GHOSTS - SPIRIT PHOTOS The Ghost of Lord Combermere. One of the most famous of all spirit photographs, this was taken in the library of Combermere Abbey, in 1891, by Sybell Corbet, an amateur photographer. The library was empty when she took the photograph (she remained there during the long exposure), yet when the plate was developed, the image of an old man, seated in the high-back chair to the left, was quite visible. It turned out that at the time the picture was being taken, Lord Combermere was being buried at Wrenbury, a few miles from the Abbey. It was observed that the ghost had no
GHOSTS - SPIRIT PHOTOS The Ghost of Lord Combermere. One of the most famous of all spirit photographs, this was taken in the library of Combermere Abbey, in 1891, by Sybell Corbet, an amateur photographer. The library was empty when she took the photograph (she remained there during the long exposure), yet when the plate was developed, the image of an old man, seated in the high-back chair to the left, was quite visible. It turned out that at the time the picture was being taken, Lord Combermere was being buried at Wrenbury, a few miles from the Abbey. It was observed that the ghost had no legs: Lord Combermere had died in a street accident, in London, of a kind that meant, had he lived, he would never have been able to use his legs again.
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