Curious Conversations Speaker Series: Chris Flook
Hosted by Conner PrairieJoin Conner Prairie for a talk about the history of grave robbing in Indianapolis.
Event Details
Conner Prairie invites you to tune in as it hosts Curious Conversations, a series of talks by experts on Indiana history, covering topics in the areas of natural science, history, folklore, and civics.
September’s program features Chris Flook, who’ll discuss grave robbing in Indianapolis at the turn of the 20th century.
Flook is a public historian from Muncie. He’s published four books of public history, including Ghosts of Old Muncie, Indianapolis Graverobbing: A Syndicate of Death, Native Americans of East-Central Indiana, and Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. In 2016 he coauthored and edited Beech Grove Cemetery Comes to Life. Flook also writes the bimonthly ByGone Muncie History column for Muncie’s Star Press. In addition to actively volunteering at the Delaware County Historical Society, Flook works professionally as a motion graphics designer, photographer, and documentary filmmaker. He teaches motiongraphic design in the Department of Media at Ball State University as a senior lecturer.
To register for the talk, click on the RSVP link above. The program takes place in Conner Prairie’s Prairie House, #42 on this map.
For more information about Curious Conversations, visit Conner Prairie’s website or call 317.776.6000.
This program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant