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A few years ago, I learned about one such treasure, the fairy lamp – a collectible that fits right into the season.

Long ago in the days before we could tell Alexa to turn on our light bulbs, people lit up their homes with candles and oil lamps; throughout history, the fires they caused were a huge problem.

In the mid-1800s George Miller Clarke, the owner of a candle factory, came up with the idea of a setting a pretty glass dome with a hole on the top on a base that would hold a candle.

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On this episode of the Pint & Click Podcast, Dave, Tony and Jami discuss Won't You Be My Neighbor, a documentary about Fred Rogers, the man behind Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Have a listen below:

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On this episode of the Pint & Click Podcast, Dave, Tony, Joel and Charlie discuss I'll Be Gone In The Dark, a true crime book written by the late Michelle McNamara, an in-depth investigation of a brutal crime spree committed in the 1970s and 1980s by an assailant known as the Golden State Killer. Have a listen below:

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Sometimes when I am at the desk alone I sense someone watching me.

I hear noises all the time. ​Books end up in the wrong place on the shelf!

The library has to be haunted. 

I read enough horror to know a haunted building when I see one.

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On this episode of the Pint & Click Podcast, Dave, Tony, Joel and Charlie discuss Kanopy, a streaming service available for free to all DPPL patrons and make several recommendations from the eclectic array of films offered by the service. Have a listen below:

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