Ghosts Photos Through History

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

New Jersey Library Ghost

Image photographed in 2011 by Frank Lazzaro of a strange figure peering through a doorway of the Old Bernardsville Library in New Jersey.

Printers Alley, Nashville, Ghosts

This recent image, taken by Bret and Gina Oldham, shows two ghostly figures in an area of Nashville known as Printers Alley. In the foreground is a figure of a large woman in a long dress and her hair pulled back. And in front of this "spirit," the figure of a man appears to be standing against a building wall.

Church Ghost Enlarged

This is an enlargement of the Newby, U.K. church ghost from the previous slide.

Church Ghost

In the early 1960s, the Rev. K.F. Lord photographed the interior of his church in Newby, North Yorkshire, U.K.. When the film was developed, a translucent hooded figure appeared to be standing to the right of the altar. See next slide for a close-up of the figure.

Graveyard Child Ghost

In the mid-1940s, a Mrs. Andrews of Queensland, Australia, photographed the grave of her daughter, Joyce. When the film was developed, a small child appeared in the picture. Years later, two graves of young infant girls were found near Joyce’s grave.

Raynham Brown Lady

One of the most famous ghost images ever taken, this is allegedly the ghost of Lady Dorothy Townshend, who lived in Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England during the 1700s. After her death, Townshend’s spirit was reportedly seen many times, and in 1936, a photograph of the interior of Raynham Hall revealed the ghostly form of a woman descending the stairs.

Ghost Dog At A Tea Party

In 1916, retired Scotland Yard Inspector Arthur Springer took this picture in Tingewick, Buckingham, England. At the moment he captured the photograph, there was reportedly no dog in the frame at all.