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Sylvia Likens Murder Case
In July 1965, Lester and Betty Likens, traveling fair concessionaires, left two of their children, Sylvia Marie, 16, and Jenny Fay, 15, as boarders in the home of Gertrude Baniszewski… Read More »Sylvia Likens Murder Case
Fred Heckman
(Nov. 11, 1923 – May 28, 2001). Born in Iron Mountain, Michigan, Fred Heckman’s itinerant family moved 29 times before settling in Washington, D.C., where he graduated from Bullis Naval… Read More »Fred Heckman
Americanization and Nativism
Although not recognized for its ethnic diversity, Indianapolis attracted periodic waves of foreign immigrants in the 1830s to 1850s (Germans and Irish) and the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries… Read More »Americanization and Nativism
Stokely-Van Camp
Stokely-Van Camp is the successor to Van Camp Packing Company, an Indianapolis packer founded in 1861, and Stokely Brothers and Company, a Newport, Tennessee, canning firm founded in 1898. Gilbert… Read More »Stokely-Van Camp
Larue Carter Hospital
LaRue D. Carter Hospital was a psychiatric facility that opened in 1952. It was named for Dr. Larue Depew Carter, who was instrumental in establishing the Indiana Mental Health Council… Read More »Larue Carter Hospital
Tony Kiritsis Case
The morning of February 8, 1977, Anthony G. “Tony” Kiritsis, 44, a real estate developer, entered the office of Richard O. Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took… Read More »Tony Kiritsis Case
Marjorie Jackson Murder Case
(Nov. 30, 1910-May 7, 1977). Marjorie Viola O’Connell Jackson was killed with a.22 caliber rifle during a burglary of her residence on May 7, 1977. A recluse since the 1970… Read More »Marjorie Jackson Murder Case
Slogans and Nicknames
Geographic location, publicity and advertising campaigns, and even rival cities, among other sources, have provided numerous slogans and nicknames for Indiana’s capital. These monikers are frequently descriptive (“The Capital City”),… Read More »Slogans and Nicknames
