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Famous Ghost Photographs
All of the following are famous photos of alleged ghosts.
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The Newby Monk
During the 1960's, Reverand K.F.Lord took a photo of the Altar in Newby Church, North Yorkshire. On developing this picture, a figure that appears to be a monk can be seen standing to one side of the Altar. The Church itself dates beck to the 1300's and it is generally thought that the Monk comes from around the 1500's before Henry V111's Reformation. The Monk appears to be a wearing a white cloth over his face with holes cut for the eyes. This could have meant that the Monk was actualy suffering from Leprosy as it was commomn practice in those days to cover the face to hide any disfigurement.
The Brown Lady.
The photo of a misty figure descending a staircase at Raynham Hall was taken in 1936 by Captain Provand and has since become a very famous picture. Unusually the ghost was seen before the photo was taken and not as more commonly found with the apparition being discovered on development of the photo.
It is generally thought that the apparition is that of Lady Dorothy Walpole who was born in 1686 and died in 1726 officially of smallpox but there have also been reports that she was pushed down the stairs after a long imprisonment in her apartments at Raynham Hall where she had been seperated from her 5 children due to her Husband discovering a long affair with Lord Wharton. She was also the sister of Sir Robert Walpole considered to be England's first Prime Minister.
The apparition has been seen on a number of occasions over the years and developed the name of the Brown Lady due to a brown brocade dress that she is seen to be wearing. Her appearance is often very foreboding and has even been seen on occasions with empty eye sockets.
Freddy Jackson
A Photo was taken in 1919 of Sir Victor Goddard's RAF Squadron that had been serving aboard the HMS Daedalus during World War 1. After the picture was taken it was noticed that an extra face was present. Behind the Airman on the top row, fourth from the left there is clearly the face of another man as seen in the highlighted circle. The Airmen recognised the face as being Freddy Jackson, an air mechanic who had accidentally been killed by a plane propeller 2 days previously. The funeral took place on the same day that this photo was taken.
Hampton Court
In 2003 a very clear apparition was caught on CCTV camera at the 16th Century Palace that was once home to King Henry V111. Alarms went off indicating that a fire door was open near an exhibition hall. On inspection by security guards, the doors were found to be shut. The guards went back and observed the cctv footage which showed the doors opening with no one there but then a long coated figure appears and slams the doors shut. This had apparently happened on the previous day at about 1pm and then again on the day after the cctv footage but the apparition was only seen the once.
Tourists also claim to have seen a ghost near an exhibition hall. Guides have been ruled out as they do not enter this part of the building. If you look closely, a mist can be seen around the figure.However we do belive this one has been owned up to as faked by staff,ifanyone from hampton court would like to comment we would love to hear from you,so we could put the record straight.(we would love to hear any other ghost stories or paranormal happenings at this site)
The Reverend Ghost
The Church of St.Mary is situated in the village of Eastry near Sandwich in Kent. There has been a village here since Roman times and possibly before this. A Roman road ran through the village from Woodnesborough to Dover and can still be traced.
A palace belonging to Egbert, King of Kent once stood on the site that is now Eastry Court in AD 664 and it is said that the King's two young cousins were murdered and buried here. In AD 827 Eastry ceased to be a Royal Residence as a number of Kingships had been consolidated down to a single monarchy and then in AD979 the Palace and Manor were given to the Monks of Christ Church in Canterbury.
In 1164 Thomas Beckett hid here for eight days waiting to escape to France and there is thought to be a secret tunnel running from the Court to the Church.
The lower section of the tower at St. Mary's dates back to the late 11th Century. Also nearby in Woodnesborough Lane are a labyrinth of caves which have been carved and extend to nearly 700 feet. Thee may have been used for religious worship in times of persecution and later as grain storage chambers for Britain.
A photograph taken in 1956 inside St.Mary's Church shows a figure in the pews that looks like a priest. Only a cleaing lady was present in the church at the time this was taken.
The Ghost of Wem.
Wem can be found in North Shropshire where there have been settlements going back to the Cornivii Tribe during the Iron Age. The Romans colonised there and eventually the Saxons named the town Wamm meaning marsh which evolved into Wem. In 1202 Wem became a Market Town and then by 1455 - 1480 when the town was well established with a castle and walls, it was torn apart in the War of the Roses by the Earl of Salisbury for the Yorks. It would later be rebuilt in 1500 by Ralf Greystock.
In 1643, Wem became the first town to declare for Parliament under Colonel Mytton. Lord Capel then attacked the town but was held at bay by the townspeople.
In 1677, Jane Churn, a fourteen year old girl, dropped a burning candle and started a huge fire that destroyed most of the wooden buildings in the town. The heat was so intense that the Church bells partially melted.
The town was rebuilt once more with a Free School that later became a Grammar School. The Lord Chief Justice of England also had a residence here in 1684 and then later in the 1800's, John Ireland, famous for his biography of William Hogarth , moved to Wem which is now famous for its Sweet Peas.
In 1995, Wem town Hall caught fire and hundreds of people gathered to watch from a safe distance. Sixty fire Fighters attended and managed to save the exterior although the interior was entirely gutted. A large plaque commerating the first fire in the 1600's only suffered minor water damage. Arson was ruled out but no cause for the fire could be found.
Local resident, Tony O'Rahilly took photos of the fire and discovered in one of his pictures, an image of a young girl although there had been no one there when he had been taking the pictures.
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