018 | by Al Hunter

I published this article in 2009 on the 75th anniversary of an Alcatraz escape attempt by a desperate inmate with ties to Fountain Square. I thought it might be worth another read. Next week will mark the 84 years since the escape attempt. Since the time of my visit, the … Read More

Feast & Famine — Henry Flagler and the Last Indianapolis Street Car, Part 2

July 26, 2018 | by Al Hunter

At 11:59 p.m. on Thursday July 12, 2018, the Indiana Transportation Museum (ITM) in Noblesville, Indiana ceased to exist when the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office swarmed the grounds at Forest Park and sealed the property. The closing, although known by all parties involved, still came as a shock to the … Read More

Feast & Famine — Henry Flagler & the Last Indianapolis Street Car

July 19, 2018 | by Al Hunter

By the time you read this, the Indiana Transportation Museum (ITM) in Noblesville will be gone. If you are a fan of trains, or a lover of history in general, no doubt you’ve been keeping tabs on the sad demise of this central Indiana institution. Reports of problems at the … Read More

The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

July 12, 2018 | by Al Hunter

Recently I was fortunate enough to take a tour of an American treasure in the Maryland Medical Examiner’s Office in Baltimore, Maryland. An American treasure in a medical examiner’s office? Yes dear reader, let me share with you a story about the coolest display you’re ever likely to find in … Read More