# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Murder & Merlot: The Devil in the White City
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 09 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 09 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Murder and Merlot is a true crime book club that meets from 6:00 - 7:00 pm on the second Tuesday of every month at Mimi's Retreat. Join us for a glass and a discussion of classic and modern works of true crime. The books we read will be selected by members.

All attendees must be over 21 and have valid ID.

On June 9th, we'll discuss The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.

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A description of The Devil in the White City from Penguin Random House:

Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.

Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds—a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium.

Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake.

The Devil in the White City draws the reader into the enchantment of the Guilded [sic] Age, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. Erik Larson’s gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/auburn/murder-and-merlot-the-devil-in-the-white-city/200030150482746
- **Event Categories**: storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Auburn
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Mimi's Retreat
- **lat**: 41.36570290261
- **long**: -85.055081885478
- **full address**: Mimi's Retreat, 125 E 9th St, Auburn, IN 46706-2335, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Murder & Merlot: The Devil in the White City being held?
  - **A:** Murder & Merlot: The Devil in the White City takes place on Tue, 09 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Tue, 09 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Mimi's Retreat, 125 E 9th St, Auburn, IN 46706-2335, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Murder & Merlot: The Devil in the White City?
  - **A:** Murder & Merlot: The Devil in the White City is organized by Eckhart Public Library.

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