The Scariest Vintage Ghost Photos Ever Taken

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From a ghost photographed at a spiritualist convention to a ghost photo that may have instigated a murder confession, we take a look at the scariest vintage ghost photos ever taken. #VintageGhostPhotos #Halloween #SlappedHam
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@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

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@traytray4472 5 жыл бұрын

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@TYUSARTERBERRY59 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent content as always, been subscribed since just before 200k let’s get you 1M Mr. Ham!

@jestergutz 5 жыл бұрын

Slapped Ham nO! 🤜🐷OW

@keri1981 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I live in Bristol. UK.

@missangelbabyoneandonly3898 5 жыл бұрын

#5 - Did anyone else notice the weird, devil looking, guy - who is peeking out from behind the white-haired man on the right hand side of the picture, on the very end? Look right behind him & you will see. Also, right behind the dark-haired man, on the left hand side of the picture, the man at the end of the line, from the 'hooded' figure, has an apparition or some kind of ghostly mist, behind him. If you look at the black doors behind that guy, you can make out 2 faces in the door as well. Also, there is some type of mist that is on the front of the women, who is in the centers', face... right in front of her face, on her face. She is suppose to be bowing her head & praying, but her head is up in some type of trance like state. This entire picture has a shit load of eerie things, going on, all over the place. I don't like this photo. I'm not a believer of ghosts, but I do believe in demons. I would have to say that there are a lot of demons captured in this picture. (GOD have mercy on all these people's souls.)

@voodoomamajuju2455 5 жыл бұрын

Double exposure is the photo shop of the good olde days

@dangerposos2260 4 жыл бұрын

Nice bruhh 👍

@deez2569 3 жыл бұрын

Voodoomamajuju LOVE your name! 👏👏👏

@andypaciorek4061 4 жыл бұрын

I run a small publishing press and agreed to meet a man who had some spirit photos. I was shocked and thrilled when the collection turned out to be an album of nearly 100 unpublished William Hope images. Was too big a job for my press to do justice to but got an article on them published in Fortean Times magazine. Regardless of whether spirit photos are genuine or fraudulent, looking through the images a chill ran down my spine as there was something peculiarly eerie about them and simply as photographic art they were strangely beautiful.

@masterjedikeith4952 5 жыл бұрын

Speaking of creepy, anyone notice a pink pig keep popping up on the upper left hand corner of the video.😱😱😱😱🤣

@skatertita 5 жыл бұрын

It's the pig's ghost from the ham we slapped

@nightcore6917 5 жыл бұрын

Holly shit that is creepy

@hunternorth8817 5 жыл бұрын

That fuckers haunting me because I ate bacon with lunch.

@snowsongvideopix8680 5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@hunternorth8817 4 жыл бұрын

@Virgen Weed 🤣🤣🤣

@vintagebrew1057 5 жыл бұрын

About 20 years ago I was visiting a friend. She lived in an old London tenament block. While there some of her husband's relatives arrived and I took a group photo of her and four Nigerian kids in her sitting room. When the photo was developed there was a white girl dressed in turn of the century clothing standing next to one of the kids. We couldnt get our heads around it and I hadnt taken any photo's of white kids on the roll. In the end we actually burnt the photo because she was disturbed by it. Wish I had it investigated as it was very strange.

@hannahsings19 4 жыл бұрын

As much as I love the paranormal and am sensitive myself, I do have to point out that any photography from the Spiritualist movement was most definately a hoax. Really fascinating yet disappointing time for the paranormal.

@dutch2smoked927 4 жыл бұрын

Stunning blondy

@dutch2smoked927 Жыл бұрын

@The Hacker AnnoymousDefendsMrBossFTWFromVelumFive lol yeah thats in your opninion thats says nothing mate sorry

@salicemccool9186 4 жыл бұрын

I commend you for calling BS when appropriate, or at least questioning authenticity. There’s not a lot of such honesty in similar compilations!

@pennyhorsfield9524 5 жыл бұрын

Even if the ghosts aren't genuine, the photos are still fascinating!

@theawakening2946 3 жыл бұрын

they are genuine i can hear them and its not always peaches and cream.....ill tell u that. that spirit world is like the wild west...

@plumdutchess 5 жыл бұрын

Vintage "ghost" photos are often just double exposure.

@itsjustthefantes9789 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely they learned how to manipulate the photos and tried get rich off it... I say only one that's real maybe is the Ouija board one were it looks like energy and no real shape but it don't mean it's paranormal energy.

