Halloween History, Folklore, and Customs (Virtual)

As the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, people have celebrated through history. This program looks at the origins our of holiday celebrations: From trick-or-treating, scarecrows, jack- o'-lanterns, to the folklore of bats, witches, and everything that lurks in the darkness.

Speaker Bio

For over three decades Chad Lewis has traveled the back roads of the world in search of the strange and unusual. From tracking Vampires in Transylvania and searching for the elusive monster of Loch Ness to trailing the dangerous Tata Duende through remote villages of Belize and searching for ghosts in Ireland's castles, Chad has scoured the earth in search of the paranormal.



Chad has been featured on the Discovery Channel's A Haunting, William Shatner's Weird or What, ABC's World's Scariest Places, Monsters and Mysteries in America, along with being a frequent contributor to Ripley's Believe it or Not Radio. With a Master's Degree in Psychology, Chad has authored over 35 books on the supernatural and extensively lectures on his fascinating findings. The more the bizarre the legend is, the more likely you will find Chad there!

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• Next month, 2nd October, 05:30 pm, Stitch by Stitch @ Your Library in Malta
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