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Posted: 31/October/2004 at 7:13pm | IP Logged ***Hi Spider***

Some of the most famous ghost photographs were taken before all of the high tech gear was available or in some cases even thought of. The "Brown Lady of Raynham Hall" is probably the most famous ghost photograph taken.



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Posted: 31/October/2004 at 7:20pm | IP Logged ***Hi Spider***

The famous ghost picture, the "Brown Lady of Raynham Hall" was taken back in 1936. The photograph was actually taken during a photo shoot for "Country Life Magazine."

This photograph has been seen on countless television ghost documentaries all over the world, as well as numerous magazines, newspapers and of course websites.

The image is supposedly a brown lady descending the stairs at the Raynham Hall in London. The interesting thing about the story is that she has never been seen since.

 



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Here is another version of the story of the "Brown lady"... Note that this story claims she has been seen since....

Faking ghost photos through double exposure and in-the-lab trickery has been around as long as photography itself; and today, computer graphics programs can easily and convincingly create ghost images. But these photos are generally thought to be untouched, genuine portraits of the unexplained.

The Brown Lady
This portrait of "The Brown Lady" ghost is arguably the most famous and well-regarded ghost photograph ever taken. The ghost is thought to be that of Lady Dorothy Townshend, wife of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount of Raynham, residents of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England in the early 1700s. The Raynham Hall mansion was the home of the Townshend family for over 300 years. Dorothy was the sister of Sir Robert Walpole, Charles' one-time partner with whom he had a falling-out. It was also rumored that Dorothy, before her marriage to Charles, had been the mistress of Lord Wharton, "whose character was so infamous, and his lady's complaisant subserviency so notorious, that no young woman could be four and twenty hours under their roof with safety to her reputation." Charles suspected Dorothy of infidelity. And although according to legal records she died and was buried in 1726, it was suspected that the funeral was a sham and that Charles had locked his wife away in a remote corner of the house until her death many years later.

Dorothy's ghost is said to haunt the oak staircase and other areas of Raynham Hall. In the early 1800s, King George IV, while staying at Raynham, saw the figure of a woman in a brown dress standing beside his bed, noting that her face was pale and hair disheveled. She was seen again standing in the hall in 1835 by Colonel Loftus, who was visiting for the Christmas holidays. He saw her again a week later and described her as wearing a brown satin dress, her skin glowing with a pale luminescence. It also seemed to him that her eyes had been gouged out. A few years later, Captain Frederick Marryat and two friends saw "the brown lady" gliding along an upstairs hallway, carrying a lantern. As she passed, Marryat said, she grinned at the men in a "diabolical manner." Marryat fired a pistol at the apparition, but the bullet simply passed through.

The famous photo above was taken in September, 1936 by Captain Provand and Indre Shira, two photographers who were assigned to photograph Raynham Hall for Country Life magazine. This is what happened, according to Shira:

"Captain Provand took one photograph while I flashed the light. He was focusing for another exposure; I was standing by his side just behind the camera with the flashlight pistol in my hand, looking directly up the staircase. All at once I detected an ethereal veiled form coming slowly down the stairs. Rather excitedly, I called out sharply: 'Quick, quick, there's something.' I pressed the trigger of the flashlight pistol. After the flash and on closing the shutter, Captain Provand removed the focusing cloth from his head and turning to me said: 'What's all the excitement about?'"

Upon developing the film, the image of The Brown Lady ghost was seen for the first time. It was published in the December 16, 1936 issue of Country Life. The ghost has been seen occasionally since.

 



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AND YET ANOTHER VERSION OF THE STORY

The "ghost" is belived to be that of lady dorothy walpole who lived in Raynham hall where the picture was taken.

She was born in 1686 and died in 1726 at the age of 40. Some say she died of small pox (a common illness in that day) but others say she was pushed down the stairs. No one knows for sure.

Her brother was Priminister sir robert walpole.

Her ghost has been seen many times on the stairs crying for her 5 children who were taken of her by her husband whom she divorced some time before her death.

King George VI has seen her!



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