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What's Your Ghost Story? Spooky Tales in the Library

It’s Halloween, a time when the story of Alice Van der Veer rises from the grave to presumably scare another generation of ghost believers. If you aren’t familiar with the tale (and there are various iterations) the gist is this: Around 1672, Van der Veer was a fetching 17-year-old who lived with her family in a cabin along the Mohawk River, on the outskirts of Schenectady in its infancy. A prospective suitor, ignoring the threats of her father that he would shoot any man that came a courting, enjoyed str
October 29, 2026 7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Location

Schaffer Library, 1st Floor

807 Union Street
Schenectady, NY 12308