True Crime Junkies
Announce Selections
 
Led by Ashley Mock, a reference librarian at Rodman Public Library, the True Crime Junkies book discussion group meets at 6:30 p.m. every third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library.
 
Books can be obtained through the Rodman Library catalog or the Ohio Digital Library.
 
Registration is required for each session.
 
For information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 215.

January-March 2023 Selections
Click on a title or book cover to place a hold.
 
Hell's Princess:
The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
by Harold Schechter
 
Meeting: January 17

Provides a gripping account of one of the world’s few female serial killers who lured unsuspecting victims, including hired hands and well-to-do bachelors looking for a spouse, to her "murder farm" in Indiana between 1902 and 1908.
 
SCatch the Sparrow:
A Search for a Sister
and the Truth of Her Murder
by Rachel Rear
 
Meeting: February 21

Presents the true story of a young woman's murder, unsolved for over two decades, brilliantly investigated and reconstructed by her stepsister.
 
Under the Banner of Heaven:
A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer
 
Meeting: March 21

Traces the events that surrounded the 1984 murder of a woman and her child by fundamentalist Mormons Ron and Dan Lafferty, exploring the belief systems and traditions, including polygamy, that mark the faith's most extreme factions and what their practices reflect about the nature of religion in America.
 
Have questions? Contact Ashley Mock
at 330-821-2665, ext. 215
or send an email to amock@rodmanlibrary.com
Rodman Public Library
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