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In July 1965, Lester and Betty Likens, traveling fair concessionaires, left two of their children, Sylvia Marie, 16, and Jenny… Read More »Sylvia Likens Murder Case
Michael (Mike) G. Tyson, world heavyweight boxing champion from 1986 to 1990, was prosecuted in Indianapolis in 1992 in one… Read More »Mike Tyson Case
The morning of February 8, 1977, Anthony G. “Tony” Kiritsis, 44, a real estate developer, entered the office of Richard… Read More »Tony Kiritsis Case
Stokely-Van Camp is the successor to Van Camp Packing Company, an Indianapolis packer founded in 1861, and Stokely Brothers and… Read More »Stokely-Van Camp
(June 27, 1929-Nov. 10, 1991). Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Richard Afflis was raised in Delphi before moving with his family… Read More »Richard (Dick the Bruiser) Afflis
The Lilly Center Museum and Archives is the repository for historical records of and its founders, the Lilly family. Located… Read More »Lilly Center Museum and Archives
Unlike many NBA arenas with sleek modern architecture, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, originally named Conseco Fieldhouse, was designed with an intentional retro… Read More »Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Howard Morse planned Indianapolis’ second reservoir, Morse Reservoir. The reservoir was built by the (now part of ), which also… Read More »Morse Reservoir
(May 13, 1931-Nov. 18, 1978). Founder of Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church and a colony at Jonestown, Guyana, where over… Read More »James Warren (Jim) Jones
Although not recognized for its ethnic diversity, Indianapolis attracted periodic waves of foreign immigrants in the 1830s to 1850s (Germans… Read More »Americanization and Nativism
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