I’m going to begin this blog with the photo of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall.
This purported ghost photo was taken in September 1936 by Captain Provand and his assistant Indre Shira, two very well respected photographers. This photo was taken as part of a photo shoot for a British magazine called Country Life and was first published in the pages of that magazine in December 1936. It’s been hotly debated for many years. However, there has been no documentation to either confirm or debunk the photo, although it was allegedly examined by “experts” in 1936.
Is it genuine? Is it a hoax? I have no idea.
And that comes to crux of paranormal investigation and the debate about any validity of evidence collected. Just because something can be faked, does that mean it can’t be genuine? No. Lighting, tornadoes and many other natural events can be reproduced in a lab, but it also occurs naturally in nature.
I do know that I first saw this photo when was young, probably younger than age 10. It was definitely part of what fueled my interest in the paranormal and ghosts. In my journey to find answers, I have had a lot of experiences I can’t explain. Does that mean they’re paranormal? No. It just means that they remain without any explanation I can find.
This photo was taken long before we had point and shoot camera, long before we had computers, photoshop and other manipulation software. As I see it, we just may have to accept that ways to falsify evidence will always keep pace with any and all evidence of the paranormal we capture. Just as there are ways today to fake a ghost photo, so it was in the days of the Brown Lady.
As with anyone else, I can only verify what I’ve experienced and my beliefs and theories on the paranormal are based on them. I’ve also had the pleasure to meet some very intelligent and analytical people in this field, people who take a critical eye and common sense to the paranormal.
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