Library Online Resources
Book Resources
Find your next great spooky read using this resource. There is a section for horror stories that has subcategories for popular subjects such as ghosts, the paranormal, and vampires. Use our catalog to see if we own the title. If we don't, use Suggest-A-Title to suggest that the library should buy it.
These websites, selected by Orange County Library System staff, feature the books that have won the annual Horror Writer's Association Award, and books the Horror Writers' Association recommends you read.
Find spooky books for Halloween and books for every other occasion with NoveList Plus. Advanced search features let you search by specific criteria to find the type of book you want. If you like an author NoveList Plus will recommend authors similar to them.
Downloadable Media
Freegal is free and legal music for you to download and keep. Find spooky music and sound effects for your Halloween party. Explore and keep the titles from this music catalog.
Dig into a cool collection of spooky downloadable audiobooks. Get started with an genre search for 'Horror' in the Advanced Search tab.
Browse mystery and suspense-based audiobooks, e-books, and videos at OverDrive! Transfer them to a portable device, computer, or burn many titles to CD to enjoy anytime, anywhere.
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Kids & Teens
Library Online Resources
Enjoy this Haitian folktale where interactions between animals and human beings are acceptable, but the lines between good and evil are not clearly defined.
Enjoy the Appalachian folktale about Old Sally Cato to find out why when she warns you not to do something, it's best to listen to her... as her two grandsons learn the hard way. And watch the Skull Skills to video see what happens when the Central Florida Zoo stops by and Library Central becomes "Skull Central."
Library Materials
There are no monsters under your bed, but there are monsters on these pages! Send chills up your spine with these spooky reads!
From Nancy Drew to Scooby Doo, we've got it all! Check out these slightly spooky DVDs for a frightfully fun time!
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Websites
Have a Martha Stewart Halloween! Check out Martha Stewart’s great Halloween website. There are videos, costumes, and recipes all with Martha’s stamp of approval.
Look at this stuff! Make your yard or haunted house better than your neighbors'. This is a huge list of simple to complex projects for the do-it-yourselfer.
Read this collection of ghost stories and folklore from the American South. The tales are available in full-text and many are also available in audio format.
Experience Halloween in Central Florida. The Orlando Sentinel is a great source for finding out what Halloween events are happening locally. Look at their 25 Scary Halloween Movies, OCLS has 22 of them.
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