Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Ghost of I.U.’s Lambda Chi Alpha

This story originally appeared in March, 2010 At the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, Hence Orme lived on a large estate farm in Glenn’s Valley, an area on Indianapolis’ south side near Morgantown & Bluff Roads, which he intended to use as a model for modern scientific farming. Hence Orme’s … Read More

Where Have You Gone, Robert Allen Latta?

It’s Presidential Inauguration time in America again. Rather than tax an already over saturated media market filled with D.C. Inaugural stories, I thought I’d revisit a memory from another Inauguration Day right smack in the middle of the Reagan Revolution — an incident which, if it happened today, would bring … Read More

Life Lessons from Puppets and Toons, Part 2

Last week, I told you about a recent study that found one third of American men have not seen a doctor in over a year. What’s even more astoundingly is that in the last five years, the number of men who have not been to the doctor has reached well … Read More

Life Lessons from Puppets and Toons, Part 1

According to a recent survey by Men’s Health magazine and CNN, one-third of American men have not had a checkup in the past year. Nine million men haven’t seen a doctor in the last five years. From childhood on, boys are told (usually by their fathers) to “shake it off’” … Read More

The Milano Inn — Goodbye Old Friend

You don’t have much time to visit our city’s oldest Italian restaurant. Although the Milano Inn is well known for its fine food, most don’t realize that it is also home to several ghosts. The downtown Milano Inn at 231 S. College Ave. will serve its last patrons on New … Read More