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Virtual Jigsaw Puzzles

If you've missed our puzzle table, there are virtual puzzles you can do from home! In addition to the Halloween puzzle shown here, we've got St. Kate's themed puzzles and more at JigsawPlanet.com.

Printable Coloring Pages

Podcasts

Ruined
One friend loves scary movies, the other is too scared... but can't resist asking her friend all about them! Each episode unpacks a horror movie, with clever commentary and best friend banter.
The Magnus Archives
A weekly fiction horror podcast that takes place in an archives? Of course librarians love that!
Alice Isn't Dead
A truck driver searches across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead. In the course of her search, she will encounter not-quite-human serial murderers, towns literally lost in time, and a conspiracy that goes way beyond one missing woman.
Limetown
Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town in Tennessee, never to be heard from again. American Public Radio reporter Lia Haddock asks the question once more, "What happened to the people of Limetown?"

Movies and Documentaries to Stream

Gods and Monsters by Tony Robinson
In this series, Tony Robinson delves back through 2,000 years of history to investigate the beliefs of our ancestors. From the brutal human sacrifices of Iron Age Britain, through the stomach-churning supernatural medicine of the Middle Ages, to the horrifying witch hunts and exorcisms of the 16th and 17th centuries (and beyond), Tony’s remarkable journey takes him to some of the darkest moments in our past.
Frankenstein by A&E
Frankenstein: was the famed character conceived solely in the mind of novelist Mary Shelley, or was Frankenstein based in reality, as some argue? This episode of Ancient Mysteries explores Shelley’s possible influences. Had she learned of the 18th-century German doctor who experimented on dead as well as live bodies, or was her inspiration the Britisher Andrew Crosse, who claimed to use electricity to create life?
The Loudest Scream by BBC
At a Halloween screaming competition, Jill Drake discovered she had the loudest scream in the world, at 129 decibels. Prof. David Howard studies the human voice and how the larynx creates sounds. The rapid volume changes in a loud scream create a sensation of fear in other people’s brains. A BBC Production.
What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Scared by ABC News
ABC's Nick Watt braved the ScareHouse, a Halloween attraction in Pittsburgh, for a series of stress tests. An ABC News Production.