Top 50 CREEPIEST Unsolved Photo Mysteries

#50: The Zodiac’s Wanted Poster

If we asked you to name the most famous wanted poster in true crime history, chances are you’d think of the Zodiac’s. Originally made back in 1969, this thing has lived on in pop culture for decades, his face peering at us as if begging us to catch him. The poster shows a composite sketch of the still-uncaught Zodiac created from eyewitness accounts, particularly from cops who unknowingly talked to the killer and from a group of teenagers who witnessed the murder of Paul Stine. Despite the massive proliferation of the wanted poster, the mystery man was never caught. To this day, the Zodiac’s wanted poster remains a startling reminder of a famous American true crime - and a reminder that he got away with it.

#49: The Calvine UFO

This famous photograph, taken in Scotland in 1990, is often described as one of the eeriest images in UFOlogy. It depicts a massive, diamond-shaped craft hovering in the sky with a military jet nearby, as if observing or intercepting it. Creepy enough, but what makes the case even more unsettling is how the case was handled. The witnesses told their story to the Glasgow-based Daily Record and handed them the original negative of the photograph, but the story was never published. The negatives were then handed over to the Ministry of Defence and subsequently vanished. It was only when journalist David Clarke found the photo and published it in 2022 that it saw the light of day, and it has captivated alien enthusiasts ever since.

#48: Bigfoot

Want to start an endless debate? Ask someone if Bigfoot exists. This famous photograph shows what is purported to be Bigfoot, mid-stride and looking towards the camera. This photo was taken as part of the larger Patterson-Gimlin film, which was shot in remote Northern California in 1967. The footage has sparked endless debate and analysis throughout the decades, with numerous scientific investigations trying to debunk it. However, these have never produced a satisfactory answer, and even the answers they do give are often dismissed by cryptozoologists and Bigfoot believers. That lingering uncertainty - the possibility that something unknown was genuinely captured on film - is what keeps the Patterson-Gimlin footage so haunting and compelling.

#47: Adrian Meneveau & Felicity Loveday

In December 2019, Australian man Adrian Meneveau and his mother, Felicity Loveday, vanished after setting out on a boating trip from Frankston. Their disappearance drew widespread media attention, particularly because of the haunting last known photo of them together. Taken by Loveday’s daughter, it shows Meneveau preparing the boat while Loveday sits immobile in the passenger seat. They were ruled to have died at sea, with one theory claiming that it was an intentional act from Meneveau, who reportedly wished to rid his mother of “bad magic.” Unfortunately, we can’t show you the photo itself, as there is one further haunting possibility - that Loveday may have already been dead by the time it was captured.

#46: The Ghost of Abraham Lincoln

This is a famous photograph created by William H. Mumler, a controversial 19th century photographer known for pioneering the practice of “spirit photography,” which is said to contain ghosts. Taken in 1872, the image shows the faint apparition of the late Abraham Lincoln standing protectively behind his widow, Mary Todd. For Mary, who was still deeply grief-stricken, the photo was a source of comfort, and it reinforced her strong belief in spiritualism, which was widespread during the post-Civil War era with hundreds of thousands dead. Critics, however, accused Mumler of fraud, arguing that he used double exposure and other photographic techniques to create his ghostly effects. While it’s almost certainly a hoax, no one knows - even to this day - exactly how he pulled it off.

#45: Tara Calico?

This is another photo we cannot show you given its graphic nature, but rest assured that it is very creepy, not to mention very famous. A woman named Tara Calico disappeared in New Mexico on September 20, 1988, likely the result of a kidnapping. On June 15, 1989, a woman found a haunting photo in the parking lot of a Florida convenience store. It depicts a young woman and a boy bound and duct-taped and laying on a bed. The photographer has never been found, and the two victims remain officially unidentified. However, Scotland Yard concluded that it was Calico, as did Calico’s own mother, who identified her daughter by the scar on her leg and the presence of her favorite book.

#44: The Anguished Man

There have been plenty of creepy paintings throughout the years, but few quite like The Anguished Man. The painting itself is terrifying enough, depicting a stylized figure with red skin and no eyes who is seemingly screaming in agony. The painting is owned by an Englishman named Sean Robinson, but the source of the work - including the artist - is completely unknown. Even creepier, legend has it that the artist mixed the paint with his own blood while conducting the piece and that he took his own life soon after its completion. Of course, it’s entirely possible that Robinson has made the whole story up, but it’s impossible to say for sure.

