As Halloween approaches this week, we took a look at eight of the most haunted places across the area...
5. Spofforth Castle
Haunted by an indistinguishable ` half human` shape this ruined fortified manor was originally the home of the Percy family who arrived in this country in 1069. The apparition, if that is what the figure can be called, is bluish-white in colour, and is seen `standing` on the tiny parapet at the top of the eighteenth century tower for a few seconds and then falling rapidly to the grass path below. A group of schoolchildren and their teacher saw the phenomena in 1969 and two picnickers also witnessed `the ghostly suicide` in 1973. | jpimediaresell
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