Joshua Sharpe & Ann Hite: Southern True Crime Stories
Sat, Oct 04
|Marriott Hotel, Mary Gay Room
Step into the shadowy side of the South with Joshua Sharpe and Ann Hite. From unsolved murders to the heavy price of courage, these stories remind us why history cannot be repeated.
Time & Location
Oct 04, 2025, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Marriott Hotel, Mary Gay Room, 130 Clairemont Ave, Decatur, GA 30030
About
Finding closure to one of the most confounding cases in Georgia history, a 1985 double-murder in a South Georgia Church. The story of Lucille Frank and events surrounding the 1915 lynching of her husband, Leo Frank.
Joshua Sharpe and Ann Hite uncover chilling crimes rooted in the South. Blending gripping true crime with literary insight, they offer a moving examination of how we reckon with violence, injustice, and the stories we inherit.
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About the Moderator
Deb Miller Landau is the genre-bending author of A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege and the Murder of Lita McClinton, a book Oprah Daily ranked #1 on its list of the best true crime books of all time. In 2024, it was optioned for a limited series by Universal Studios and was the inspiration of a two-hour episode of ABC’s 20/20, in which she appeared as an on-screen expert. Deb’s book has been featured in Atlanta magazine, People, Newsweek, NPR’s All Things Considered, and was a finalist for a 2025 Edgar Allen Poe award. Deb has written dozens of magazine articles and travel guidebooks for Lonely Planet Publications. She lives in Portland, Oregon.