#43: The Last Photo of Chris McCandless

His story made famous by “Into the Wild,” Chris McCandless ventured into the Alaskan wilderness to live off the land, but he only lasted about 113 days before dying. In a terrifying realization, Chris knew that he wasn’t going to make it, so he posed for this photo, which shows him happily waving to the camera and holding a goodbye sign. Indeed, his corpse was later found by a hunter. To this day, no one really knows what killed McCandless. It could have been simple starvation from a lack of food, he could have been paralyzed which prevented him from scavenging, or he could have eaten poisonous seeds which either killed him outright or prevented his body from metabolizing the food he was eating.

#42: The Sodder Children

On Christmas Eve, 1945, a fire raged in the Sodder home of Fayetteville, West Virginia. Five of the Sodder children were believed to have died, but their remains were never found in the rubble. George and Jennie Sodder came to believe their children had been kidnapped, and so they set up this creepy billboard along Route 16 near Fayetteville, which became a sort of macabre landmark for decades. Maybe even creepier, Jennie Sodder received a strange envelope in the mail in 1967. Inside was a photo of a grown man purported to be her missing son, Louis. The Sodders hired a private detective to investigate, but he vanished without a trace, leaving the identity of the man in the photo unknown.

#41: The Omagh Photo

It’s amazing how a seemingly ordinary photo can hold such a devastating secret. In this famous photograph, a man in a yellow shirt is seen holding a child on his shoulders and standing next to a red car. It was taken in the town of Omagh, Northern Ireland on August 15, 1998, only moments before that very same car exploded. You see, the Real IRA had placed a bomb in the vehicle as an act of terrorism, and when it exploded, it killed 29 people and injured hundreds more. The camera from which this picture was taken was retrieved from the rubble. Amazingly, reports indicate that both the man and the child survived. However, the photographer did not, and their identity remains a mystery.

#40: The Lead Masks

On August 20, 1966, a boy was playing in Niterói when he stumbled across the bodies of Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana. Both men were adorned in suits, and both were wearing homemade eyemasks made from lead. Nearby was a mysterious note reading “16:30 be at the specified location. 18:30 ingest capsules, after the effect protect metals await signal mask.” Unfortunately, their mysterious deaths have never been solved. No one knows how they died or what the masks were intended for. One leading theory comes from a mutual friend, who claims that they ingested psychedelic drugs in an attempt to make contact with aliens, and the masks were made to shield them from the bright lights of the UFO.

#39: Trunko

If you think “Trunko” sounds like some kind of Lovecraftian monster, you wouldn’t be far off. It was the name given to a strange sea creature sighted off the coast of Margate, South Africa, in 1924. Witnesses reported seeing Trunko fight two killer whales for hours. The fight allegedly ended with the creature’s death, and its body later washed ashore where it was photographed. Witnesses claimed that it looked like “a giant polar bear,” complete with white fur and an elephantine trunk. However, no scientific examination was conducted and the body eventually disappeared. To this day, no one knows exactly what it was, but many cryptozoologists consider Trunko a classic “globster” - a disgusting name for the large, organic mass of a decayed whale carcass.

#38: D.B. Cooper’s Money

In 1980, nearly a decade after the infamous D.B. Cooper hijacking, a boy named Brian Ingram discovered a decayed bundle of $20 bills along the Columbia River near Vancouver, Washington. The money matched the serial numbers of the $200,000 ransom given to the mysterious hijacker back in 1971, who had parachuted from an airplane with the money. He was never seen again. The find was intriguing, but it only accounted for about $5,800, leaving the vast majority of the ransom, like the man himself, still untraced and unfound. Despite extensive searches, no additional money or definitive evidence of Cooper’s fate has ever surfaced. Yeah, he probably died, but come on, it’s more fun to imagine him getting away with it…

#37: Foo Fighters

No, not those Foo Fighters. “Foo fighters” were actually mysterious aerial phenomena reported by Allied pilots during World War II. These glowing orbs, lights, or shapes would appear near aircraft, sometimes pacing or maneuvering with remarkable agility. Pilots often described them as bright spheres that seemed to defy known technology, performing sudden stops, rapid turns, or high-speed chases - classic UFO behavior. But unlike enemy planes, they showed no hostile action, leaving airmen confused and uneasy. Initially, some believed they were secret German weapons or advanced Japanese aircraft, but no evidence has ever supported this. After the war, scientists speculated they might be atmospheric effects, ball lightning, or visual illusions caused by stress and fatigue. In other words, no one has any idea what they were.

