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Files his own reports. --- [Skip to main content](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/author/headless-horseman/page/1#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/) Menu - [Services](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/services) - [After-Hours Haunting](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/after-hours-haunting) - [Small-Premises Haunting](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/small-premises-haunting) - [Wide-Area Haunting](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/wide-area-haunting) - [All services and prices](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/services) - [How it works](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/how-the-haunt-works) - [About](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/about) - [Careers](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/careers) - [The Gazette](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog) - [Request a ride-through](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/book-a-ride-through) # [The Hollow Gazette](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog) Case files & noticesPrinted after darkPrice: one soul The sections - [**Tall tales**Fiction from the night shift.](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/tall-tales) - [**Night shift interviews**A ghost and a client, side by side.](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/night-shift-interviews) - [**Case files**What happened last night, in plain language.](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/case-files) - [**Explainers**How the haunt works.](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/explainers) - [**After-hours advice**Practical, brief, and mildly alarming.](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/after-hours-advice) - [**Logbook**Short entries from the Proprietor.](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/logbook) [![The Eternal Hall Monitor in a school hallway](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Eternal%20Hall%20Monitor.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-burglars-who-tried-to-carry-a-piano-past-the-hall-monitor) A tall tale ## [The Burglars Who Tried to Carry a Piano Past the Hall Monitor](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-burglars-who-tried-to-carry-a-piano-past-the-hall-monitor) A very polite catastrophe on the stairs of the Westbrook Music School. By The Headless Horseman · Oct 3, 2026, 3:30:14 PM ## Tall tales Fiction from the night shift. [All tall tales →](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/tall-tales) [![](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Eternal%20Hall%20Monitor.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-burglars-who-tried-to-carry-a-piano-past-the-hall-monitor) A tall tale ### [The Burglars Who Tried to Carry a Piano Past the Hall Monitor](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-burglars-who-tried-to-carry-a-piano-past-the-hall-monitor) A very polite catastrophe on the stairs of the Westbrook Music School. [![](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/The%20Library%20Shusher.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-library-on-maple-street-is-never-quite-empty) A tall tale ### [The Library on Maple Street Is Never Quite Empty](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-library-on-maple-street-is-never-quite-empty) It was a quiet town, and the library was the quietest part of it. [![](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/Rattles%2c%20Compliance%20%26%20Audits.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/letters-from-the-night-docket-a-clerk-and-a-creature) A tall tale ### [Letters from the Night Docket: A Clerk and a Creature](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/letters-from-the-night-docket-a-clerk-and-a-creature) Two correspondents on the overnight shift at the county courthouse, and the Albert Brooks films that brought them together. ## Night shift interviews A ghost and a client, side by side. [All interviews →](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/night-shift-interviews) [![](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/Rattles%2c%20Compliance%20%26%20Audits.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-skeleton-in-the-records-room-has-never-misfiled-a-thing) In conversation ### [The Skeleton in the Records Room Has Never Misfiled a Thing](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-skeleton-in-the-records-room-has-never-misfiled-a-thing) Rattles audits the records room at night. The finance director reads the report. Neither has found anything out of... [![](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/Cold%20Spot%20Dave%2c%20IT%20%26%20Monitoring.