True Crime Mini-Convention

Do you spend your days listening to true crime podcasts and your nights watching whodunit documentaries? Then the Dallas Public Library’s third annual True Crime Mini Con is for you!

Featuring a live recording of the true crime podcast, True Crime Cases w. Lanie, followed by a True Crime Author Panel with authors from Texas Monthly, The Marshall Project, Texas True Crime Blog, CBS and 48 Hours Producer, and Union Ave. Books. Our keynote speaker is UTDallas Criminology Professor, Dr. Lynne Veriaitis and we will wrap up the day with the interactive crime solving game, Hunt a Killer.

Schedule of Events:

9:30 - 10:30 Live recording of podcast True Crimes Cases w. Lanie and Adirondack Crime Podcast by Taylor Cowles-Kokofsky Location: 3rd floor, Story Center

10:45 - 11:45 True Crime Author Panel with Bryan Burrough, Maurice Chammah, Claire St. Amant, Maiya Beeson, and Pepper Anne Location: 6th floor, Classroom E

11:45-12:30 Lunch on Your Own

12:45-1:30 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lynne Vieriaitis, University of Texas, Dallas, Criminology Professor Location: 6th floor, Classroom E

1:45-4:00 Hunt a Killer interactive game. Can you solve the crime of a murdered rodeo clown through an immersive puzzle in time? Prizes will be awarded to the teams who get the most clues! Location: 6th floor, Classroom E and Classroom D

This event is part of our Summer Saturdays at Central series!

This event is sponsored by Friends of the Dallas Public Library.