But as dusk draws nigh and the neon lights of Westgate flicker on reassuringly – out in the darkness a restless and sinister world comes alive.
To celebrate this we are unveiling our new webpage Ghostly Wakefield today to encourage our readers to bring the dead back to life.
We have taken a video tour round the most haunted places of Wakefield, have archived our old ghost reports for you to re-visit and are encouraging readers to log on and share their own chilling experiences.
Steve Jones, leader of Wakefield Pagan Moot and the newly formed Wakefield Pagan Meet Up, is backing our launch – by offering to bring his Weird Wakefield Walk back to life.
He said: "It's great that Wakefield should start embracing its ghostly heritage and I hope many people do share their stories on the website. If there is enough interest, I'll even do a ghost walk around the city again."
This week we've been to Kirkgate Station to try and catch a glimpse of the white lady who, as legend has it, stalks the platform waiting for a ghost train that never arrives.
We've also chatted to Wakefield Theatre manager about their resident haunt, an old Victorian lady who appears wearing a velvet dress with frizzy grey hair.
Manager Paul Mellin said: "Last Saturday I was locking up on my own and I went into one of the toilets which has a frosted glass panel.
"It looked like someone was on the other side, so I pushed the door open to see if there was someone there and I heard what I thought was footsteps.
"But there was definitely no-one about, I checked all around."
And we've been telling tales at Chantry Chapel – of the highwayman who threw himself into the river to avoid being caught by the authorities.
To this day, people still say they can hear the sound of hooves echoing over the bridge.