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/cold-spot-dave-and-the-pharmacist-have-a-standing-crossword-date) In conversation ### [Cold Spot Dave and the Pharmacist Have a Standing Crossword Date](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/cold-spot-dave-and-the-pharmacist-have-a-standing-crossword-date) Gus Lindqvist has run the Main Street pharmacy for thirty-one years. Dave has kept its refrigerator cold for four of... [![](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/hubfs/Tessa%20the%20Banshee%2c%20Intrusion%20Alerts.jpeg)](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tessa-the-banshee-on-the-art-of-the-appropriate-wail) In conversation ### [Tessa the Banshee on the Art of the Appropriate Wail](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tessa-the-banshee-on-the-art-of-the-appropriate-wail) A pharmacy gets a firm, clear note. A school gets a gentler one. A banshee who cries wolf gets ignored. ## Case files What happened last night, in plain language. [All case files →](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/case-files) Case file ### [The Mystery Van and the Perfectly Honest Groundskeeper](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-mystery-van-and-the-perfectly-honest-groundskeeper) Four teenagers, one very large dog, and a groundskeeper who is simply a groundskeeper. Oct 3, 2026, 3:05:20 AM Case file ### [The Data Room Was 61 Degrees and Nobody Could Say Why](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-data-room-was-61-degrees-and-nobody-could-say-why) Two fake badges, one cold aisle, and a flashlight that gave up first. Oct 3, 2026, 3:05:12 AM Case file ### [Salt Is Not a Security Plan](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/salt-is-not-a-security-plan) Forty pounds of salt, one vaccine refrigerator, and a mop. Oct 3, 2026, 3:05:04 AM ## The field manual Explainers, and advice for after hours. ### Explainers [All →](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/explainers) 1. 01 [Please Do Not Say Our Name Three Times](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/please-do-not-say-our-name-three-times) You do not need to repeat yourself. Please do not repeat anyone’s name, ever. 2. 02 [How to Tell When You’re Being Haunted by Professionals](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/how-to-tell-when-youre-being-haunted-by-professionals) Not every unexplained noise is ours. Here is how to tell. 3. 03 [Why the Horseman Will Not Cross the Bridge](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/why-the-horseman-will-not-cross-the-bridge) People ask. The answer is that we are not taking questions. ### After-hours advice [All →](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/after-hours-advice) Q. [The Five-Minute Closing Walk Every Restaurant Should Do](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-five-minute-closing-walk-every-restaurant-should-do) Same order every night. It works because it is boring. ## Logbook Short entries from the Proprietor. [All entries →](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/tag/logbook) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:04:40 AM[Forty-Two TVs Turned On at 2:12 A.M. and We Have an Alibi](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/forty-two-tvs-turned-on-at-2-12-am-and-we-have-an-alibi) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:04:00 AM[Now Hiring: A Black Cat, a Vampire, a Pegasus, and Other Unlikely Applicants](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/now-hiring-a-black-cat-a-vampire-a-pegasus-and-other-unlikely-applicants) - Oct 3, 2026, 2:34:12 AM[Nine Hours of Barking, Zero Dogs](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/nine-hours-of-barking-zero-dogs) ## Everything, newest first - Oct 3, 2026, 3:30:14 PMA tall tale[The Burglars Who Tried to Carry a Piano Past the Hall Monitor](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-burglars-who-tried-to-carry-a-piano-past-the-hall-monitor) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:29:34 PMA tall tale[The Library on Maple Street Is Never Quite Empty](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-library-on-maple-street-is-never-quite-empty) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:29:20 PMA tall tale[Letters from the Night Docket: A Clerk and a Creature](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/letters-from-the-night-docket-a-clerk-and-a-creature) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:29:20 PMA tall tale[The Creature from Room 12 Works for Socks](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-creature-from-room-12-works-for-socks) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:29:14 PMA tall tale[The Fast-Talking Inspector and the Ghost Who Read Every Word](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-fast-talking-inspector-and-the-ghost-who-read-every-word) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:28:54 PMA tall tale[The Gray Lady Takes the Night Desk](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-gray-lady-takes-the-night-desk) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:05:20 AMCase file[The Mystery Van and the Perfectly Honest Groundskeeper](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-mystery-van-and-the-perfectly-honest-groundskeeper) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:05:12 AMCase file[The Data Room Was 61 Degrees and Nobody Could Say Why](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-data-room-was-61-degrees-and-nobody-could-say-why) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:05:04 AMCase file[Salt Is Not a Security Plan](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/salt-is-not-a-security-plan) - Oct 3, 2026, 3:04:56 AMCase file[The Burglar Who Met Three Ghosts](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/the-burglar-who-met-three-ghosts) [1](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/author/headless-horseman) [2](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/author/headless-horseman/page/2) [Next](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/author/headless-horseman/page/2) [Last](https://www.sleepyhollowsecurity.com/blog/author/headless-horseman/page/2) ## Get the Gazette delivered. 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