ROME -- Explore Wisconsin's gangster past at 7 p.m. May 19 at the Rome Municipal Building, sponsored by the Lester Public Library of Rome. There is no charge for admission. Tickets can be picked up at the library. For more information, call 325-8990.

Put on your zoot suit and follow in the footsteps of America's most infamous gangsters as they turned Wisconsin into the land of crimes. Filled with deadly bank robberies, explosive shootouts, brutal murders and daring kidnappings, this presentation lets the audience discover the grisly locations where the gangster history will never die.

Chad Lewis is a Wisconsin author, researcher and lecturer on topics of the strange and unusual. Lewis has been featured on the Discovery Channel's "A Haunting," ABC's "World's Scariest Places," and hundreds of radio interviews, TV appearances and newspaper articles. He is the author of the "Hidden Headlines" series and co-author of the "Road Guide to Haunted Locations" book series.