Join authors Eileen Charbonneau and Eileen O'Finlan for a look at what happened when two European folk beliefs arrived in America.

Eileen Charbonneau is a local novelist from Bellows Falls. Her latest, Spectral Evidence, tells of the escape to Canada made by the family's children when Mary and Philip English are accused of witchcraft during the Salem trials of 1692.

Eileen O'Finlan's The Folklorist is a dual-timeline story set in the 1970s and 1830s Vermont. It explores "Vampire Panic" and its family echoes.

You'll hear why European beliefs about witches and vampires followed those who emigrated to America, and how these beliefs manifested in New England's early centuries. Why has our fascination with witches and vampires continued through time and space? And what does it say about us?

May 25, 2024, 9 AM to 2 PM

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