by Hank Nuwer | Aug 1, 2026 | Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole, True Crime
Excerpt from a biography-in-progress by Hank Nuwer: “Poor Old Edgar Derby” “Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention.” by Hank Nuwer Chapter: “Poor Old Edgar Derby”. Catch an error? Suggest any changes? By all means, write...
by Hank Nuwer | Jul 22, 2026 | Creative Writing, Hazing, True Crime
By Hank Nuwer: The details and facts in this essay were taken from testimony delivered by members of KAS on October 12 and October 16, 1873, at a two-day coroner’s inquest in Ithaca, New York,. Charles Wason.. Mortimer Marcellus Leggett arrived at Cornell...
by Hank Nuwer | Jul 22, 2026 | Creative Writing, Hazing, True Crime
Carl Dingens (team photo), Row Two, Blonde hair, second from right Carl L. Dingens, Cornell 1896: Carl Louis Dingens died in Buffalo on April 30, 1927..He was born in Buffalo March 22, 1873, the son of Joseph A. and Julia G. Dingens. He attended Canisius School...
by Hank Nuwer | Jul 8, 2026 | Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories, True Crime
By Hank Nuwer, with photo by Goosia Nuwer Daily Advocate – June 9, 2022 0 Female peafowl are peahens. Male peafowl are peacocks. People who molest the birds are peabrains. This tearful tale of tail-feather thievery began late in the night...
by Hank Nuwer | Jul 8, 2026 | Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories, True Crime
By Hank Nuwer Fasten your seatbelt, reader. This is the story of George Washington Clear, born in 1849, the youngest son of Phillip and Mrs. Clear. On June 7, 1871, Clear married a young woman from Union City, IN, named Anna Moist. ...
by Hank Nuwer | Oct 20, 2025 | Hank Nuwer Autobiography, Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories, True Crime
One of the hardest-working, nicest students I ever taught at Ball State University (1985-1989) was a national spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service during the anthrax mail scare aftermath in 2001. Her name was Darla Stafford. When I guest-taught a class for her in...
