From the strange JFK assassination witness the FBI couldn’t find to the dead serviceman in an RAF snap: 9 spine-tingling photos that can’t be explained
These eerie images will freak you out so much you'll be afraid to leave the house
MYSTERIES are usually the stuff of films and fiction so when a real life riddle is captured on camera they’re hard to forget.
1. The Babushka lady at JFK’s murder
After American President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in November 1963 the FBI started tracking down witnesses and confiscating their cameras looking for clues about the murderer.
But one woman who was repeatedly pictured taking photos of the scene has never been found.
Nicknamed ‘The Babushka Lady’ because of her Russian-style headscarf, she appeared to stay back recording the action, while other onlookers rushed to the stricken leader’s car.
In 1970 a woman called Beverly Oliver came forward saying she was the mystery woman and claiming the FBI had confiscated her camera.
Frustratingly, some aspects of her story don’t add up and conspiracy theorists have ruled her out.
So the identity of the mystery woman remains just that, a mystery - and the photos she took, which could hold vital clues about the Kennedy assassination, remain unfound.
2. Reporting for duty – even after death?
This photograph of a World War 1 RAF Squadron was published in 1975 by Sir Victor Goddard, a retired officer.
Taken in 1919, it looks like a bog-standard group shot until you focus in on the back row, and the fourth man from the left.
Standing behind him, another man can be clearly seen. A man identified by other members of the squadron as Freddy Jackson.
Which wouldn’t be that weird – until you find out that Freddy was accidentally killed two days before the picture was taken and his funeral was being held the same day.
3. Stairway to heaven
One of the most famous ghost photos ever taken appears to show the spectral form of Lady Dorothy Townsend, known as ‘The Brown Lady’.
Taken in 1936 by photographers capturing Raynham Hall for Country Life magazine the ghost of a woman can clearly be seen and photographic experts can’t find any evidence of fakery.
So who is she and why is she there? The story goes that Lady Dorothy’s husband, Second Viscount of Raynham Charles Townshend, suspected her of infidelity and locked her away inside the house.
Though legal records claim she died in 1726, a rumour persisted that she was alive but a prisoner until many years later.
The ghost has been seen many times over the years with one of the alleged witnesses being King George IV who found her standing by his bed.
4. Seaside spooks
When crew members James Courtney and Michael Meehan died while cleaning out a cargo tank on the SS Watertown they were given a traditional burial at sea.
But according to crew members, and this photo, they continued to hang around.
The image, which shows two ghostly heads floating in the waves beside the ship, was taken by Captain Keith Tracy after multiple crew members reported seeing the soggy spectres.
Strangely, after the ship’s crew changed, there were no more sightings of the two deceased sailors.
5. The garden ghost
Jim Templeton and his wife were enjoying having lunch in the countryside with their young daughter when they decided to take a snap of the lovely moment.
Days after their trip to Burgh Marsh, the family got their photos developed, which is when the real mystery began to unfold.
When Jim looked through them, he noticed something very creepy in the snap of his daughter - there was a old man-like 'spirit' in the background.
The couple said there was no one else was present that day and when they asked Kodak for answers, the printing company claimed no one had tampered with the image.
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6. Ghost baby gracing the grave
In 1945, after an Australian mum tragically lost her daughter, Joyce Elizabeth Andrews, 17, she took a photo of the grave.
But when Mary Elizabeth Colquhoun had the images of the teenager's resting place developed, something very spooky could be seen in the snaps.
One of the images appeared to show the spirit of a little girl, who Mary claims didn't look like her daughter, sitting on Joyce's grave and eerily looking directly at the camera.
In fact, Mary said she didn't recognise the young child at all and there were no other kids in the cemetery... no living children that is.
7. The church creeper
Peter Berthelot took this spooky snap of his wife Diane while she was was praying in a sleepy town church in Worstead, Norfolk.
The pair thought they were alone in the empty church when Peter took the picture of his wife, but when they got the image developed, he noticed something lurking behind her.
The creeped-out couple showed their vicar and he revealed there had been sightings of a White Lady ghost who people believed to be a healer.
8. A backseat driver
While this might look like just another image of a taxi driver, it is actually a photograph of Mabel Chinnery's husband.
The picture was taken in 1959 as he was on his way to visit the grave of Mabel's mum and according to the story, Mabel stepped out of the car to take a snap of him.
But when the photos were developed, she noticed an unexplained freaky figure with bright eyes sitting in the back seat of the car.
9. Hanging out
This terrifying image may look like the beginning of a Hollywood movie, but the picture was actually taken in the Cooper's dining room.
The two ladies can be seen sat around the table and posing with their little boys on their laps in a sweet family photo.
But, once you notice the mysterious hanging figure dangling down from the left hand corner, you won't be able to see the spine-tingling snap in the same way.
