Murders and Mystery tour July 27

Terry Ward
Posted 7/19/18

Do you like to be frightened? If you do, show up for a State Street Historic Tour with J.R. Fennell, the Lexington County Museum director. The walking tour will begin at 8 p.m. Friday, July 27.at the …

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Murders and Mystery tour July 27

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Do you like to be frightened? If you do, show up for a State Street Historic Tour with J.R. Fennell, the Lexington County Museum director. The walking tour will begin at 8 p.m. Friday, July 27.at the Amphitheater on the West Columbia Riverwalk. It will include State Street and end at the old Brookland City Hall on Center Street. Fennell told the West Columbia City Council the tour will include murders and mysteries that occurred in West Columbia. Some of the stories go back into history many years. “There are some crazy stories,” Fennell said. A March tour in West Columbia attracted up to 250 people. There are murder and mystery tours in Lexington. Fennell told a colorful story from that tour. A pharmacist opened his business on a Sunday in 1919 in violation of state law. He was shot in the leg after an altercation with the Lexington Police Chief. The wounded pharmacist eventually married the chief’s daughter. Fennell did not divulge any of the West Columbia tales. You’ll have to show up on July 27 to hear those stories.

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