MATTAPOISETT — On Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m., the Mattapoisett Free Public Library will host Christopher Daley’s Haunted New England presentation. Melding historical fact with legend and myth, Daley will present a new look at events that really happened and the stories of haunting that followed them.

The topics addressed in his lecture will be Mercy Brown: The Vampire of Exeter Rhode Island, the cursed Freetown State Forest in Massachusetts, The horrors of the Lizzie Borden House in
Fall River Massachusetts, Nine Mens Misery in Cumberland Rhode Island, a haunted forest in the wilds of Connecticut, and more.