Spectre of Newby Church

We'll explore the origins of spirit photography, examine some of the most famous photographs ever taken that appear to capture the dead.

This includes the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, Freddie Jackson's ghost, the Tulip Staircase ghost and the Newby Church monk.

And we'll ask why almost all of these famous images come from the distant past.

So as we enter October, let us ask together, can the dead be photographed? Listener discretion is advised as each episode of How Haunted will feature gruesome tales, horrific happenings, bloody murder and ghosts.

They don't necessarily know what they're looking at.

But what they do know is that they don't like it.

Of all the photographs discussed in this episode, the Newby Church Monk may be the one that people find most unsettling.

Not necessarily because it's the most convincing, and certainly not because it becomes attached to the richest body of ghost stories.