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In Pictures: Spooky castles and skeleton crews mark Halloween

Skeletons, pirates and a marquee of monsters await those in search of sweets.

PA Reporters
Thursday 31 October 2024 18:44 GMT
Lights illuminate the ruins of Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire to mark Halloween (Danny Lawson/PA)
Lights illuminate the ruins of Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire to mark Halloween (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Wire)

Homeowners have been embracing the spooky season throughout the day by transforming their cosy homes into haunted mansions for Halloween.

Trick-or-treaters in search of sweets face braving spooky gardens across the UK and Ireland if they dare.

And beware, things can get even creepier for those invited indoors.

At the home of Dracula, visitors to Whitby Abbey were treated to an illumination display and a production of If These Stones Could Talk.

The eeriness ramped up several notches as night fell and darkness swept across the land.

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