bump in the night

It’s the noise that goes bump in the night.

Long days mean less time to be afraid of things that go bump in the night, right?

“Those are my apartments. I live between this tower and the next one, Hydra. I'm here for all the things that go bump in the night, and there's a lot of that here at the Arcanum, I suppose.”

Talk about Halloween-ish things going bump in the night!

Ghost stories often start with a bump in the night, a figure in a mirror, a disembodied voice whispering from the void.