#36: The Burnham Family House

This is the Burnham family home of Colorado Springs, surrounded by a gaggle of onlookers. The photo was taken in September 1911, shortly after May Alice Burnham and her two children were found dead in the house. Three members of the nearby Wayne family were also murdered that same night. These were the first midwestern victims of “Billy the Axeman”, a still unidentified serial killer who plagued the American midwest in the early 20th century. Nothing is known about the man himself, aside from the fact that he often targeted families and likely used the American rail system to get around. Not even his victim count is truly known - some estimates say as “little” as 24, others as high as 94.

#35: The Black Dahlia Murder Letter

Shortly after the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, her killer allegedly sent numerous letters to various Los Angeles newspapers These messages, often written in a mix of cut-out magazine clippings, mocked police efforts and gloated about the crime. One infamous letter read, “Here is Dahlia’s belongings,” and included Short’s birth certificate and business cards, seemingly confirming the sender’s involvement. And in this one sent to The Herald-Express, the killer says, “I will give up on Dahlia killing if I get 10 years. Don’t try to find me.” Despite extensive analysis, the authenticity of the letters remains disputed, with many investigators believing they were hoaxes from opportunists. Either way, neither Short’s killer nor the author of these threatening letters have ever been found.

#34: Hinterkaifeck

In March 1922, the quiet Hinterkaifeck farmstead in Bavaria became the scene of one of Germany’s most infamous unsolved crimes. Six people - Andreas and Cäzilia Gruber, their daughter Viktoria, her two children, and the family maid - were brutally murdered with a mattock. Four family members were lured one-by-one into the barn, where they were slaughtered by a still-unknown assailant. The maid and young Josef were then killed inside the house. Strangely, the killer stayed on the farm for several days after, feeding the livestock, cooking meals, and keeping the homestead in order, suggesting eerie familiarity and composure. In this chilling photo taken by Andreas Biegleder, the Hinterkaifeck farm sits quiet and abandoned five days after its owners were killed.

#33: The Voynich Manuscript

This illustrated book defies all logic. It’s believed to have been created in the early 15th century, and it’s written in an unknown script that has resisted all attempts at translation. Its pages are filled with strange drawings of plants that don’t exist, bizarre diagrams, and unsettling human figures interacting with odd machinery and bathing in green liquid. Despite centuries of academic study, no one has managed to crack its code, leading to endless speculation about its nature. Some think it’s an elaborate hoax or meaningless ramblings, while others believe it encodes forgotten knowledge or an unknown language. It sits at the edge of the known and the unknowable: a tangible object, meticulously crafted, yet taunting us with secrets we cannot know.

#32: The Time Traveling Hipster

You all know it. It’s one of the most famous photos on the internet. It was taken in 1941 at the South Fork Bridge in Gold Bridge, British Columbia, and it depicts what looks like a modern man in a period setting. While everyone else seems to be in old-timey outfits, the so-called “time traveling hipster” is wearing sunglasses and what looks like a t-shirt, and he’s carrying a curiously small camera. The mystery remains as to who this is and why he’s dressed so differently from the rest. But as for the clothes, those actually did exist in the early ‘40s. So while he’s certainly out of place stylistically, he wouldn’t have been branded as a man from the future.

#31: The Utah Monolith

This mysterious metal pillar was discovered in November 2020 in a remote desert canyon in southeastern Utah. Standing just under ten feet, the sleek triangular structure was embedded in the ground and resembled something out of science fiction, quickly drawing comparisons to “2001: A Space Odyssey”. Its origins sparked widespread speculation - was it an art installation, a prank, or something more…otherworldly? And while it wasn’t discovered until 2020, it had actually been sitting there since 2016, its very existence unremarked upon. Within days, curious visitors flocked to the site, and just as suddenly as it appeared, the monolith vanished. It now sits in the custody of the Bureau of Land Management, but countless questions still remain, like who made it and what it was for.

