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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… Read More »Sylvia Likens Murder Case
Larue Carter Hospital
LaRue D. Carter Hospital was a psychiatric facility that opened in 1952. It was named for Dr. , who was… Read More »Larue Carter Hospital
Fred Heckman
(Nov. 11, 1923 – May 28, 2001). Born in Iron Mountain, Michigan, Fred Heckman’s itinerant family moved 29 times before… Read More »Fred Heckman
Stokely-Van Camp
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
Americanization and Nativism
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
Richard (Dick the Bruiser) Afflis
(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
Tony Kiritsis 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
Morse Reservoir
Howard Morse planned Indianapolis’ second reservoir, Morse Reservoir. The reservoir was built by the (now part of ), which also… Read More »Morse Reservoir
