Ghosts Collection

The Ghost Story by Alfred Bestall
A family sit in the dark by a blazing fire, rigid with fear while listening to a ghost story told by an aged relative. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to them, the sceptre of a medieval knight

The Vampire II, 1895-1900. Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)
The Vampire II, 1895-1900. Private Collection

Hall at Borley Rectory
Undated photograph of the hall at Borley Rectory, into which many things were thrown from above. HPG/1/3/4 (iv)

Japan Ghost Procession
JAPANESE GHOSTS The Shozenji Temple, Fushimi, near Kyoto, is haunted by Hiyakki Yako - a gathering of a hundred ghosts

Ghost Delivers Warning
A spectral figure materialises in a candlelit room where two men are roused from their books. The older man points ahead while the ghost points upwards. A ghostly warning?

Schubert / Erlkonig-Goethe
Schuberts Erlkonig (Goethe)

Apparition / Queens Hse
Figures photographed on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House, though photographer saw nothing; during normal opening hours of the Museum

The Queens House Ghost on the Tulip Staircase. In 1966, a retired Canadian Reverend and his wife visited the Queens House, Greenwich, London

Ghost on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House
Figure photographed on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House, though photographer saw nothing; during normal opening hours of the Museum - (a digitally restored version of image 10003710)

The Blue Room at Borley Rectory
Undated photograph of the Blue Room at Borley Rectory, where many manifestations took place. HPG/1/3/4 (vii)

Man and ghost
Man being followed by a hooded ghost. The figure with outstretched hands pointed at me and said: " Granby Manners, you will die in this room!" Date: 1890s

Ghostly apparition produced by reflection. Date: 19th century

Japanese Snow Ghost
JAPANESE SNOW GHOST If a Japanese dies in the snow, s/he becomes a yuki onna - a snow ghost - as in the story of Oyasu who died in a great snowstorm

The Party on the Stairs (w / c and bodycolour)
Ma447090 The Party on the Stairs (w/c and bodycolour) by Claxton, Adelaide (1835-c.1905); 19.75 x 17.75 in cm; Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; English, out of copyright

Ghost of Akugenda Yoshihira Attacking Nanba Jiro at Nunobiki Waterfall, ca 1825. Creator: Kuniyoshi
Ghost of Akugenda Yoshihira Attacking Nanba Jiro at Nunobiki Waterfall, ca 1825. Private Collection

Mel Roy on the stage mid-nite, spook party talking skulls, spirit slate writing, spirit table raising, ghosts from the dead. Date ca. 1935

Ghosts in Churchyard
A countryman passing through a churchyard at night is surprised to see three elegant female spirits floating in the air

A strange ghostly apparition caught on camera
A strange ghostly apparition caught in a photograph taken in a family home on Sunday, 30th March, 1986. The photograph was supposed to be depicting the 10 year-old boy (Andrew Burlington)

The Enfield poltergeist was a claim of supernatural activity at 284 Green Street, a council house in Brimsdown, Enfield, London, England, between 1977 and 1979 involving two sisters, aged 11 and 13

Ghosts at Number 37 Abbott Road, Bournemouth? For ten years 37 Abbott Road was the home of Charlie & Pat Burden, however, in the space of a week the couple had fled the house in fear

The Vampire (Love and Pain), 1894. Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)
The Vampire (Love and Pain), 1894. From a private collection

Tribute - Ghosts. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

The Exorcists House Kings Lynn, 1942 a42_03875
The Exorcists House, Chapel Lane, Kings Lynn, West Norfolk. The Exorcists House viewed from the churchyard of St Nicholas Chapel

Scene From Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar": The Ghost Of Caesar Appears To Brutus, c1850

Inside empty Coliseum, Chicago, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Inside empty Coliseum, Chicago, 1912. 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22

Goodwood Races: the Chesterfield Cup - Leonora and the Spectre Lover, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Goodwood Races: the Chesterfield Cup - Leonora and the Spectre Lover, 1865. One of the silver cups, ...or pieces of plate, which formed the principal prizes won at Goodwood races last week

