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Morbid History

Adults & Teens 13+
2026-10-20 19:00:00 2026-10-20 20:30:00 America/Chicago Morbid History Award-winning filmmaker Lorrisa Julianus shares eerie, true tales of grave robbing, iron coffins, and history’s strangest mysteries. Rolling Meadows Library - Community Room

Tuesday, October 20
7:00pm - 8:30pm

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Rolling Meadows Library

Community Room

Award-winning filmmaker Lorrisa Julianus shares eerie, true tales of grave robbing, iron coffins, and history’s strangest mysteries.

Morbid History is presented by award-winning filmmaker Lorrisa Julianus—“Because you’re just more interesting when you're dead!” From grand corpse larceny in medieval Venice to iron coffins popping up in Lincoln Park, this light-hearted presentation takes you around the world with spine-tingling true tales you never learned in history class.

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