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Contest: 2008 Paranormal Photo Hoax
Create and send in your phony monster, ghost or UFO photos

Best Ghost Photos Ever Taken
If seeing is believing, then these photos will convince you of the existence of ghosts. Here are some incredible ghost pictures and the equally remarkable stories behind them.

2007 Photo Hoax Contest Slide Show
2007 Photo Hoax Contest Slide Show

2006 Photo Hoax Contest Slide Show
2006 Photo Hoax Contest Slide Show

2005 Photo Hoax Contest Slide Show
2005 Photo Hoax Contest Slide Show

2004 Photo Hoax Contest Slide Show
Paranormal photo hoax contest slides of all entries.

Eye on the Unexplained
Even if you don't live in or near a haunted house, these webcams provide your chance to see a ghost - or some other paranormal apparition - with your own eyes.

Gallery of Classic Ghosts
Gallery of Classic Ghosts

The Ghost of the Seven Gables
The ghostly image of a small boy appears at the birthplace of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Is it the author's son Julian, or the author himself?

How To Photograph Ghosts
Great, convincing ghost photos are very rare. So how might we succeed? Here are some ideas.

Orbs Debate Photos
Photos to accompany the debate about orbs. Are they just dust and other airborne particulates? Or are they spirit energy?

Orbs Debate: Readers Respond
Readers react to my article about orbs not being good paranormal evidence. Some agree, others don’t. But almost all make interesting points worthy of continuing the debate.

Paranormal Photo Gallery
A selection of weird or unexplained photos from readers.

What Makes A Great Ghost Photo?
Really good ghost photographs are hard to come by, simply because spirits don’t pose on demand. Here are the elements of convincing pictures.

Amazing Ghost Photo Gallery
Amazing is right! This page has some really good ghost photos, some captured from webcams. Really good ones to check out include "Proof of a ghost on Kitty's Cam" and "Human image appears on door."

Angels & Ghosts: Pictures
This site has a fairly good collection of anamalous photos, some classic, some of their own, and some from around the web.

Apparitions in a Painting
Artist Salvador G. Valdez claims that several strange faces mysteriously appeared on the canvas of his abstract painting. Go look.

Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
Seventy years, what is considered one of the best ghost photographs of all time was taken at Raynham Hall, Norfolk. It has been held up as convincing evidence for the existence of spectral forms, but long-forgotten files on the case point to a different conclusion.

The eBay Haunted Painting
First read the text, then look at the photos of this really creepy painting. Allegedly, the figures in the painting come to life. Even if they don't, it's scary.

Fortean Picture Library
A collection of photos and illustrations - largely incomplete at this writing - of mysterious creatures, ghosts and hauntings can be found here.

Gallery of Spooky Photos
This website offers a large collection of orb photos taken at various locations. Some of the orbs are very interesting, unusual and detailed. Worth a look.

Ghost Photographs
There are only a few photos here, but they're good ones, especially "Girl on the Gravestone." Plus tips for spirit photography.

Ghosts and Apparitions
A nice, if small, collection of some classic and more recent photos of ghosts along with the stories behind them.

Ghosts from Beyond
This site features a number of interesting "ghost photos." Thankfully, they stay away from posting orb photos.

G.I.S. Ghost Pix
The Ghost Investigators Society has several galleries of unexplained photos - weird lights, orbs, swirls and mists taken in cemeteries, haunted spots and other locations.

How To Take Ghost Pictures
Charlyn Keating Chisholm, About.com's Guide to Hotels/Resorts/Inns has taken her fair share of photos of unexplained orbs in her travels. Here she explains her technique.

Interdimensional Photography
This site offers a gallery of interesting photos, including what they say may be orbs, light beings, angels, spirit entities, sprites, extraterrestrials, ectoplasm and more.

Interdimensional Photos
Dozens of "weird" photos can be found here. Most are of the orb and streak variety, and some look "created," but there are some interesting ones here.

Orbs or Dust?
Dust – the bane of the paranormal investigator. There have been many controversies over whether an anomaly in a photo is a "real orb" or just dust or some form of airborne particulate matter.

Paranormal Photos
A few dozen pics from Karen's Ghost Page. Most of them are just mysterious orbs of light though.

Paranormal Photos.com
A collection of amateur photos from around the world, most of the orb and mist variety. Some have stories attached.

Photographic Analysis: Matrixing
Matrixing is a term used by TAPS to describe the human mind's natural tendency to find familiar shapes in complex shapes or colors, such as finding a face in the shapes and shadows of a collection of objects.

Riddle of the Orbs
The subject of orb photographs has become very involved in recent years, and it is difficult not to have read articles in magazines and on websites making all manner of claims over this 'new' photographic phenomenon.

Searchers' Ghost Photos
Searchers for Paranormal Activity provides several orb-type photos, some taken with a digital camera.

The Shadowlands Ghost Page
Lots to see and hear, including a picture page and a page of ghostly sounds, like the very spooky "the baby is staying." Yikes!

Spiritography
This article explains what spirit photography is, its history, how the author began in the field, how you can get started and some recommendations for achieving success.

Spirit Photographs
A large selection of ghost photos, mostly from cemeteries, from the American Ghost Society.

Spirit Photography Exhibit
Here are some cool old "spirit photos" taken from the late 19th century at the height of the Spiritualism movement.

Supernatural World - Ghost Gallery
This gallery has some interesting ghost and haunting pictures. Some are just orbs and mists, but there are some intriguing figures, too, although I wish some of the images were larger to see them better.