A ghostly owl in a dark corridor

I must have a Gothic streak in me, because despite being easily startled and a thorough whimpette, I do end up wandering alone around old buildings, where the atmosphere is creepy and suggestive of lurking horrors. Especially if I am there at sunset. But even a building mostly well-lit by sunshine can have its shadowy corners, dark passages, cellars, and rambling upper corridors that echo and