**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**

True crime authors Katherine Ramsland & Tracy Ullman will discuss their new book, The Serial Killer's Apprentice: The True Story of How Houston's Deadliest Murderer Turned a Kid into a Killing Machine. The book, a psychological examination of the blurred line between victim and accomplice, explores how a killer can be created, the concept of “mur-dar” (the predator’s instinct for exploitable kids), current neuroscience about adolescent brain vulnerabilities, the role of compartmentalization, and the dynamic of a murder apprenticeship. Dr. Katherine Ramsland teaches forensic psychology and criminology at DeSales University in Pennsylvania, where she is the Assistant Provost. She has appeared as an expert in criminal psychology on more than 200 crime documentaries and magazine shows, is an executive producer of Murder House Flip, and has consulted for CSI, Bones, and The Alienist. Tracy Ullman, not the comedienne, has produced dozens of non-fiction television programs for Discovery Networks, Oxygen, AETN Networks, and PBS. Her most recent production is a six-part NBC/Peacock documentary series about serial murderer John Wayne Gacy and the new discoveries made in his case.

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Presented in collaboration with the Ashland Library.

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE: Don't forget to sign up for our Adult Summer Reading Challenge. You do not need to be a Tewksbury library cardholder -- you can enter from anywhere in the world. Every day you read (no matter what you read or for how long), you'll receive an online raffle ticket to win 1 of 10 $50 gift card prizes. 1 of the prizes is a $50 gift card to Bookshop.org. To sign up, visit HERE. Learn more about the challenge HERE.

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