Photos of ghosts have interested me ever since I was a small boy. Over the years I’ve seen hundreds, if not thousands, of ghost images that are said to be authentic. Some were easily faked, but this group? They never fail to send shivers down my spine.
What you’re about to see is a series of images I’ve been collecting over the years. There are NO orbs because nine times out of every ten, unless they are incredible, they end up being dust or light or some other anomaly. Whether or not these images are the genuine article, we’ll never know. That’s for you to decide. What I can tell you as a fact, though, is that they’re damned compelling.
Enjoy, and be sure to share your own images and stories in the comments section below.
Originally published in the Chicago Sun-Times and said to be a still of CCTV footage from the Hampton Court Palace, located on the Thames River in London, England.
Small child playing hide and seek at a gathering or spectral party crasher?
In 1959, Mabel Chinnery was visiting the grave of her mother in a British graveyard when she took a picture of her husband, who was waiting alone in the car.
The monk-ghost at an altar of English church in Newby (Yorkshire). This picture was taken in 1963 by priest К.F. Lord.
The famed Amityville ghost image taken during an investigation while no children were present.
Taken in 1919, this ghost photo of a RAF squadron from World War I has an extra ghostly face in the picture. It is believed to be Freddy Jackson, an air mechanic who had been accidentally killed by an airplane propeller two days before the pic was taken.
Peaches Geldof, now deceased, shared a photo of herself and son Astala in the bath, but mysteriously a translucent hand of what could be a ghost can be seen just above her shoulder. Peaches, then 24, posted the spooky selfie on Instagram and believes the hand belongs to the spirit of a woman who committed suicide 100 years ago after delivering a stillborn baby.
In 1924, James Courtney and Michael Meehan, crew members of the S.S. Watertown, were killed by gas fumes. The sailors were buried at sea off the Mexican coast. For several days thereafter, the ghostly faces of the sailors were clearly seen by other members of the crew in the water following the ship, which caused an uproar. When the faces again appeared in the water, the ship’s captain, Keith Tracy, took six photos, then locked the camera and film in the ship’s safe. When the film was processed by a commercial developer in New York, five of the exposures showed nothing but sea foam. But the sixth showed the ghostly faces of the dead seamen. The negative was checked by the Burns Detective Agency and revealed no tampering.
The case of Doris Bither that later became the novel and motion picture The Entity. Doris was said to have suffered a spectral rape.
Sharon Boo (how appropriate), a photographer from the Pawling Fire Department, Dutchess County, New York, captured the following image with a figure in front of a wrecked car. Some call it a ghost and some an angel.
The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall.
Still here? You’re a brave one; we’ll give you that! In lieu of a gold star we present to you this video compilation of ghost pictures. Nightlight not included.