Author & historian Monica Randall will present a FREE slide/lecture “Long Island’s Most Haunted Mansions” on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 2:00pm at the Garden City Public Library located at 60 Seventh St., Garden City, NY. This public program is funded by The Friends of the Garden city Public Library. Seating and parking is limited and on a first-come first-served basis.

No tickets are required. For directions phone: (516) 742-8405.

Learn about some of Long Island’s most intriguing manor houses with their labyrinths of secret passageways, hidden chambers, deserted tunnels and the mysterious events that surround them. This program is filled with plenty of hard scientific facts, suspense and practical lore.

You will come away believing that truth can sometimes be stranger than fiction.

Monica Randall is the author of “Mansions of the Gold Coast,” “Winfield” and “Phantoms of the Hudson Valley.” (photo by Monica Randall)