May 29, 2026
Originally aired 11/16/2024. Have you ever been on the hunt for an item for your home like a vintage door knob, light fixtures, bathtub, window or floor register? Nelson's guest is Tim Harmon, former owner of Tim & Company’s Another Fine Mess. The now closed architectural salvage shop on the near east side of...
May 27, 2026
Originally aired 11/9/2024. Historian and Riley biographer, Elizabeth Van Allen, is Nelson’s guest and shares a range of misconceptions regarding the Hoosier poet. At the peak of his success in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Riley (1849-1916) was the most popular poet in America. Although his poetry celebrated...
May 25, 2026
Originally aired on 10/26/2024.
Content awareness for listeners: This show does
contain discussion about violence and may not be suitable for
listeners that are senstive to this subject matter.
For many decades the murder of Carol Jenkins, a young Black woman
from Rushville, Indiana, remained unsolved and a...
May 22, 2026
Originally aired 10/19/2024. The downtown Indy building known as City Hall has been in the news recently. At the time this show aired, there were plans to renovate and include it as part of a hotel, art gallery and apartment project. But what is the history of the historic building, which has been sitting vacant...
May 20, 2026
Originally aired 10/05/2024. Indianapolis-based film historian and preservationist Eric Grayson, has been restoring a rare movie serial, “King of the Kongo”, that starred Boris Karloff a few years before he became internationally famous as the Frankenstein monster in 1931. Boris Karloff’s daughter, Sara Karloff,...