The Oakley Court
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The Oakley Court looms like a forgotten monument, its ivy-clad towers whispering dark secrets of the 19th century, where long shadows dance in the corners of crumbling ballrooms. Guests have reported the unsettling presence of a phantom woman in white, her mournful gaze lingering in the flickering candlelight, while unexplainable noises echo through the aged corridors-soft weeping, the distant shuffle of silk against the floorboards, and the faintest sound of laughter that turns to silence as soon as it is acknowledged. Those who dare to linger often awaken to find their dreams disrupted, haunted by a chilling sense of being watched, as if the very walls have ears and the night has hold of their souls.