Borley Rectory and the dark winter nights—did the ghosts actually take a break?

So I've been reading up on Borley Rectory again (the whole thing fascinates me, even if half of it's likely Harry Price's nonsense), and I noticed something odd: most of the major hauntings were documented during autumn and winter. The poltergeist activity seemed quieter in summer months.

Got me thinking - is there a seasonal pattern to hauntings? Do spirits get more active when the nights are long? Or is it just that people spend more time indoors reading ghost stories when it's dark and miserable outside? And before someone says it, yes, I know confirmation bias is a thing. But the pattern seems consistent across multiple case studies.

Has anyone noticed seasonal variations in their own experiences or local legends?

Interesting angle! I've heard anecdotal stuff from paranormal investigators suggesting that EM activity (which supposedly correlates with ghost activity) does spike in winter. Something to do with temperature differentials and atmospheric conditions. But honestly, it could just be that people are more likely to notice weird stuff when they're nervous because it's dark and cold. Psychology is mental like that.

The Borley thing is complicated because Harry Price was basically inventing stuff half the time, but the original accounts from the Foysters pre-dated him and those do seem to follow a winter pattern. I reckon it's electromagnetic - the longer nights might affect the planet's magnetosphere differently. Not saying ghosts are definitely real, but if they were, that'd be my bet.

do spirits get more active when the nights are long?

That's actually quite compelling. There's something about December and January that just feels... heavier. Even people who aren't into the paranormal notice it - SAD, depression, lower vitamin D. Maybe spirits are attracted to that negative energy, or maybe our own altered mental state makes us more perceptive. Either way, next winter I'm keeping a proper diary of weird stuff that happens.

Correlation is not causation though, isn't it? Summer's quieter at Borley maybe because fewer people visited, or the building was actually used more (less isolation = less ghostly behaviour?). Not saying you're wrong, but need to be careful about assuming patterns.