Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

H.H. Holmes Exhibit Opening & Author Signing

October 5, 2017 | by Al Hunter

In November of last year, I was contacted by a supervising producer named Tiff Winton who was working on a series for the History Channel called “American Ripper.” At the time, the crew was finishing up episode number five of a projected six part series. Tiff said she was “cold … Read More

Abraham Lincoln Grave Robbers, Part 2

September 28, 2017 | by Al Hunter

Last week, I told you the story of the failed attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln’s body from it’s final resting place at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The attempt took place on November 7, 1876; Presidential election night in America. The covert-cadaver-caper was concocted by a group of bumbling … Read More

Abraham Lincoln Grave Robbers, Part 1

September 21, 2017 | by Al Hunter

    The details of Lincoln’s death by assassination are well known by Americans young and old and need not be recounted here. I have done my level best over the years to inform Hoosiers of the mournful Lincoln funeral train that brought Mr. Lincoln through Indiana and Irvington, so … Read More

Indianapolis: The Great Flood of 1913, Part 2

September 14, 2017 | by Al Hunter

This column originally appeared in March, 2013. Al is out researching his next column. Last week, we left Greenfield a century ago; March 25th, 1913, underwater. The “Black Night of Terror,” the “March Flood,” or the “Great Flood of 1913″ had come and gone through the Hancock County seat, leaving … Read More

Confederate Monuments Debate Ad Infinitum

August 31, 2017 | by Al Hunter

There has been a lot of talk lately about Confederate Civil War monuments and what they stand for. In fact recently, several of those monuments to rebel leaders and soldiers were toppled by protesters and removed in the dark of the night by officials. My wife and I travel to … Read More