Post by Chaos_Childe on Sept 1, 2002 16:48:14 GMT -5
As posted under the photo section started by Witchboy I will relate the case behind the photo...
It was taken by Captain Provand and Indre Shira, two top professional photographers at Raynham Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk in 1936.
The Brown lady has been reported at the house over the last 150 years on many occasions. She gains her name from the brown satin gown with yellow trimings and a ruff around the throat.
She is believed to be a Dorothy Walpole, who lived unhappily at Raynham hall suffering from mental depression and spending the last years of her life confined to a room. Her brother was Sir Robert Walpole, England's prime minster in 1722.
The sad lady is supposedly looking for her children who were taken away from her when she and her husband seperated. There are also stories of her either falling or being pushed to her death on the staircase in the photo.
This particular photo was taken at 4pm on 19th September 1936. Indre Shira related the case in the magazine Country life dated 26th December 1936:
'All at once I detected and ethereal, veiled form coming slowly down the stairs. Rather excitedly I called out sharply: 'Quick! Quick! There's something! Are you ready?' 'yes' the photographer (Captain Provand) replied, and removed the cap from the lens. 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?'
I directed his attention to the staircase and explained that I had distinctly seen a figure there - transparent so the steps were visible through the ethereal form, but nevertheless very definite and to me perfectly real. He laughed and said I must have imagined I had seen a ghost - for there was now nothing to be seen.'
The ghost is however clearly visible on the photograph and is a case of spontaneous ghosts.
It was taken by Captain Provand and Indre Shira, two top professional photographers at Raynham Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk in 1936.
The Brown lady has been reported at the house over the last 150 years on many occasions. She gains her name from the brown satin gown with yellow trimings and a ruff around the throat.
She is believed to be a Dorothy Walpole, who lived unhappily at Raynham hall suffering from mental depression and spending the last years of her life confined to a room. Her brother was Sir Robert Walpole, England's prime minster in 1722.
The sad lady is supposedly looking for her children who were taken away from her when she and her husband seperated. There are also stories of her either falling or being pushed to her death on the staircase in the photo.
This particular photo was taken at 4pm on 19th September 1936. Indre Shira related the case in the magazine Country life dated 26th December 1936:
'All at once I detected and ethereal, veiled form coming slowly down the stairs. Rather excitedly I called out sharply: 'Quick! Quick! There's something! Are you ready?' 'yes' the photographer (Captain Provand) replied, and removed the cap from the lens. 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?'
I directed his attention to the staircase and explained that I had distinctly seen a figure there - transparent so the steps were visible through the ethereal form, but nevertheless very definite and to me perfectly real. He laughed and said I must have imagined I had seen a ghost - for there was now nothing to be seen.'
The ghost is however clearly visible on the photograph and is a case of spontaneous ghosts.
