Newby Church itself is not a place of ghost hunts or repeated clams of paranormal events – indeed, the 1960s spectre has the monopoly on spirit activity. (Double exposure being where two or more images are superimposed to give the appearance of being one singular image.) To date, there has been no clear explanation as to the reason and method of production of the Newby Monk, which only adds to its enduring quality! c) Graham White

However, many other investigators cite it as having all the hallmarks of a double exposure image. There are multiple reports of photographic experts examining the image and finding no evidence of tampering. Nonetheless, the blurred scream-mask of the monk permeated public imagination and was adopted by tabloids and paranormal groups alike. I happen to like the bedsheet image.) While many believe the figure to stand at 9 feet tall, considering the monk’s feet are not visible, sceptics argue that the accomplice is simply standing on a box. Naturally, there’s a school of thought that the monk is little more than an accomplice taffled in bedsheets (Or similar. The white blur concealing his face is generally referred to as a shroud, possibly concealing leprosy or a similar facial disfigurement. As with all good British hauntings, the first port of call was mysterious clergy, with many suggesting that the figure bears a similarity to a 16 thcentury monk. When the image was developed and circulated, speculation began as to what or who the murky humanoid shape may be. The Reverend Kenneth F Lord took the image in 1963 and remarked that the infamous ‘monk’-like shape was not present at the time of taking the photograph. The ‘Newby Monk’ (otherwise known as the ‘Spectre of Newby Church’) is the name given to the ghostly apparition developed in a photograph taken on the grounds of Newby Hall’s own Church of Christ the Consoler. Newby Hall, an 18 thcentury house near Ripon in Yorkshire, is both a family tourist attraction and the scene of one of the most captivating (supposed) paranormal images of the 1960s. Britain has its fair share of famous 20 th century ghost images from national landmarks to tiny hamlets, no square inch is spared from spectral display.

Spectre ghost photos