Written by Joe Armstrong, Content Specialist, Marketing, Downtown Main Library
A mysterious fog has fallen at the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library and souls young and old are welcome to visit – if you dare – for the spookiest time of year. Across the Library there are reports of ghosts and ghouls appearing to unsuspecting trick-or-treaters seeking haunting books, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks, and more!
Spooky Sightings at the Library
Halloween at the Deer Park Branch
Halloween at the Deer Park Branch
Halloween at the Deer Park Branch
Halloween at the Deer Park Branch
Halloween is in 3D at the Deer Park Branch, opens a new window. Pop-up haunted houses and books for young witches and wizards are available to check out, opens a new window. Soon there will be five times more room for spooks and scares as the new 25,000-square-foot Deer Park Next Generation Library, opens a new window opens in late fall 2021!
A spooky skeleton awaits with a web of spiders ready to guide those brave – or foolish – enough who venture in to the Delhi Township Branch, opens a new window for a look at their haunting Halloween collection, opens a new window.
Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Blue Ash Branch, opens a new window and be sure to visit the display of stories, opens a new window their ghost host has created just for you.
Creepy, crawly creatures have arrived at the Anderson Township Branch, opens a new window ready to make it a monstrous Halloween, opens a new window!
Halloween at the Monfort Heights Branch
Halloween at the Monfort Heights Branch
Lingering spirits have no excuse missing the latest thriller. Become “Undead and Well-read” at the Monfort Heights Branch. You may even see a monster in your book!
Jinkies! The gang is back together at the Sharonville Branch, opens a new window ready to solve some mysteries. Stop by to unmask who is behind the latest caper in Coolsville, opens a new window!
A pumpkin patch has appeared at the Clifton Branch, opens a new window! Turn your pumpkin into a scary sight or a festive fright with guides available for check out, opens a new window.
Halloween at the Blue Ash Branch
Halloween at the Blue Ash Branch
Halloween at the Blue Ash Branch
Halloween at the Blue Ash Branch
Halloween at the Blue Ash Branch
Books, DVDs, and audiobooks at the Blue Ash Branch, opens a new window have been transformed into a freaky Frankenstein’s monster, a wicked witch, and more. The only way to release the spell is to visit and check the items out for yourself, opens a new window!
Screams come in all sizes at the Hyde Park Branch, opens a new window, even bite-sized! Check out these short stories, opens a new window before they mysteriously vanish.
The Madisonville Branch, opens a new window is welcoming young ghostbusters to visit and solve some not-so-scary mysteries, opens a new window.
Visit the Preservation Lab’s Instagram page, opens a new window for five of the scariest “preservation horrors” that they encounter in their work. It’s bound to be a fun but frightening week that you won’t want to miss!
Tales from the Library’s Resident Warlock
Warlock Vorobock Reads, opens a new window is an audio storytime for grownups. In each episode, librarian Adam Vorobock reads one fantastical, shiver-inducing tale. If you enjoy sitting around a campfire, listening to a storyteller as the flames leap higher into the darkness and the trees seem to inch a little closer, this podcast is for you.
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