CRIME & PUNISHMENT in LITCHFIELD COUNTY

Event Date: 
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Crime and Punishment in Litchfield County

Thieves, rumrunners & rapscallions all color the unsavory side of Litchfield County history.  Townspeople accused women of witchcraft simply for not bearing enough children in the early days of the region.  During the 18th & 19th centuries, Owen Sullivan & William Stuart took advantage of the country's isolated stretches & a currency shortage to build counterfeiting empires.

Local historian Peter Vermilyea explores these & other devilish tales from the seedier history of Litchfield County.