SUNDAY SCHEDULE, NOV 8
all events at the alida
Join our bestselling mystery authors and true crime experts for a lively brunch. Relax, swap stories, ask your burning questions, and raise one final bloody glass to a weekend of murder, mystery, and mayhem.
Fiction + true crime / MYSTERY & CRIME brunch
Rooftop, The Alida
Tickets $75
Sun 10am-11pm
Gilbert Room, The Alida
Sun 11-11:50am
true crime / Alcatraz Escape: The Truth Behind America’s Greatest Prison Mystery + sneak peek promo video
In 1962, three inmates vanished from the supposedly escape-proof Alcatraz prison, leaving behind one of the most enduring mysteries in American criminal history. Did they drown in the treacherous waters of San Francisco Bay, or did they pull off the greatest prison escape of all time? Inspired by the upcoming (December 2026 release) Warner Bros. Discovery documentary Alcatraz Escape: The Truth, Sheryl McCollum takes audiences inside the decades-long investigation, examining newly explored evidence, forensic findings, eyewitness accounts, and surprising revelations that challenge the official narrative.
Discover the secrets, theories, and unanswered questions surrounding the infamous escape as experts revisit a case that continues to fascinate investigators and true crime enthusiasts more than 60 years later. Did the escapees beat the system, or did Alcatraz claim its final victims?
FICTION / Don't Look Away
Franklin Room, The Alida
Sun 11-11:50am
Featuring Guest of Honor Jessica Knoll, Shanora Williams and Wanda Morris, and moderated by bookstagrammer Magen Mintchev @Bonechillingbooks What happens when the truth becomes impossible to ignore? These authors write characters who see something they can no longer unsee — and must decide what they're willing to risk once they know the truth.
fiction / writing by heart
Sun 12-12:50pm
Franklin Room, The Alida
Some worlds aren't researched; they're carried. A concert hall, a small Virginia town, a doctor's practice in rural Georgia: Brendan Slocumb, William Rawlings and Henry Wise on turning the lives they lived into fiction only they could write. Moderated by Hamptons Whodunit CEO, Carrie Doyle.
Gilbert Room, The Alida
Sun 12-12:50pm
true crime / can you spot a liar?
A 25-year U.S. Secret Service veteran, Brad Beeler, author of TELL ME EVERYTHING, has conducted more criminal polygraphs than anyone in the agency’s history. Think you’d know if someone was lying to you? Brad puts the audience to the test with live examples and breaks down the biggest myths about deception and body language.