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Death Becomes Us - A True Crime Festival


  • Lisner Auditorium - George Washington University 730 21st Street Northwest Washington, DC, 20052 United States (map)
Death Becomes Us is a true crime pop culture festival curated by Brightest Young Things. It took place at Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC from Saturday, November 3rd through Sunday, November 4th, 2018, with warm-up events leading up to it including POP-UP BARS, presidential death masks and an amazing Library of Congress collaboration.

Shows: Nov 8 @7pm: Side Stories

Nov 9 @1pm: Capturing the DC Sniper

Nov 9 @3:30pm: The Homicide Hunter Retirement Party: Celebrating 9 Seasons w/ Joe Kenda

Nov 9 @5:45pm: Jensen and Holes: The Murder Squad Live

Nov 9 @8:30pm: Throwing Shade Live – True Crime Edition w/ Latrice Royale of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the documentary Gays in Prison

Nov 10 @2:45pm: BuzzFeed Unsolved Live

Nov 10 @5:15pm: The Truth About True Crime with Amanda Knox w/ Special Guest Lorena (Bobbitt) Gallo

What can you expect at the festival? Podcasts, experts, maybe some screenings, authors, weird stuff! All shows are general admission so get there early!