With Halloween approaching next week, we've taken a look at eight of the spookiest places across the area. Do you have any scary stories to tell? Let us know!
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.
6. Harlow Hill
A spectral wolf known as the Harlow Hound is still said to haunt Harlow Hill. The wild wolf and great Dane cross is said to have roamed free on the hill in the 1970s, worrying sheep and frightening farmers.
7. Cavendish Hotel
The hotel is now closed ,but an apparition of a grey haired man has been seen sitting on the edge of a bed late at night, the short, aging figure rose and walked towards the window, suddenly vanishing into thin air.
8. Ripley Castle
A sad figure dressed in 19th century costume has been sighted at Ripley Castle. Said to be the ghost of Lady Alicia Ingilby, who lost her only two children to meningitis in the 1870s, the figure is seen walking towards the childrens bedrooms before passing through a locked door.