Halloween @ Your Library

Strange things happen here on Halloween. Don’t be surprised to see Librarians transformed into ghouls or patrons turned into pumpkins. Do you dare come to the Library today? It is a haunted place….Elizabeth Anne Leach was a librarian at the Dover Public Library from 1945 to 1959. During a trustees meeting she complained of not feeling well but refused to desert her post. She lay down on the ancient leather "fainting couch" and never woke again.

There are often mysterious noises in the library, particularly at closing, when the rooms are dark and silent. Sometimes strange things happen in the night. Books are moved, papers disappear or re-appear. When we hear the unexplained noises, the sound of leather shoes on wooden floors that are now covered by carpet, or the creak of a door opening in an empty room, we wish our gentle Miss Leach a good night and leave her to her library.