Dark Corners of Michigan History
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May 20 at 1 PM
Overview
By Tobin T. Buhk, Author
Visit some of Michigan’s creepiest locations in this photographic expedition of historic prisons and county jails. Take a trip back in time and venture inside the old Detroit House of Corrections, the State Penitentiary at Jackson and several county jails. Eavesdrop on inmates working off the “hard labor” portion of their sentences in the prison shops, enter a cellblock, and learn about late 19th century prison life. Meet the wardens, turnkeys, keepers, sheriffs and their most infamous residents.
Tobin T. Buhk is a freelance author specializing in historical true crime. To research his first book, Cause of Death, he volunteered in a county morgue. His subsequent true-crime publications include Skeletons in the Closet, True Crime in the Civil War, and Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids. Mr. Buhk lectures frequently on historic crime.
Admission
Dark Corners of Michigan HistorySouth Haven Scott Club
652 Phoenix Street
South Haven, MI 49090
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