Monday, November 23, 2009

The Brown Lady Of Raynham Hall


I was recently visiting a friends house and we were chatting about ghosts among other things
and another aquaintance of mine expressed the fact that he had never seen the "worlds most famous ghost photo" The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall.
So I thought I would share this photo on my blog for everyone to see.
This photo was originally published in the British magazine, Country Life on 12/26/1936.
It was captured by Captain Prousard and Indre Shira while doing a photoshoot of the historic Raynham Hall for Country Life mag, it wasn't captured during a "ghost hunt".
The first time I saw this photo I must admit I was creeped out and I'm still creeped out by it.
The Brown Lady also made appearances in 1849 & 1926 and may be the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole who died @ Raynham Hall of smallpox in 1726 after being ordered to be locked into her apartments by her husband Viscount Townshend after learning of an illicit affair. She is called The Brown Lady because she is seen wearing a brown brocade dress and her ghostly appearance is especially frightening because of her empty eye sockets.

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