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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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