|  | Thrilling and awful tales Switch off the lights, turn down the contrast on your monitor and wallow in some virtual goosepimple moments! Then send us your own spooky tales: northyorkshire@bbc.co.uk True stories | Figure in the doorway - Heather | | About a year and a half ago I went to stay at my sisters house for a few days and she was telling me about a ghost that lives in her house with her. |
| Too scared to look - Neil Horner | | After a few strange happenings in their house Neil's wife see's a man standing by their window while Neil hides under the covers! |
Fictional stories
| Ghost Diamond - Fatmir Terziu | | After finding a diamond-shaped glass stone on his way to school, strange things start happening to Sam... He and his friends find a trapdoor, a passageway - and a unicorn. |
| A Ghost Story - by Gill Wilkinson | | Rachael hasn't seen her husband, Mark, for a while .. then suddenly there's a need to confess to a murder. |
| All Your Tomorrows - by Helen Shay | | Louise is leaving. It just isn't working with Tony, though he loves her, how can she commit to another man after losing John? So, it's over and she's leaving .. then she sees the flowers. |
| The Staring Church - by Paul Spencer | | In the dimly lit, shadow shrouded churchyard, has he imagined or heard that unearthly sound? Why is the normally chill atmosphere so strangely changed, and why, oh why, does the church seem to be staring at him? |
| Lost in Time - by Nick Fletcher | | Tom's sees a beautiful nun in the railway cafe,. At the same time a gaunt, haunted looking old man seems to be giving him verbal abuse. How can these be connected? |
| Don't Go Alone - by Anne Parkinson | | Harrogate's Stray is one of the town's most unique features, but it's not a place to be alone at night. Especially not in fog .. and most especially not near Tewit Well! |
| Alley Cats - by Shaun Allan | | It's an evening that time might like, one day, to forget. In the alleyway two sleepy cats wake and listen, wait and watch. |
| Ushered Out - by Stuart Hunt | | The play is over, the stage is empty. Late night chit chat revolves around the theatre's ghosts. They haven't been seen for years though, have they .. or have they? |
| The Night Before - by Renee Mumford | | It's so romantic to elope, So exciting to be getting married in the morning. But the night before her wedding, Renee gets a shock that could last for years! True story. |
| The Warning - by Mrs Mandy Worrall | | It was a sleepless night, which is often brain-food for the imagination. So when strange things start to happen, you just have to take it step by scary step. |
| Lost Spirit - by Tony Martin | | Young Charlie Jones gets a sad shock when he goes into his mother's bedroom. But coping with his new situation is complicated by circumstances completely beyond his control. |
| Team Builder - by Anne Eckersley | | Faye's got problems with her team. Will she ever measure up to their expectations, and their memories of better managers, and days gone by. Who can she turn to? |
| Peace - by Philip Lickley | | If it isn't rats, then what could possibly be making that scratchy sound? Does the house beside the cemetery have a story to tell, or secrets to keep? |
If you've got a ghastly tale to tell, you could join this happy band of authors by sending your story to us: northyorkshire@bbc.co.uk
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