| The public is hungry for genuine evidence of | | | | glimpse of the ghost, but the paranormal sightings |
| paranormal spirits. Surely individuals who have had | | | | were confirmed after the film was developed. So far |
| paranormal experiences believe in the authenticity of | | | | no one has been able to dispute the authenticity of the |
| the spiritual world, but for the most part, people remain | | | | picture. |
| skeptical. Photographs and video cameras offer | | | | The strange thing about pictures of paranormal |
| exciting, innovative ways to document concrete | | | | phenomenon is that most people don't report any |
| evidence of apparitions and it is truly every spirit | | | | paranormal experiences at the time and only see the |
| hunter's dream to capture such telling proof to validate | | | | apparition later, upon developing the film. Such was the |
| their ghost stories. Unfortunately, for every "real" spirit | | | | case of a 1959 photograph taken by Mrs. Mabel |
| photo, there are fifty fakes, and it can be difficult to | | | | Chinnery, who was photographing her husband seated |
| distinguish legitimacy, especially now that there are | | | | in a car at the cemetery after they had just finished |
| such advanced photo-editing programs on computers. | | | | visiting her mother's grave. Later, she was shocked to |
| That being said, the following ghosts are said to be | | | | see a female figure wearing glasses seated in the |
| some of the most authentic caught on camera. | | | | back seat of the car, as though she were patiently |
| One of the most famous photographs of paranormal | | | | waiting to be driven home! Photographic experts are |
| activity is the 1936 Brown Lady of Raynham Hall. The | | | | struck by how solid and real this ghost appears, yet |
| picture shows a ghostly white apparition of a woman | | | | they have been unable to document it as a fake. |
| in a white dress descending the staircase. Reportedly, | | | | A third convincing photograph of paranormal |
| this apparition has been appearing since the 1700s, but | | | | experiences was taken in 1919 by Sir Victor Goddard. |
| has not been seen or heard of since the photo was | | | | As was the custom, a routine photograph was being |
| taken. The spirit is believed to be Lady Townshend, | | | | taken of a World War I squadron of airmen. When the |
| who was rumored to have been locked up in the | | | | picture was developed, an extra face was clearly |
| house by her husband for years after her "faked" | | | | noted in the crowd. The face belonged to Freddy |
| funeral. | | | | Jackson, an airplane mechanic who had been killed by |
| In 1835, a guest at the house reported seeing a | | | | an airplane propeller two days prior! The men had |
| woman in a brown satin dress with eyes gouged out. | | | | attended his funeral earlier that day, but apparently his |
| This particular picture was taken by two unassuming | | | | ghostly presence remained. To date, paranormal |
| photographers for Country Life magazine. The | | | | groups are baffled by this amazing photo! |
| assistant had been startled by a sudden, fleeting | | | | |