10 Most Compelling Pieces Of Evidence That Prove Ghosts Are Real

8. Oh So Many Creepy Photos

There are plenty of dubious "photographs" of otherworldly apparitions, oftentimes attached to a similarly outlandish story of how the subjects weren't visible when the pictures were taken, the ghostly photobomber appearing only when the shots were developed. If those pieces of evidence weren't suspect enough, they've become even more so with the advent of Photoshop and other image-editing software that makes doctoring in a translucent guy in a white sheet into your holiday snaps literal child's play. As in, kids can (and do) do it.

Of course, ghost photography existed long before Photoshop reared its head, and there are plenty of pics that couldn't have been so convincingly doctored in the eras they were taken. Putting aside "orbs" for a moment - because, c'mon, we all know they're just bits of light or dust or reflections from a camera's flash - there are numerous photos purporting to show ghoulish visitors that are beyond explanation.

There's the above snap of the Brown Lady taken at Raynham Hall in 1936 which, if it's a fake, is a flipping convincing one. Then there's the group photo of an RAF squadron, where they were joined by what looked to be their mechanic who had died two days prior in a freak accident.

There are countless other photographs that have been proven to be fakes - through tricks or double exposures, or other things we don't really understand but still believe in (LIKE GHOSTS) - but almost as many like these few examples, where the person who took the picture wasn't up to any shady business, and can't explain the half-visible interlopers.

The tales which accompany the pictures often consist of the most purple prose imaginable, but don't let the spooky stories deceive you - the photos themselves are legit, and legit scary. And possibly also actual evidence that something ghostly exists.