Happy Halloween: Spooky Blog Roundup!

Happy Halloween from the State Library! To say our librarians are enthusiastic about all things spooky, paranormal, and odd would be an understatement. We love a good Massachusetts legend from folklore to cryptids, check out some of our past blog posts to get you into the Halloween Spirit!

• On Display in the State Library: The Witches of Dogtown - Learn about the lore of Dogtown, an abandoned village in Gloucester.

• Dighton Rock and its Portuguese-American Legacy - A good mystery for this time of year, the Dighton Rock and its engravings still puzzle scholars to this day.

• For the true crime fans check out True Crime Resources and the Borden Murder Trial and Jolly Jane Toppan, Massachusetts’ Victorian Era Serial Killer.

• A Woman of the Witch Trials: The Story of Elizabeth Howe - It wouldn’t be spooky season in Massachusetts without mention of the Salem witch trials!

• Read about the Nantucket Merman and New England Vampire Panic - courtesy of our Government Documents Librarian!

• Learn about the Spiritualism movement and spirit writing in Massachusetts - The Spirit(ualism) of Massachusetts and John Quincy Adams from Beyond the Veil.

Search our catalog for more legends and mysteries! We just added some new horror titles to the general reading collection. Also be sure to check out Libby, the Reading App - available to State Employees for ebooks and audiobooks.

April Pascucci
Legislative Reference Librarian