#30: The Baltic Sea Anomaly

People love them some underwater mysteries, and the Baltic Sea anomaly has to be one of the most famous. The widely circulated sonar image depicts a large structure at the bottom of the ocean, and may we say, it looks suspiciously like the Millenium Falcon. This picture was taken in 2011 by a Swedish diving team looking for underwater treasure. Many people assumed that it was a sunken UFO, while others speculated that it was some type of giant man made structure that was long lost to history. Others have provided more down-to-earth suggestions, like a school of fish or a simple rock formation.

#29: The Mysterious Hand

Back in 2016, Belfast Live was sent a creepy photograph by a woman named Lynda. Dated from 1900, it shows a group of female factory workers with their arms crossed. One of the women is Lynda’s grandmother, Ellen Donnelly. And over Donnelly’s shoulder is what looks like a disembodied hand with clear, prominent fingers. This photo was quickly disseminated through the media, with Inside Edition calling it a “mysterious ghost hand.” It even made its way to Snopes, but they were unable to properly debunk the photo. The likely answer is that the mystery hand resulted from a long camera exposure. The supernatural answer is, of course…well, we don’t want to think about that.

#28: Michael Rockefeller

In November of 1961, 23-year-old Michael Rockefeller ventured into the jungles of modern-day South Papua and never returned. He was declared legally dead in 1964, and the common opinion is that he was killed by the natives. But that doesn’t explain this eerie photo of a man who looks suspiciously like a bearded Michael Rockefeller spending time with the locals. This footage was taken by a videographer hired by journalist Milt Machlin, who was investigating the disappearance in 1969. The photo was finally shared in the documentary “The Search for Michael Rockefeller,” inciting more than a few raised eyebrows.

#27: The Moon Pyramid

Obviously there’s not a secret pyramid hidden on the moon. Right? Right, guys? Apollo 17 was the final mission of the iconic Apollo program, occurring over 12 1/2 days in December 1972. The astronauts ventured to an area known as Geophone Rock and took a number of photos, one of which was simply labeled “blank.” But if you turn up the contrast, you can clearly see what appears to be a pyramid. Simple trick of the eye, the result of film grain and bad lighting? Some other pyramid-shaped device or structure? Maybe a genuine pyramid? You be the judge. We’re just saying, this was the last time that humans stepped foot on the moon…

#26: The Cooper Family Photo

This is one of the most famous paranormal photographs circulating the web. Known as the Cooper family photo, it shows the family sitting by a table, having just moved into a new Texas home. To the right of the family is what appears to be a clear human body falling from the ceiling. Despite valiant attempts to debunk the photo, no clear consensus has been reached. If it’s fake, it was likely staged by the family themselves, as the photo is poorly framed to include negative space for the “body.” Some have also theorized double exposure. Whatever the case, it’s still creepy as hell.

#25: The Photos of Kris Kremers & Lisanne Froon

Blank photos aren’t inherently scary, but they take on fear when context is taken into account. On April 1, 2014, Dutch hikers Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon went missing while hiking in Panama. Ten weeks later, a local woman found Froon’s backpack and reported it to police. Inside was a camera, and investigators discovered ninety photos taken between 1 and 4 AM on the morning of April 8. Most of these photos are blank, having been taken in complete darkness, but a few show objects like a twig and the back of Kremers’s head. Unfortunately, their bones were later found scattered on a riverbank, proving that the two had perished. The reason for the ninety photos is still unclear.

#24: The Madonna of Bachelor’s Grove

Located twenty miles south of Chicago is Bachelor’s Grove cemetery, which is said to be one of the most haunted cemeteries in America. One particular ghost said to be haunting the grounds is the Madonna, or The Lady in White. And if you believe this photo, The Lady in White was captured on film back in 1991. Judy Huff-Felz was exploring the cemetery with the local Ghost Research Society when she felt a presence. She took a photo with an infrared camera and captured what is clearly a woman sitting on a nearby stone. If this is real, it’s solid proof of the paranormal. Of course, it could also be staged. What do you think?

