Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County

Quincy Murder Still Remains Unsolved After 100 Years
Quincy Murder Still Remains Unsolved After 100 Years
Quincy Murder Still Remains Unsolved After 100 Years
September 27 or 28 of 1912 was the night four people were brutally murdered and burned in a house just outside of Payson, and to this day the question of who did it remains a mystery. Charles A. Pfanschmidt, his wife Matilda, daughter Blanch, 14, and Emma Kaempen (a school teacher who was living with the Pfanschmidts) were murdered at the home. The ...
Get in the Halloween Spirit with a Ghost Tour
Get in the Halloween Spirit with a Ghost Tour
Get in the Halloween Spirit with a Ghost Tour
Forget the usual scary stuff of 2016. Forget the clowns and killers, the demons and presidential candidates. Let's go back to one of the oldest fears in human civilization: Ghosts. The fundamental aspects of Halloween, like wearing masks, carving jack-o-lanterns, having a treat ready, all stem from warding off evil spirits...