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Haunted History of New England

 

This is a one-hour slide presentation that utilizes present-day photographs of all the sites as well as historical period photographs. The presentation melds historical fact together with legend and myth to produce an interesting and fascinating new look at events that really happened and the stories of hauntings that followed them. The topics addressed in the lecture will be Mercy Brown "The Vampire" of Exeter Rhode Island, the cursed Freetown State Forest in Massachusetts, The horrors of the Lizzie Borden House in Fall River Massachusetts, a haunted forest in the wilds of Connecticut, the ghostly happenings at Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire, and evidence of ghosts at the John Alden House in Duxbury Massachusetts.

 

Room Reservation: 
Wednesday, October 23
Program Time: 
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Event Category: 
Name of Organization: 
Derry Public Library
Contact Name: 
Liz Ryan
Contact Phone Number: 
432-6140
Contact Email: 
lizr@derrypl.org