#23: The Mars Monolith

Alright Kubrick fans, get in here because we have a real monolith on our hands! OK, it’s probably just a rock, but hey, one can dream. Back in 2005, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was launched from Cape Canaveral, with the objective of finding water on the dry red planet. What they found instead was the Mars monolith, a giant structure in the middle of a barren plain. The photo was taken from a distance of 180 miles and depicts a massive rectangular structure casting a huge shadow. This bears a very close resemblance to another monolith found on Mars’s moon Phobos, which experts theorize is just a giant rock. So what do you think? Rock, or magic interdimensional structure?

#22: Fairy Circles

Found primarily in the Namib desert of Africa, but also appearing in Western Australia, fairy circles make for striking and difficult to explain photos. The odd patches are large circles of barren land in the middle of an otherwise grassy area. There are various local myths that attempt to explain the phenomenon. According to some, there is a dragon that lives underground, and its poisonous breath has killed the vegetation above. And according to the Himba people, they may be the footprints of Gods. As for the scientific explanation, well, no one really knows. Some blame termites, others a “ecohydrological feedback,” in which the circle acts as a water reservoir for the surrounding grass.

#21: The Battle of Los Angeles

It’s one of the most famous photographs in UFO lore - a number of spotlights shoot from the darkness and pierce through the night sky, illuminating some type of object hundreds of feet above the ground. This retouched photo graced the front page of the Los Angeles Times on February 26, 1942. The so-called “battle” occurred over the night of February 24 and 25, with anti-aircraft forces attacking an object that was flying over L.A. The attack is officially attributed to a stray weather balloon that caused panic in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, which occurred just three months earlier. However, many people aren’t convinced, with some insinuating that it was a UFO or a Japanese aircraft that was covered up by officials.

#20: White Lady of Worstead Church

A couple’s trip to Norfolk’s Worstead Church produced what’s arguably one of the most convincing ghost pictures in modern history. Peter Berthelot snapped a photo of his wife praying alone on one of the church benches. When the photo was developed, it showed that the wife was not alone at all, as there appears to be a whitish figure sitting behind her. Further investigation revealed that the ghost of a 1800s healer, called the White Lady, was long believed to haunt the church grounds, and that the photo apparently captured the entity. Diane Berthelot believed in the validity of the photo so much that it resurrected her religious verve.

#19: The Extra Hand

Back in 2013, Reddit hosted a thread about “Glitch in the Matrix” events that its users had experienced. One of the most popular stories from the thread came from user thfrbiddn1. They included a photo of four young boys, each of whom can be seen making a hand gesture. On the right side of the photo, between the shirtless boy and the one in black, is a mysterious hand giving a thumbs up. The hand obviously doesn’t belong to any of the boys, and the poster claimed to have no idea who it belonged to. So how the heck did that mystery thumb come to be? Or do we even want to know?

#18: Grand Canyon Grim Reaper

This photo surfaced on Reddit in the early 21st century and has been the subject of much scrutiny ever since. The poster claimed that the photo, taken sometime in the ‘70s or ‘80s, shows his uncle standing on a rock ledge overlooking the Grand Canyon. What they didn’t realize—until the photo was developed, that is—was that a figure was standing in the foliage behind him. The person appears to be wearing a black cloak, looks much taller than a human, and very much resembles… the Grim Reaper. The uncle, and his friends who took the photo, claim that they never saw the figure and were the only ones occupying that spot of the canyon. Anybody else have goosebumps?

#17: McMinnville UFO Photos

An astronaut? A ghost? A ... beekeeper? This mysterious figure in white has fascinated people for decades. On 23 May 1964, English firefighter Jim Templeton was on a day trip in Cumbria with his wife Annie and daughter Elizabeth. He snapped three photos of his daughter, only to discover that the middle photo included someone standing behind her. After he brought it to the press, the photo went viral, and naturally (we guess?), a lot of people concluded that extraterrestrials must be to blame. Investigative journalist David Clarke has suggested the figure was Templeton's wife, and that her dress showed up as white due to overexposure. A trick of the camera ... or aliens? We'll let you decide.

#16: The Hook Island Sea Monster

Located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, Hook Island is one of the beautiful Whitsunday Islands. It made international news in 1964 after a man named Robert Le Serrec released a series of photos he took in Hook Island’s Stonehaven Bay. The photos seemed to depict a massive tadpole-like creature under the surface of the water. A small boat with a human passenger can be seen near the monster’s tail, giving the photo a sense of scale. It’s by far one of the most popular photographs in cryptozoology and has been widely discussed and theorized about for decades.

