8 Famous Paranormal Photographs Debunked

3. The Wem Ghost Girl

In 1995, Wem Town Hall was destroyed by a fire. As it burned, amateur photographer Tony O€™'Rahilly snapped a picture.When he came to develop the image, he was apparently surprised to find the image of of a girl, stood in the doorway and seemingly unperturbed by the raging inferno.

The image caused a sensation and, under initial analysis, was claimed to be genuine. The story rose up of a little girl from the 1677 who had died in a fire and the photograph was considered to be convincing proof of the existence of ghosts.

However, a in 2010, and a few years after O€™'Rahilly's death, a pensioner from Wem found a postcard of the town from 1922 that featured a very familiar little girl.

The images are identical and the photograph has since been pronounced a fake. Not to be perturbed, however, there are now those who think that the little girl from 1922 could still be wandering around Wem in spirit form, setting fires and voguing her signature look, and that is what O€™'Rahilly snapped on that fateful day.