Great Lakes History Log podcast: The Killing of Luther Foster

July 24, 2025

Luther H. Foster

The 1876 killing of Luther Foster is Mason County, Michigan’s oldest unsolved murder. Download our latest Great Lakes History Log podcast here.

This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with locations in Manistee, East Lake, Bear Lake, and Ludington and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates Historical White Pine Village, the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, and the Rose Hawley Archives, in downtown Ludington.