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Did Google Streetview capture a ghost on camera?

February 14, 2016 by Andrew 1 Comment

A man browsing Google’s Streetview has found a demonic face appearing out of a window in the Walton area of Liverpool.

He told The Liverpool Echo;

I was looking on Google Street View to find a fish and chip shop in Walton, and I came across The Stuart Hotel.

Something in the top left hand window caught my eye. It looks like a ghostly image of an evil-looking face.

While In Pure Spirit can’t find the original tweet pictures of the ghost-like face are available.

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Tom Slemen, a paranormal researcher with experience of Liverpool, confirmed to the paper that The Stuart Hotel is believed to be haunted but wouldn’t vouch for the authenticity of the faces.

According to Slemen one paranormal occurrence in the hotel dates back to 1897 when a scratching noise was heard in the cellar. To begin with the sound was dismissed as being a rat or mice but it became louder and louder. Eventually the neighbours could hear it as well.

Three days later the whole building was shaking to such a degree that the pub windows were left open in case the vibrations shattered the class. After that the noise stopped but a regular drinker knocked three times on the cellar wall and received three knocks back in response. That was enough for the noise to start again. Eventually a priest from St Mary’s Church left a Bible in the cellar and the noise stopped for good.

IPS is unable to confirm whether the Bible is still in The Stuart Hotel.

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Do you think this is a picture of a ghost

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Are you from Liverpool? Are there any haunted pubs or hotels that you know about?

Ghosts from around the world

October 20, 2015 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Are ghosts from different parts of the world similar in appearance and behaviour?

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A joke on the cultural stereotypes. Did you see it coming?

7 terrible fake ghost pictures

May 30, 2015 by Andrew 3 Comments

What counts as a terrible ghost picture in the first place?

There are a few answers; the photoshop ghost might be easy to spot, the original picture might already be famous or some popular smartphone app like Ghost Camera Prank might have been used. Badly faked ghost pictures are common on the internet. Some might argue that all ghost pictures are fake but that’s a debate for another day.

Here’s 8 of the worst fake ghost pictures according to In Pure Spirit.

Faked Scolastic Information

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The picture above is a fake. You can just see the “ghost teacher” or very large child floating above the students in the foreground. The original, seen below, is Robert Doisneau’s Scolastic Information. You can buy the original from Art Republic.

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Faked Dracula, Bela Lugois

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This is a famous picture from Bela Lugosi’s 1931 Dracula picture. It boggles the mind that anyone would thik to photoshop a ghost into it. Are we expected to think that the vmpire is real too? As evidence; the original can be bought as a poster from Art.com.

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Haunted Gothic Church of St Peter

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This fake ghost looks like it was created on a smartphone. You can see the so-called haunting sitting in what looks like a sofa on the right. The original picture can be seen in a blog post created by Andy Finnegan which tells us that the original is the Gothic Church of St Peter in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. You can see a copy of the original below.

 

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Ghosts in the snow

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This terrible picture is of Miranda Castle. The original photograph may have been taken by this Flickr user and published without permission to be shared elsewhere. That’s not stopped the original from being spread around the internet and in this case some one adding a horrible creature you can just see in the front left.

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Ghosts inside the castle church

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It might make sense to imagine there would be ghosts inside a church or ghosts inside a castle. Needless to say it may well make sense that there are ghosts inside a castle church. In this case the photograph does not prove ghosts are real. The original can be found among a personal collection at Roman Zakharii’s site.

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Edward VII and his ghost

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This so-called haunting of Edward VII is unlikely. The original picture can be found in Wikipedia’s archives and the ghostly spectre added to the image looks more modern than anything else. Do you think this is real?

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The ghost on the pier

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I suppose this is quite a nice idea. In this case the faked photograph begins life as a good photograph without any obvious hook to the supernatural. A figure is simply added in and suddenly the whole picture takes on a new life. The original, however, can be found on Redbubble by the artist SD Smart and there’s no ghost.

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Do you have any other examples of badly forged ghost pictures? Share them in the comments below. Perhaps you think the 7 ghost pictures above have been badly treated and that the originals don’t match up – after all, perhaps it’s the so-called original that’s been photoshopped.

Have neuroscientists discovered how to create the feeling of a ghost?

November 11, 2014 by Andrew Leave a Comment

A team of scientists have been able to create the strange “feeling of a presence” in a lab. This is believed to be what is at work when we sometimes suspect there’s a “ghost” nearby.

The science is both impressive and underwhelming at the same time. It’s underwhelming because there is actually something touching you if you take part in this experiment – it’s just not happening the way you might expect.

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Do you think neuroscience will be able to explain all “supernatural” encounters one day?

Idatedaghost.com

January 5, 2014 by Andrew 5 Comments

I dated a ghost is a sub-plot from the 2nd episode of the 3rd series of the BBC’s Sherlock. While drunk on a stag night Holmes and Watson end up speaking to a nurse who believes she’s dated a ghost.

Later on we see Sherlock on a fake website called Idatedaghost.com. Right now there’s no such site – but someone’s probably buying the domain name. In the meantime here’s some of the most popular pictures that Google images returns for a “Ghost Boyfriend” search.

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Are you a fan of Sherlock… and would you date a ghost?

This TV ad for tires will give you a fright!

December 2, 2013 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Ready for a fright? Sit back, hold on tight and watch… this Japanese ad for tires.

Whether it’s car insurance, sites that compare car insurance, broken windscreens, tire repair or the dreaded M.O.T. this is big business in the UK and across the world. That’s why you get so many annoying TV ads. They don’t mind that they’re annoying you. They just demand that you remember them.

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Will you remember this ad from Autoway? What did you think? Good or too spooky?

Ghosts on the London Underground

November 10, 2013 by Andrew 3 Comments

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Posters like this are common place in the London Underground. They tell you about delays, about the importance of drinking water when it’s hot and not leaving your luggage. Okay, posters exactly like this one aren’t actually common. This one deals with ghosts.

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Have you seen anything like this before? Why not share your thoughts and links in the comments below?

Your problem: ghost bums

June 12, 2013 by Andrew Leave a Comment

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Is it true? The average person is in direct with at least 5 ghost butts at any given time?

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What do you think?

When there’s really a ghost in the mirror

February 27, 2013 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Warning – this video, though ideal for you, has some strong lanugage in it. That’s what you get when you give someone the scare of their lives.

This is a promotion for the Last Exorcism Part II. Yup! A movie!

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What did you make of the prank? A good one?

Are you more or less likely to watch the movie now?

Forget photobombing; worry about #ghostbombing

October 29, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Photobombing is the art of popping up in the background of someone else’s photograph. It takes skill and style to do it well – but even some celebrities do it, or have it happen to them.

Now, according to a spoof report from one of HTC’s ad agencies; ghosts do it too. Will the HTC One X be added to the list of paranormal investigator equipment?

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Do you like the ad? What do you make of the ghostbombing concept?

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