#15: The Hampton Court Ghost

By the River Thames in the Greater London Area is Hampton Court, a popular royal court palace dating back to the early 16th century. In the winter of 2003, security were continuously called to the palace’s Clock Court, as a fire escape door kept opening on its own. Upon looking at the security footage, they were met with a horrifying sight. What looks like a cloaked and skeletal figure can be seen opening and closing the doors. That very same day, a tourist had reported seeing a ghostly figure in the exact same area. If this is indeed a ghost, then the Hampton Court Palace needs an exorcist.

#14: The Falcon Lake Incident

Canada is home to one of the most documented and convincing UFO stories in modern history. A man named Stefan Michalak claimed to have been burned by a UFO near Manitoba’s Falcon Lake in May 1967. In fact, the supposed attack has become such an integral part of Canadian legend that it was depicted on the Royal Canadian Mint’s $20 silver coin. The famous picture shows Michalak sitting in a bed with numerous circles burned into his skin in a grid-like pattern. One skeptic believes that Michalak was injured while prospecting for ore and that he lied about a UFO to scare other prospectors away. However, that’s just one theory of many. The truth remains unknown.

#13: The Skunk Ape

Every region has its own unique cryptozoological creature, and Florida has the Skunk Ape. As its name suggests, the Skunk Ape is said to resemble a walking ape, specifically an orangutan, and carries a horrible odor. It’s essentially the Sasquatch of the east, and a stinky one at that. The most famous photo of the Skunk Ape is known as the Myakka photo, and it depicts a large, black, and hairy creature with red eyes and sharp bottom teeth. The photo was taken by a Florida woman who noticed that a creature was stealing apples from her backyard. Believing it to be an escaped orangutan, the woman notified the police. However, the creature had escaped by the time they arrived.

#12: The Backseat Ghost

In 1959 Mabel Chinnery took one of the most famous ghost photographs of all time. Chinnery was visiting her mother’s grave and had brought along a camera. She took a spontaneous photo of her husband, who was waiting in the car nearby. When the picture was developed, the couple noticed the eerie visage of a mysterious person sitting in the backseat. The person appears to be wearing glasses, and their white collar shirt is readily apparent. Chinnery claimed that the mystery person looks exactly like her deceased mother. Some skeptics believe this a case of double exposure or some type of reflection or trick of the light, but others aren’t so sure.

#11: S.S. Watertown Haunting

In 1924, two crewmembers of the SS Watertown died mysteriously while cleaning a cargo tank. The deaths were attributed to leaked gas fumes in the closed quarters, and since the ship was nowhere near land, the bodies were buried at sea. In the days following the burial, the crew reported seeing the faces of the dead in the waves, and several photos were taken of the water. All of them came out normal, except for this one. What’s more, this photo reportedly survived several investigations by experts, who concluded it’s never been doctored. While a few articles, like those in The Fortean Times, claim to debunk the photo, conclusive evidence against its veracity has yet to be agreed upon.

#10: Hessdalen Lights

Since at least the 1930s, strange lights have appeared in the skies around Norway’s Hessdalen valley; balls of light of different colors that hover or move sharply across the night skies. Occurring with alarming regularity between 1981-84, the lights attracted tourists, who could see the lights 15-20 times a week on average. One photo captured the phenomenon incredibly, with the lights appearing as a giant ethereal cluster with a prismed rainbow reflected underneath. Though UFOs are often cited as the supposed culprit, scientists have come up with several hypotheses ranging from the combustion of natural elements to the ionization of certain particles. The lights still occur in the early 21st century, but less frequently than before.

#9: Specter of Newby Church

This 1963 photo taken of the Newby Church in North Yorkshire, UK, features an unexpected figure in the right corner. The specter, the supposed ghost of a 16th century monk, appears to have a shroud over his face and his hands in a position of worship or mourning. Experts have examined the photo, and though the figure was theorized to be a case of double exposure, it was concluded that this is not the case and that the photo is genuine. But that’s not even the spookiest part: in relation to the items in the photo, the figure would be nine feet tall.

