Virtual: “Dead End Road” with True Crime Author E.C. Hanson

In June 1977, Renee Freer, nicknamed Giggles, went out to play with her friends. A few hours later, she was found bludgeoned to death with a rock. In a true crime book unlike most others, E.C. Hanson stumbles upon an unsolved murder case that haunted his former stepfather. Unable to get specifics from the old and new guard of detectives, Hanson forges ahead, mining what he can from previously released articles and people who lived in the neighborhood at the time. An unusual yet passionate text, Dead End Road honors Renee Freer’s memory and asks “how will you help?”

Join us for this conversation with E.C. as he discusses this book, his research, and his goal in pursuing this cold case. 

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is in collaboration with the Chelmsford, Groton, and Tewksbury Libraries and is in partnership with a multitude of MA & NH libraries. 

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

About the Author

E. C. Hanson is an author of Western and horror fiction. His books include All Things Deadly: Salem Stories; Wicked Blood; Fake Somebodies/Real Nobodies; The Clairvoyant; The Stepney Green Killer; Mischief Night (with Mark Towse); Mothman Haze; Lone Wolf; Death County; Whiskey Tears; and Scarecrow Slaughter.

His works have been positively reviewed by Kirkus, Phantasmagoria, and Scream Magazine.

Applause Books and Smith & Kraus published 8 of his ten-minute plays. Over 35 of his short plays have been developed and produced across the United States.

E.C. earned his MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU in 2013 and received an “Outstanding Writing For The Screen” certificate.