Amy Binns-Calvey, Author at Forest Park Review

Black-and-white newspaper illustration of Billy Sunday sliding into third base as a fielder attempts a tag, with an umpire, inset portrait, and headline above.

Preacher Billy Sunday played ball, saved souls and made a good buck

by Amy Binns-Calvey October 6, 2026October 7, 2026

“Chicago, Chicago, that toddling town… Chicago, Chicago, the town that Billy Sunday couldn’t shut down” In Forest Home Cemetery lies Billy Sunday, the spirited, controversial, and incredibly popular evangelical preacher of the early 20th century. It was said that during his life, Sunday spoke to more Americans than any other person. He claimed to have […]

Buried in Ohio, but final rest is at Forest Home

by Amy Binns-Calvey September 30, 2026September 30, 2026

Max Malini, King of Magicians, rests at Jewish Waldheim

by Amy Binns-Calvey September 29, 2026October 1, 2026

Forest Park History

‘Rebel Girl’ Flynn fought the fight from her teens to her death

by Amy Binns-Calvey September 18, 2026September 23, 2026

Letter to the Editor

Cemetery thieves caught. Thanks, Forest Park police

by Amy Binns-Calvey September 1, 2026September 1, 2026

Forest Park History

Belle Gunness, serial killer in an unmarked grave

by Amy Binns-Calvey August 4, 2026August 6, 2026

Forest Park History

Locomotive explosion took life of Herbert Van Every

by Amy Binns-Calvey July 21, 2026July 21, 2026

Forest Park History

A hero of the Iroquois Theatre fire

by Amy Binns-Calvey July 14, 2026July 14, 2026

Forest Park History

So many deaths of young children in the late 1800s

by Amy Binns-Calvey July 7, 2026July 7, 2026

Forest Park History

Mabel, a spiritualist of many tricks, a few trades

by Amy Binns-Calvey June 30, 2026June 30, 2026