Lost souls
Michel Romaggi

Halloween Theme
Xuan Thai

Little Pumpkin In the Halloween
Xuan Thai

Witch Cat In the Halloween
Xuan Thai

Witch Cat In the Halloween
Xuan Thai

Cartoon depicting a man searching for a ghost, 19th century
5309046 Cartoon depicting a man searching for a ghost, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a man searching for a ghost. Dated 19th century 01/02/1880); Universal History Archive/UIG

Poster for Houdini's fraud exposure show, 1909 (poster)
2909810 Poster for Houdini's fraud exposure show, 1909 (poster); (add.info.: Poster for Houdini's fraud exposure show)

A new set of ghosts served up the meat and waited at the table. From Gulliver's voyage to Glubbdubdrib
2963111 A new set of ghosts served up the meat and waited at the table. From Gulliver's voyage to Glubbdubdrib, an island of sorcerers and magicians

Demon head, ca. 1600. Creator: Anonymous
Demon head, ca. 1600. Private Collection

Saint Anthony of Padua with baby Jesus. Creator: Luti, Benedetto (1666-1724)
Saint Anthony of Padua with baby Jesus. Private Collection

red (Jüdisches Museum Berlin)
Franco Maffei

ghost town
EMAN ABDELKADER

New Face
Sandra Ulfig ARPS

Screamer
Colin Dixon

When the soul leaves the body
Sally Widjaja

"The Stuff that Dreams are Made of"(oil on canvas)
Ma88155 " The Stuff that Dreams are Made of" (oil on canvas) by Fitzgerald, John Anster (1832-1906); Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; English, out of copyright

Andrew Burlington ghost photograph
12 year-old Andrew Burlington holds up the photograph taken at his family home on Sunday, 30th March, 1986, which showed a strange ghostly apparition which obscured the main subject of the image (see)

Odysseus in the Land of the Dead, 1929 (litho)
3060297 Odysseus in the Land of the Dead, 1929 (litho) by Wyeth, Newell Convers (1882-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

A picture to illustrate some of the ghosts that are supposed to haunt the streets of Newcastle

Have you seen a ghost? You could be looking at one now. This is a room at the Lord Crewe Arms, Blanchland. Is that the ghost of Dorothy Foster, perhaps?

In 1935 an actress committed suicide at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle and her ghost is said to haunt the aisles. But pictures like this one, taken in Feburary 1971, would not fool todays ghost experts

The Vampire (Love and Pain). Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)
The Vampire (Love and Pain). Private Collection

The Vampire in the Forest. Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)
The Vampire in the Forest. Found in the collection of Munch Museum, Oslo

the chaos of the city
Fatih Balkan

Where Are You Heading?
Gustav Davidsson

Children of Chaos I :Nyx
Maria Kaimaki

Save Me
Peet van den Berg

Exit
Carmine Chiriacò

Together we shall win !!
Rachel Pansky

Another mask
Emilian Avramescu

Hasty people on a Friday evening in the tunnel
Wilma Wijers Smeets

we walk the path alone
Charlaine Gerber

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Yuri Shevchenko

SPIRAL WALK
Avishek Das

sapiens?
txules

in akcion
Milan Malovrh

Waves Of Music
Mirela Momanu

Memoirs
Anastasiia Zapselskaya

Portrait of a Lady, possibly Mrs Pigott of Chetwynd, late 18th century. Creator: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of a Lady, possibly Mrs Pigott of Chetwynd, late 18th century

Takagi Umanosuke and the Ghost of a Woman, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Takagi Umanosuke and the Ghost of a Woman, 1866. Series: Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

Blumauer's Aeneide, 1789. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Blumauer's Aeneide, 1789. From almanac: Konigl. Grosbritannischer Historischer Genealogischer Calender, 1790. Aloys Blumauer's Vergils Aeneis travestirt (1783)

Lord Sadanobu Threatens a Demon in the Palace at Night, 1889. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Lord Sadanobu Threatens a Demon in the Palace at Night, 1889. From New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts

Kodembo no Shoshichi, an Osaka Thief, Tormented by Ghosts, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Kodembo no Shoshichi, an Osaka Thief, Tormented by Ghosts, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 614

