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From the comfort of your home, spend an hour with local true crime author Jane Ann Turzillo. Her books include Wicked Women of Ohio, Ohio Train Disasters, and more. Register to receive a Zoom link.
From the comfort of your home, spend an hour with local true crime author Jane Ann Turzillo. Her books include: Wicked Women of Ohio (Agatha nominee); Unsolved Murders & Disappearances in Northeast Ohio (Agatha nominee); Ohio Train Disasters (National Federation of Press Women award winner); Murder & Mayhem on Ohio's Rails; and Wicked Women of Northeast Ohio.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Books & Writing |
TAGS: | women | true crime | railroads | Ohio |
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