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True Crime Book Club

"Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?" by Eric Powell

2025-03-17 13:00:00 2025-03-17 14:00:00 America/New_York True Crime Book Club A great way to discover and discuss new and classic true crime writing. We meet the third Monday of each month. New members are always welcome to join us! Westlake Porter Public Library - Dover Room

Monday, March 17
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-17 13:00:00 2025-03-17 14:00:00 America/New_York True Crime Book Club A great way to discover and discuss new and classic true crime writing. We meet the third Monday of each month. New members are always welcome to join us! Westlake Porter Public Library - Dover Room

A great way to discover and discuss new and classic true crime writing. We meet the third Monday of each month. New members are always welcome to join us!

In March we will be reading Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Eric Powell and Harold Schechter.

From Amazon

One of the greats in the field of true crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Killer Files, Hell's Princess), teams with five-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist Eric Powell (The Goon, Big Man Plans, Hillbilly) to bring you the tale of one of the most notoriously deranged serial killers in American history, Ed Gein.

Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? is an in-depth exploration of the Gein family and what led to the creation of the necrophile who haunted the dreams of 1950s America and inspired such films as Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.

Painstakingly researched and illustrated, Schechter and Powell's true crime graphic novel takes the Gein story out of the realms of exploitation and gives the reader a fact-based dramatization of these tragic, psychotic and heartbreaking events. Because, in this case, the truth needs no embellishment to be horrifying.

A great way to discover and discuss new and classic true crime writing—from murder, to robbery, heists and arson—we touch on every aspect of humanity's darker instincts.


We meet on the third Monday of every month starting in January. View and print the list of books and check out WPPL's Book Discussion page for more book and movie clubs!

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books and Authors |

TAGS: | True Crime | book discussion |

Westlake Porter Public Library

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About the branch

Westlake Porter Public Library is an independent public library serving the residents of the city of Westlake, western Cuyahoga County and eastern Lorain County. The library is located at 27333 Center Ridge Road in Westlake, Ohio. Anyone who lives, works, owns property, or goes to school in Ohio can register for a free library card.

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