2024-02-22 - February 28, 2024 - Winter Speaker Event - “The Infamous Long Branch Murder of 1860, Solved.”

View this email in your browser Current Regular Hours - Sundays, 1:00 to 4:00 pm Thursday Evenings - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (March to Nov) (Excluding Holidays) Or Request a Tour Anytime by Calling 732-531-2136 or e-mailing at OceanMuseum@yahoo.com  Winter Speaker Event - “The Infamous Long Branch Murder of 1860, Solved.”  Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. West Park Recreation Center, 615 W Park Ave, Oakhurst, NJ 07755   Stanley Blair, Ph.D., associate professor of English at Monmouth University, will present on “The Infamous Long Branch Murder of 1860, Solved.”   According to newspaper reports, the crime was committed on the Long Branch beach, behind the Monmouth House hotel, early on August 7, 1860.  Hundreds gathered  around the crime scene and watched investigators, while hotels and boarding houses were searched for anyone missing. In the eastern half of the U.S., dozens of newspapers reported the murder and speculated about the victim’s identity and theperpetrator’s motives. Within days, the papers reported that a second crime, related to the first, had occurred. Newspapers covered the developing story in stages, Blair said, as telegraphed updates as well as New York correspondents’ on-site reports rippled across the country for almost three weeks. One local paper in Freehold suggested that something like a nationwide trauma had occurred. Despite the public’s outrage and calls to punish the perpetrator, the murder victim was never found, and the perpetrators of both crimes were never identified. Blair’s presentation examined both crimes, and offered a solution. The local literary connection is a sketch in an 1863 book, “Sprees and Splashes,” by Henry Morford of Middletown, NJ. Morford’s sketch accounts for the 1860 events in Long Branch, but lightly disguises the names of those involved. Based on clues that Morford provides, Blair asserts that the disguised names of two key personages in Morford’s his sketch can be decoded to reveal their real identities. February 28, 2024, at 7:00 at the Recreation Center on W. Park Avenue. Add Winter Speaker Event to your calendar Apple  •  Google  •  Office 365  •  Outlook Web  •  Outlook  •  Yahoo Coming Events Currently At The Museum Richmond Gallery Beginnings: Ocean Township’s First People Our Town Gallery Deal Test Site:  100 Years of History Together with our permanent exhibits in the Our Town Gallery and the Hearth and Home Gallery The Township of Ocean Historical Museum, founded in 1984, is a member-supported, 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Its headquarters, the Eden Woolley House, is one of the few 18th-century structures still in existence in the Township. The Museum is open on Thursday Evenings, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (March thru November), and Sunday afternoons, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The Township of Ocean Historical Museum offers exhibits on the history of coastal Monmouth County and a full calendar of events. The Museum is also 100% volunteer supported, with no paid staff. The Museum maintains a library and archive, which houses manuscripts, books, and photographs of historical and genealogical interest. For more information, please call 732-531-2136 or visit our website at Web Site: http://www.OceanMuseum.org or our other web locations listed below. Funding has been made possible in part by an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division of the Department of State, through grant funds administered by the Monmouth County Historical Commission February 22, 2024 Township of Ocean Historical Museum "An open door to the history of coastal Monmouth County" Located in the Historic Eden Wooley House Address: 703 Deal Road, Ocean, NJ 07712 Mailing: P.O. Box 516, Oakhurst, NJ 07755-0516 732-531-2136 E-Mail:  info@OceanMuseum.org Web Site:  http://www.OceanMuseum.org Links to Our Web Sites Link to Our Blog Copyright © 2008-2024 by the Township of Ocean Historical Museum, All Rights Reserved.   You are receiving this email because you are a member of the Township of Ocean Historical Museum or you have attended one of our events where you gave us your e-mail address. Our mailing address is: Township of Ocean Historical Museum, P.O. Box 516, Oakhurst, NJ 07755-0516 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Google+ Pinterest Instapaper

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