Name: Elise R. Donohue Lecture Series | Murder on Montana's Hi Line with Clem Pellett
Start: 2025-09-11T17:30:00-06:00
Location: 600 W. Kagy Blvd., Bozeman, MT, United States, Montana 59717

Elise R. Donohue Lecture Series | Murder on Montana's Hi Line with Clem Pellett

Part of the Elise R. Donohue Lectures on the American West in Memory of Walter S. Rosenberry Lecture Series
Murder on Montana’s Hi Line from Surgeon to Sleuth: A Family’s Fight for Justice
In this captivating talk, Clem C. Pellett shares a deeply personal account of a cold case investigation that began with an accidental discovery. Acting as a citizen detective, he uncovered long-buried documents and a web of connections involving McCarthy-era communists, J. Edgar Hoover, and frontier justice in 1950s Montana.
His research brings to life vivid characters, both well-known and long overlooked, while offering new insights into Montana’s past. The story culminates in the dramatic capture of the state's longest-running fugitive killer and the emotional reunion of a family torn apart for decades.
Hager Auditorium
Included with membership, $5/non-member