Haunts exhibit set to open soon

Thursday, September 17, 2009
Among the many exhibits at the Putnam County Museum is this one of Pearl Bryan who was murdered in Kentucky in the late 1800s and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. Next the Pearl exhibit is one about the Hoosier State Paranormal investigation team along with some of the equipment they use. The exhibit opens to the public on September 23.

GREENCASTLE -- The Putnam County Museum spookily presents the opening of its fall exhibit, "Haunts, Folklore and Urban Legends of the County."

The display includes artifacts and information on Pearl Bryan, Locust Hill/O'Hair House, the haunted DePauw book, Poems of Osian, as well as displays by Sasquatch Bigfoot Research Unit and Hoosier State Paranormal.

There will be a private opening for museum members only on Sept. 22 from 5 to 7 p.m., and the exhibit will open to the public on Sept. 23 during normal museum hours, 1 to 4 p.m.

Visitors are encouraged to share their own stories as well as any artifacts.

For more information, contact Assistant Director Tanis Monday at 653-8419 or museum2@co.putnam.in.us

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