The 10 Most Famous Ghost Photos Of All Time

Taken at Combermere Abbey library in 1891, the figure is believed to be the ghost of Lord Combermere, a British cavalry commander.

Taken in the Philippines in 2000, these two friends were snapped while out walking, they asked a stranger to take the photo on their mobile phone.

Neil Sandbach was taking photos around a farm in Hertfordshire when he captured what appears to be a young child near one of the farm buildings, the owner later confirmed that they had witnessed the ghost of a boy many times before.

When a grandson took a photo of his gran, he didn't expect to see his grandpa stood behind her. After the lady in the photo died, her family went through the photos and for the first time noticed her husband in the photo who had passed 13 years before the photo was taken.

Taken in 1919, the photo shows RAF Goddard's squadron, who served in World War I but on closer inspection a spooky face can be seen in the back row, it's believed to be air mechanic Freddy Jackson, who'd been killed in an accident two days earlier.

A former British Columbian priest took this photo in 1966, his subject was the Tulip Staircase in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He never expected to see a shadowy figure climbing the stairs when he got the photo developed.

The Chinnerys were visiting the grave of a relative and had their camera with them to take some photos of the graves, after snapping a few pics Mrs Chinnery took a photo of her husband, who was waiting in the car.

Terry Ike Clanton is an actor, recording artist and poet, he took this photo of a friend at Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona. Clanton was surprised to see a man in the background behind the gravestones. Based on his apparent height, he would have to be either kneeling or rising up out of the ground.

The ghost of Raynham Hall in Norfolk is believed to be Lady Dorothy Townshend. It was rumoured that her husband suspected her of having an affair and locked her away in a remote corner of the house until her death many years later.

Taken at Newby Church in North Yorkshire in 1963 by Reverend K. F. Lord at, one of the most famous and controversial photos ever taken, some claim the photo is likely a fake as it's almost too good to be real, yet experts who have examined the photo say the figure isn't the result of a double exposure.