Mitsukuni and the Skeleton Specter (image 3 of 3), mid 1840s. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Mitsukuni and the Skeleton Specter (image 3 of 3), mid 1840s

AI IMAGE - The Ghost of Christmas Present, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The Ghost of Christmas Present, 2023. Fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol"

AI IMAGE - The Ghost of Jacob Marley, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The Ghost of Jacob Marley, 2023. Jacob Marley is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol"

The Ghost of Seigen Haunting Sakurahime, 1889. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Ghost of Seigen Haunting Sakurahime, 1889. From New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts

Iga no Tsubone with Tengu, the Spirit of Fujiwara no Nakanari, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Iga no Tsubone with Tengu, the Spirit of Fujiwara no Nakanari, 1865. From One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan

Suma Urabe Suetake Meeting a Ghost with a Child, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Suma Urabe Suetake Meeting a Ghost with a Child, 1865. From One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan

Lord Teishin with a Demon behind a Screen, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Lord Teishin with a Demon behind a Screen, 1865. From One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan

Mutsuki Suginosuke Norifusa with a Ghost, 1867. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Mutsuki Suginosuke Norifusa with a Ghost, 1867. From Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

Akamatsu Jutamaru Takanori and the Ghost of Yaegakehime, 19th century. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Akamatsu Jutamaru Takanori and the Ghost of Yaegakehime, 19th century. From Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

Toki Daishiro Fighting the Demon, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Toki Daishiro Fighting the Demon, 1865. From One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan

Kusunoki Tamonmaru Masatsura Surprising a Fox Raccoon dog Ghost, Published in 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Kusunoki Tamonmaru Masatsura Surprising a Fox Raccoon dog Ghost, Published in 1865. From One Hundered Ghost Tales from China and Japan

The Wrestler Onogawa Kisaburo Blowing Smoke at a One-Eyed Monster, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Wrestler Onogawa Kisaburo Blowing Smoke at a One-Eyed Monster, 1865. From One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan

Ii No Hayata Kills the Nue at the Imperial Palace, 1890. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Ii No Hayata Kills the Nue at the Imperial Palace, 1890. From New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts

The Osaka Youth Who Regained His Speech after His Father's Death, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Osaka Youth Who Regained His Speech after His Father's Death, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 651

A Widower Witnesses His Wife's Ghost Nursing Their Child, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A Widower Witnesses His Wife's Ghost Nursing Their Child, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 527

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Ghosts have long fascinated and haunted our imaginations, transcending time and culture. From the eerie tales of The Ghost Story by Alfred Bestall to the chilling artwork of Edvard Munch's The Vampire II, these spectral beings continue to captivate us with their ethereal presence. In Apparition / Queens Hse, we catch a glimpse of a ghostly figure haunting an ancient residence, while the Hall at Borley Rectory stands as a testament to one of England's most infamous haunted houses. Across the globe in Japan, a Ghost Procession parades through the streets, reminding us that spirits know no borders. Sometimes they can not mere apparitions but messengers from beyond. As seen in Ghost Delivers Warning, they bring foreboding messages that send shivers down our spines. Even renowned composer Schubert was inspired by these supernatural entities when he composed Erlkonig-Goethe. The Tulip Staircase at The Queens House holds its own ghostly tale from 1966 when witnesses claimed to have captured evidence of a specter lingering on its steps. This mysterious entity continues to intrigue visitors who dare venture into its realm. Not all hauntings occur within grand halls or historic sites; even brothels can harbor restless spirits. A Ghost in a Brothel reminds us that ghosts do not discriminate between places or professions - their presence can be felt anywhere. Lastly, Man and ghost stand together in an enigmatic embrace, blurring the line between reality and fantasy. These encounters remind us that they can not just figments of our imagination but entities intertwined with our world. Whether it is The Blue Room at Borley Rectory or any other location steeped in legend and lore, ghosts persistently weave themselves into our collective consciousness. They embody both fear and fascination as they traverse realms unknown – forever leaving an indelible mark on humanity's psyche.