Photographs, recordings, CCTV clips and witness testimony are often presented as evidence of the paranormal. This Spooky Isles archive brings those cases together while keeping the claim, the source and possible explanations separate.
Our approach: unexplained does not automatically mean paranormal. We show what was reported, where the material came from and, where possible, the arguments for ordinary explanations as well as supernatural ones.
Ghost photographs
England’s puzzling ghost photographs
A collection of well-known English images that have been described as paranormal, with the stories attached to them.
Hampton Court Palace
One of Britain’s most famous palace hauntings, including modern security-camera material and older royal ghost traditions.
Video and CCTV claims
Liverpool nightclub footage
A video said to show unexplained activity in a Liverpool nightclub. We look at the claim rather than treating the clip itself as proof.
Castlefield House poltergeist
A Manchester case where the central question is exactly the right one for this archive: was the apparent activity genuine, mistaken or fabricated?
EVPs and recorded voices
The whisper of ‘Enid’ at Dale House
An EVP report in which a recorded voice appeared to point investigators back towards the history of the location. As with all EVP material, interpretation and recording conditions matter.
Investigators on what counts as evidence
Alan Murdie
The long-standing paranormal researcher argues that modern ghost hunting can lose sight of careful case investigation.
Graeme Milne
A paranormal investigator on staying sceptical, checking assumptions and avoiding the temptation to label every anomaly a ghost.
History of ghost hunting
How methods, equipment and ideas about paranormal evidence have changed over time.
How to read paranormal evidence
For each case, useful questions include: who created the material, can the original be traced, was anything edited or compressed, what were the recording conditions, are independent witnesses available, and is there a simpler explanation that fits the same facts?
Spooky Isles does not use a photograph, EVP or video as a substitute for historical research. Where a haunting has a documented history, we treat that separately from later paranormal claims.
Read how Spooky Isles distinguishes history, testimony, folklore and paranormal evidence claims.
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