SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER 6-8, 2026
Festival events will take place at The Alida, Savannah, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, and Hotel Orielle, an Autograph Collection Hotel.
All panels require a festival pass.
Dinner events, Sunday Brunch, and the Workshops require a ticket, as indicated.
The Mock Crime Scene (signup required) and Book Signings are free.
Whodunit & True Crime Happy Hours are open to the public with discounted drinks and food available for purchase.
Savannah tours require their own separate tickets.
Schedule subject to change.
WEEKEND PANEL PASS
$250
Includes all fiction and true crime panels the entire weekend, headlined by former NYC Death Investigator Barbara Butcher and Guests of Honor Jessica Knoll and Gregg Hurwitz.
TRUE CRIME & FICTION WORKSHOPS
$25 EACH
Rebuild a face from a skull, test your eyewitness memory, or learn how interrogators get people talking! For writers, write a short story on the spot or hear how our debut authors went from manuscript to published book.
SPECIAL EVENTS
WINE & CRIME
$125
Ticket includes dinner & drinks. Over a true Southern dinner, work on a real unsolved case presented by Sheryl McCollum, with a forensic expert seated at every table,.
TRIVIA NIGHT
$125
Ticket includes dinner & drinks. Go head-to-head with our authors in a night of mystery trivia and Southern pub fare, hosted by Brendan Slocumb.
SUNDAY BRUNCH
$75
Mimosas and a breakfast buffet (included in your ticket) with the authors and true crime experts. One last chance to ask your questions!
On Friday, tour the city behind the stories by trolley, and on Sunday take a tour on foot through its ghosts and true crimes.