#8: Goddard’s Squadron Ghost [aka The Ghost of Freddy Jackson]

If you’re a connoisseur of ghost photos, this is your holy grail. Freddy Jackson was reportedly an air mechanic who was accidentally killed by an airplane propeller. Two days after the accident, the squadron of Sir Victor Goddard took a photo together without Freddy, but sure enough Freddy turned up when the photo was developed. In the back row on the left side, the face of the dead mechanic – not wearing a hat - appears behind one of the soldier’s heads. Believers insist that this photo is evidence of the presence of spirits in our physical world, especially considering it was produced in 1919, many years before modern photo tampering software could’ve rendered such a believable fake.

#7: The Babushka Lady

No JFK conspiracy would be complete without the Babushka Lady. Many photos and videos of the assassination capture the lady in close proximity to the attack, including one taken moments after the shooting. Curiously, she does not duck or flee when it occurs; instead she is shown filming from a vantage point that would have provided priceless footage - which is why everyone tried to find her. Despite numerous claims by individuals, Babushka Lady’s identity has never been confirmed. The mystery surrounding her identity, attire, and actions puts her in the center of the conspiracy, with some thinking she might have had a role in the attack itself.

#6: Black Knight Satellite

This photo, released by NASA in 1998, shows a large irregularly shaped object orbiting the Earth. Conspiracy theorists believe this is an alien satellite that’s been surveying our planet for 13,000 years. Their evidence runs all the way back to Nikola Tesla’s 1899 radio experiment in which extraterrestrial sounds were recorded, and the supposed satellite has been the alleged culprit for nearly every unexplainable radio signal in the years since. Space journalist and former NASA engineer James Oberg offers a much more reasonable explanation: it’s a thermal blanket confirmed lost on one of the space missions, or some other type of debris.

#5: The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

For 400 years, Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England has served as the seat of the Townshend family. Within its walls is the purported ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole, the sister of Britain’s first Prime Minister and wife of the violent Charles Townshend. It is also the setting of what’s perhaps the most famous ghost photograph of all time. Taken by Hubert C. Provand and Indre Shira, the photo seemingly depicts the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole descending the estate’s main staircase. It was spontaneously taken after Shira noticed a misty form on the stairs. The famous photo was published in Country Life magazine in December 1936 and became a sensation.

#4: The Deceased Husband

This famous photograph shows an elderly woman sitting on a chair and posing for the camera. Standing directly behind her is an elderly man. The story goes that the woman had been suffering from dementia and had been speaking out loud to her long-deceased husband. The woman’s daughter took a photo of her mother, and upon development saw the ghostly image of her deceased father. She also uploaded a black and white photo of her mother and father from their younger years, and the man in question shares an eerie resemblance to the one seen in the ghost photo.

#3: Tulip Staircase Ghost

In 1966, a former clergyman from White Rock, British Columbia, paid a visit to the Queen’s House in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. Believing he was alone, he took a photo of the historic Tulip Staircase. But, after the development of said photo, a mysterious figure is seen. An unmistakable entity, shrouded and despaired, looks like it’s holding onto the railing and trying to climb the staircase. The section of the museum has long been rumored to be haunted, with strange paranormal phenomena having been reported in prior years. The photo was reportedly submitted for examination, and the findings stated that no alterations had been made.

#2: McMinnville UFO Photos

They’re among the most iconic UFO photos ever taken! In 1950, Paul and Evelyn Trent noticed a mysterious object hovering over their farm in McMinnville, Oregon. Paul was able to snap several photos before it zipped off. The photos caused quite a stir, appearing in Life magazine and newspapers and igniting a debate that’s never really ended. Various explanations have been suggested. Physicist Bruce Maccabee argues that the UFO was a “real, physical” object. Skeptics are nonetheless convinced they were faked. The truth may be out there - but for now, it remains a mystery.

#1: The Tank Man

One of the most famous photographs in human history depicts an unknown man standing in front of a column of tanks in China’s Tiananmen Square. Taken in June of 1989, the photo remains censored in China, as is all mention of the Tiananmen Square massacre, in which hundreds to thousands of civilians were killed. Despite being an iconic photograph, the fate and identity of the Tank Man remains unknown. Some believe he was taken and executed by the Chinese Communist Party. Others believe that he escaped to Taiwan and became an archaeologist. Yet others believe that he was never in danger and continued to live a normal life on the Chinese mainland. It remains a tantalizing, fascinating mystery.

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