“Voices in the Walls: Murder, Legends, and Hauntings in the QC" at the German American Heritage Center -- October 22.
Sunday, October 22, 2 p.m.
German American Heritage Center, 712 West Second Street, Davenport IA
In a live German American Heritage Center presentation ideal for Halloween month, tales of legends, ghosts, and one of the most gruesome murders in area history will be shared in the October 22 program Voices in the Walls: Murder, Legends, &Hauntings of the Quad Cities, with John Brassard Jr. sharing stories of unspeakable crimes, sinister spirits, and bizarre history in a lecture your grandma certainly didn’t want you to hear.
An author, historian, and host and narrator of the podcast Strange & Dreadful Things, Brassard has a degree in history from Iowa State University and is a history columnist for the DeWitt Observer. His work has been featured in the Quad-City Times, the North Scott Press, the Catholic Messenger, and the Iowa History Journal, and with his father, Brassard co-wrote the 2011 book Scott County Cemeteries. He has also worked with the Scott County Historical Preservation Society, the Central Community Historical Museum, the Friends of Walnut Grove Pioneer Village, the Catholic Historical Center, and the Clinton County Pioneer Cemetery Association.
Brassard is also the author of Murder & Mayhem in Scott County, Iowa, One of the oldest counties in the state, Scott County is where the Blackhawk Treaty was signed and the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River was built. But as Brassard reveals, the county has also been witness to many shameful and horrific deeds. In Murder & Mayhem in Scott County, Iowa, readers travel down Utica Ridge Road, where young Grace Reed paid the ultimate price for spurning the affections of a local farmer. They enter the bedroom of Margaretha Nehlsen, who poisoned her children with chocolate candies. And they learn the saga of Harry Hamilton, a former policeman turned career criminal who played a key part in perhaps the most infamous bank robbery in Scott County history.
Voices in the Walls: Murder, Legends, and Hauntings in the QC will be presented at Davenport's German American Heritage Center on October 22, participation is free for Heritage Center and $5 for non-members, and more information and reservations are available by calling (563)322-8844 and visiting GAHC.org.
