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Morbid History
2026-09-24 14:00:00 2026-09-24 15:00:00 America/Chicago Morbid History Lorrisa Julianus shares stories from around the world, featuring spine-tingling true tales and bizarre history that was never learned in history class. R Main Library - Cook Room

Thursday, September 24
2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Lorrisa Julianus shares stories from around the world, featuring spine-tingling true tales and bizarre history that was never learned in history class. R

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