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John Mikulenka

The writer of this essay grew up in Indianapolis and has been following the Sylvia Likens story for most of his life. The school photo was taken around the time he first started reading about the case in 1971.

Ann Barlow stands on the porch of her house in Needmore, an intentional community in Brown County, in May 2017. Known in the

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Intentional Communities Must 'Bend with the Times'

Southern Indiana has a long tradition of utopian communities, also known as communes. A few...

By John Mikulenka 03 Jul 2018

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A Teenager’s Murder Still Breaks Hearts and Boggles Minds 50 Years Later

Fifty years ago, 16-year-old Sylvia Likens was found tortured to death in the Indianapolis home...

By John Mikulenka 26 Oct 2015

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