Scarborough's haunted history: Share your ghost stories and spooky sightings around the town for our 'Coastbusters' series this Halloween

A holiday-maker was visiting Scarborough and attended the Paul Heaton gig at the Open Air Theatre

"I just stopped and stared at a human figure but couldn’t make it out properly so I took a picture and I stopped listening to the music as this caught my attention.

“As I was watching the figure for about seven minutes a black mist came from nowhere and the figure vanished. I can’t really explain the mist, it was like a smoke from a fire or something.”

You can read the original story here.

Scarborough is known to be haunted, and Scarborough Castle has seen many reports of the ghost of a man beheaded in the 14th century walking the paths who apparently lures visitors to the edge of the cliff edge and then pushes them off.

There are often Ghost Tours at The Grand Hotel, and as the seaside town is where famous writer Anne Bronte was laid to rest, could her spirit be exploring the town?

These aren’t the only ‘ghosts’ that have been spotted in Scarborough.

Following the story of the ‘ghost’ at the Scarborough Open Air Theatre, ghosthunter Anne Roehampton said: “Less people are aware of the story of Helen Hywater, who was waiting for her lover (a sailor) to return to Scarborough within 300 days and marry her.

"The story, as I was told, was that once the 300 days had been and gone, she took her own life, and has been seen haunting the area on foggy nights ever since. She's said to wear a dark veil.

"I think this story partly influenced Susan Hill, who wrote the famous story "The Woman in Black.”

The Woman In Black is a book written by Susan Hill in 1983, and follows the character of Arthur Kipps, who is a young lawyer tasked with sorting through the papers of a recently deceased client, Mrs Alice Drablow, in a far-flung location in the north of England.

At her funeral he encounters the woman in black, whose very mention spreads fear throughout the locals.

The Woman in Black play also started life as a play in Scarborough in 1987.

If anybody else has spotted any other ‘ghosts’ around the Open Air Theatre or across Scarborough, Whitby or Bridlington, then get in touch by emailing [email protected]