Halloween Horror Coming Up At Lacey Branch Of The Ocean County Library

“True! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily --how calmly I can tell you the whole story.” - The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe

That’s just one of the stories The Traveling Literary Theatre will act out at 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Lacey branch of the Ocean County Library in its production of ”Your Ghost Story.” The actors will be dressed in period attire. The presentation is not suitable for small children.

The group selects new ghost stories each year, but always tops the evening off with ”The Tell-Tale Heart.”

The stories for this October are:

Frankenstein (creation of the monster) - Mary Shelley
The Open Window - Saki
Dracula (Harker’s dream) - Bram Stoker
Selecting a Ghost - Arthur Conan Doyle

The event is part of the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Friends of the Lacey Library. Pre-registration is required. Register online at www.theoceancountylibrary.org or call 609-693-8566. The library is located on East Lacey Road.

Click HERE - The Tell Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe