--- title: Sleepy Hollow Security | Intruders leave quickly, on their own description: After-dark protection for businesses that close. Intruders leave quickly, on their own, with nothing they didn't bring. If one doesn't flee, the night is free. image: https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/Dietrich%20Van%20Hollow%2c%20Founder%20%26%20Chief%20Rider%20(the%20Headless%20Horseman).jpeg --- [Skip to main content](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com#main-content) LICENSED · BONDED · DECEASEDDUSK TO DAWN · SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK ★ NOW HAUNTING OFFICE PARKS ★ ★ THE INTERCOM POSSESSION IS HERE ★ ★ SIGN MY GUESTBOOK ★ ★ NO BRIDGES ★★ NOW HAUNTING OFFICE PARKS ★ ★ THE INTERCOM POSSESSION IS HERE ★ ★ SIGN MY GUESTBOOK ★ ★ NO BRIDGES ★ Pause [![](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/sleepy-hollow-security/images/shield-animated.svg) Sleepy Hollow Security](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/?hsLang=en) Menu - [Services](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/services?hsLang=en) - [After-Hours Haunting](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/after-hours-haunting?hsLang=en) - [Small-Premises Haunting](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/small-premises-haunting?hsLang=en) - [Wide-Area Haunting](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) - [All services and prices](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/services?hsLang=en) - [How it works](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/how-the-haunt-works?hsLang=en) - [About](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/about?hsLang=en) - [Careers](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/careers?hsLang=en) - [The Gazette](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog?hsLang=en) - [Request a ride-through](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/book-a-ride-through?hsLang=en) ![The Headless Horseman with his horse, Nightmare.](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Dietrich%20Van%20Hollow%2c%20Founder%20%26%20Chief%20Rider%20(the%20Headless%20Horseman)%20Today.jpeg?width=1920) Night security for businesses that close # Intruders leave quickly, *on their own.* They arrive with whatever they brought, and they leave with exactly that. Sleepy Hollow Security haunts your building from closing to opening, so break-ins end before they start. **The Empty-Handed Guarantee.** If an intruder doesn’t flee empty-handed and frightened, the way they always do in haunted houses, you don’t pay for the night. ON DUTY EXHIBIT A. The Proprietor, with his horse Nightmare, upon his rounds. The bridge is in the background. He would prefer you not look at it. ## Request a free ride-through About an hour after you close. No obligation. I read every request at dusk. - Free - No obligation - We reply the same day Business name \* (required) Email \* (required) When do you close?Choose a timeBefore 6 p.m.6 p.m. to 9 p.m.9 p.m. to midnightAfter midnight, or we never close Request a ride-through ▸ \* means required. Prefer to give details now? [Use the full request form](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/book-a-ride-through?hsLang=en). We use your email only to reply ([privacy policy](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/privacy-policy?hsLang=en)). **The Empty-Handed Guarantee.** If an intruder doesn’t flee empty-handed and frightened, the way they always do in haunted houses, you don’t pay for the night. **250 years**on the night shift **Zero**items stolen on our watch **Every morning**a plain report, quiet night or not **Dusk to dawn**seven nights a week Form 27-B · Selection of protection ## Cameras watch. Guards walk. We haunt. Your building sits empty most of the week, and anyone who might cause trouble knows it. Here is how the usual answers compare. | What you need | Cameras | Guards | Best choiceA haunting | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Stops it before it happens | noThey record it after | partialIf they happen to see it | yesIntruders leave on their own | | Covers the whole building | partialOnly what is in frame | noOne corner at a time | yesEvery room, every night | | Never needs a break | yesAlways recording | noShifts, breaks, sick days | yesEvery night, no days off | | Written report each morning | partialHours of footage | partialIf you ask nicely | yesPlain English, even on quiet nights | | Makes trespassers want to leave | noThey get filmed | noThey get chased | yesThey get a draft at neck height | | The verdict | Good evidence, after the fact | Good presence, in one place | Prevention, with the paperwork | Keep your cameras. They make great evidence, right up until the ghost declines to appear on film or the EMF fries the lens. Management is not responsible for blank footage, sudden static, or cameras that have seen things. The service catalog ## Pick the haunting your building needs. Three ways in, and a specialist for nearly every kind of building. Find yours below. [**After-Hours Haunting**The core service. Dusk to dawn in three strengths: Whisper, Wail, and Full Poltergeist.*Choose your strength →*](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/after-hours-haunting?hsLang=en) [**Small-Premises Haunting**One ghost who learns every door. Built for restaurants, pharmacies, and schools.*See the small-site files →*](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/small-premises-haunting?hsLang=en) [**Wide-Area Haunting**Ghosts by department and routes between buildings. For stores, plants, and office parks.*See the big-site files →*](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) [![The Spirits Cabinet Patrol guarding a restaurant liquor cabinet](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/Spirits%20Cabinet%20Patrol.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/small-premises-haunting?hsLang=en) Restaurants & bars ### [The Spirits Cabinet Patrol](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/small-premises-haunting?hsLang=en) Guards the liquor and the cash drawer, the two things thieves actually want. Its colleague, the Grease Reaper, watches your used-oil bin. Price2 souls a year, or 1 soul plus a Friday libation each quarter [![Cold Spot Dave, a hooded ghost, beside a medication refrigerator](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/Cold%20Spot%20Dave%2c%20IT%20%26%20Monitoring.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/small-premises-haunting?hsLang=en) Pharmacies ### [The Cold Spot by the Vaccine Fridge](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/small-premises-haunting?hsLang=en) A cold spot parked beside the medication fridge, exactly as cold as the fridge and no colder. Your temperature log never notices. Price2 souls a year, or 1 soul plus one unfinished prescription, filled, each quarter [![The Eternal Hall Monitor patrolling a school hallway](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Eternal%20Hall%20Monitor.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/small-premises-haunting?hsLang=en) Schools ### [The Eternal Hall Monitor](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/small-premises-haunting?hsLang=en) Asks every intruder for a hall pass. Most adults still freeze when asked where they are supposed to be. Price2 souls a year, or 1 soul plus one overdue library book, returned, each quarter [![A ghost standing in a department store aisle](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/One%20Ghost%20per%20Department.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) Big box retail ### [One Ghost per Department](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) A specialist for every aisle, who notices the moment their own inventory goes missing. Price1 soul a year per department, or one favor per department each quarter [![The Whiteboard Wraith in a dark conference room](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Whiteboard%20Wraith.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) Office parks ### [The Whiteboard Wraith](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) Erases the strategy diagram you forgot on the wall, while the Night Shift Chaperone minds the propped-open door. Price1 soul a year per floor, or one reserved whiteboard each quarter [![The Yard Hound running through a scrap yard at night](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Yard%20Hound.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) Industrial & scrap yards ### [The Yard Hound](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) A spectral dog on the fence line that barks for nine hours without pausing for breath. Price1 soul a year per yard, or one bone, buried each season [![The Library Shusher between the shelves after hours](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Library%20Shusher.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) Libraries & community halls ### [The Library Shusher](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) Shushes anyone after hours. People who have been shushed whisper, and whispers are very easy to hear. Price1 soul a year per library, or one library card, reinstated, each quarter [![The Park Ranger Phantom at a park gate](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Park%20Ranger%20Phantom.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) Parks & civic buildings ### [The Park Ranger Phantom](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting?hsLang=en) Enforces the posted closing time to the minute. Nobody has ever stayed. Price1 soul a year per park, or one memorial bench plaque, polished, each quarter [See the full service catalog ▸](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/services?hsLang=en) Schedule of charges ## What it costs to be haunted One Whisper, per annum**1 soul** A draft at neck height. For quiet streets. One Wail, per annum**2 souls** Or 1 soul and a lobby TV, which we value at 1 soul. Footsteps and flickering lights. One Full Poltergeist**3 souls** Chains, slamming doors, levitating staplers. Small-premises specialist, per site**2 souls** Or 1 soul plus one favor each quarter. One ghost who learns every door. Wide-area specialist, per area**1 soul** Or one favor each quarter. An area is a department, lot, dock, floor, or orchard block. Extra Certified Haunted Decal**1 doubloon** The first decal is free with every plan. Morning Report**Included** 1 soul = 12 doubloons = 4 favors. A favor is a small kindness, delivered once a quarter. Dollars accepted, reluctantly, at whatever rate Ezekiel quotes in writing. Empty-Handed Guarantee✦ If an intruder fails to run off empty-handed and frightened, the way they always do in haunted houses, the night shall be forgiven. Claims within 30 days. [Request a ride-through](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/book-a-ride-through?hsLang=en) Even a long night · Delivered at first light ## Even the strange nights fit on one page. Same format, same plain voice. A night with a hook, a hitchhiker, and a damp coat. We were the scary part. ### MORNING REPORT · HILLCREST COMMUTER LOT · FILED 06:00 21:04 RIDE BEGINS. LOT CLOSED. ONE (1) CAR LEFT OVERNIGHT: CAR 14. 23:12 INTRUDER (1) TRIED THE DOOR OF CAR 14 WITH A COAT HANGER. 23:13 OUR HOOKMAN WAS ALREADY ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE. HE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING. HE WAVED. 23:13 INTRUDER (1) LEFT. COAT HANGER LEFT BEHIND. DID NOT RETURN. 00:40 INTRUDER (2) GOT INTO CAR 14 AND STARTED IT WITH A SCREWDRIVER. A HITCHHIKER (OURS) ASKED FOR A RIDE HOME. INTRUDER (2) AGREED. HITCHHIKER VANISHED AT THE FIRST RED LIGHT, LEAVING A DAMP COAT. INTRUDER (2) RETURNED THE CAR AND WALKED HOME. 02:03 A HITCHHIKER (SPIRIT, NOT OURS) WAS ON THE ON-RAMP. WE WAVED. SHE WAVED. WE AGREED WE HAVE THIS ONE COVERED. SHE WENT BACK TO HER ROAD. 05:55 SUNRISE. LOT AS FOUND, PLUS ONE DAMP COAT. CAR 14 IN ITS SPACE. OWNER INFORMED. \*\* INTRUDERS: 2. INTRUDERS DEPARTED: 2. CARS STOLEN: 0. SPIRITS ENCOUNTERED: 1 (FRIENDLY). \*\* ## The Hollow Gazette Case files & noticesSaturday, October 3, 2026Price: one soul ![The Library Shusher between the shelves after hours](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Library%20Shusher.jpeg) ### The Library on Maple Street Is Never Quite Empty A thief came in through the book-return slot. The Shusher said nothing, which was the point. [Read the case file →](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-library-on-maple-street-is-never-quite-empty?hsLang=en) ![The Eternal Hall Monitor in a school hallway](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Eternal%20Hall%20Monitor.jpeg) ### The Burglars Who Tried to Carry a Piano Past the Hall Monitor A very polite catastrophe on the stairs, and two hats that changed owners. [Read the case file →](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-burglars-who-tried-to-carry-a-piano-past-the-hall-monitor?hsLang=en) ![The Yard Hound on the fence line of a scrap yard at night](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Yard%20Hound.jpeg) ### Nine Hours of Barking, Zero Dogs The neighbors heard it all night. The owners were told there is no dog. [Read the case file →](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/nine-hours-of-barking-zero-dogs?hsLang=en) ## Let the Proprietor ride your building once, free. 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Left immediately. 10/10." *– Anonymous Burglar* "Great service, very cold." *– Main St. Pharmacy* "Please stop the footsteps in Aisle 9." *– Store Manager (we will not)* ![Sleepy Hollow Security mark](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/sleepy-hollow-security/images/shield-animated.svg) ## Unique visitors this month · October 2026 001430 POWERED BY ECTOPLASM VALID HTML 4.01 (PROBABLY) HAUNTED WEBRING ◄ ► Best viewed at dusk in Netscape Navigator 4.0 at 800x600 · Last updated by Ezekiel, Webmaster · Bridges not crossed · © 2026 ---