@shadwman2331 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, I totally agree with u on that... that's why I don't take Paranormal Vintage photos seriously...

@markgilmore7590 3 жыл бұрын

often? you must have meant always

@markstrouse3101 5 жыл бұрын

Great video... watching your videos is like having Halloween 365 days a year. Please keep up the good work .

@gaspartiznado8023 5 жыл бұрын

Nowadays photos like these can be doctored, but it certainly does make you think how these things came to be back in those days.

@StampNStitch 5 жыл бұрын

Missed the ghost on the tulip staircase

@brucebernal65 4 жыл бұрын

Seeing this video made me SLAPP MY HAM back in time.

@JustAGrrrrl 5 жыл бұрын

Mumler's photos (just as Hope's) have since been proven fake, although done with great skill for that era.

@bondo_channel1706 4 жыл бұрын

The ever-popular posted "brown lady on the stairs" is another.

@ElizabethF2222 5 жыл бұрын

Some of these "creepy photos' are just double exposure. So easy to tell. Not creepy at all.

@mikehegaman3023 4 жыл бұрын

Only media nerds that take pictures of the ugly neighbor without her knowing know what you are talking about

@nordy- 4 жыл бұрын

Shut up and enjoy the video

@dutch2smoked927 4 жыл бұрын

Ok beauty

@MrsOx-jz9fg 5 жыл бұрын

#9 is most likely a photograph plate used more then once and the first picture taken was never developed

@koilamaoh4238 4 жыл бұрын

#9 reminds me of "parlor magic tricks" that magicians use for their camera tricks with Polaroids...People seem to forget that even in the old days people will still try to con you :) Not really much change from past and current.

@SwtorSateleShanFan 5 жыл бұрын

These old pictures like no.4 are the first fake ghost pictures. You needed do pose a long time for a picture because it "burned" into the paper used for Portraits. If someone walks between the camera and a person sitting still it will look like fog. If you only pose for a few seconds it will not "burn" your body on the paper. That's the reason why it looks like a ghost.

@shellyb6926 5 жыл бұрын

AvatarAhoShellCombat What about the one that was taken on a Polaroid that had the guy's dead brother in it?

@CellGames2006 5 жыл бұрын

@@shellyb6926 It looks like a replica on himself. Same shirt, same suit, same face, same facial expression.

@caralama08 3 жыл бұрын

CrusadingEmperor Actually THATS a complete myth! Most of those old photos were able to be taken within seconds. Do some research.

@Dangerznoodlez_ 5 жыл бұрын

Oh boy, one of my favorite things is scary things that occured during the early ages because it's more believable and real, and i love it!😎😊

@caralama08 3 жыл бұрын

Danger Noodle Not if they’re from Victorian times, seances and ghost hunting were all the rage then and hoaxing was very prevalent .

@captaincorpse4503 5 жыл бұрын

Vintage photos are really hard to debunk. No photoshop or computers to edit them... despite some of the photos being unsettling there is something beautiful about them.

@christineparis5607 5 жыл бұрын

They are beautiful. I learned how to make ghost photos in my dad's darkroom by using a very small doll placed on the developing photograph, but there were plenty of undoctored photos taken around our house that had orbs, etc. The fascinating thing about it is that our house was so haunted and active that my dad tried to show me how to fake a photo in order to calm down my fears of real ghosts. It didn't work, I was usually terrified of our house, but am now a hopeful skeptic. I am open to any possibilities, but dont think it hurts to ask questions or test theories. I wish I still had those old black and white ghost photos though....

@captaincorpse4503 5 жыл бұрын

christine paris wow thats really cool. It’s too bad you don’t have your photos anymore but Atleast you have the memories. As far as your house being haunted im surprised your skeptical, but then again it’s probably easier to fake it then to experience the real deal.

@christineparis5607 5 жыл бұрын

@@captaincorpse4503 I definitely believe in hauntings! I also believe in bigfoot because my sister lived in Humboldt for years and told me privately about a sighting she had, and she was extremely sceptical. She said that all the old folks up there had always known about them from the Indian tribes to the loggers that came in the 1880s. I found those accounts very credible, because their stories were always private. They never told outsiders about them. Once you were family, you got to hear all the good dirt! Those forests are so weird and primeval to me, I have always been uncomfortable in woods and stick to beaches now.

@ashleygibson2342 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but there were still ways to edit these photos. It actually quite easy.

@snowsongvideopix8680 5 жыл бұрын

@@christineparis5607 Interesting. Great comment, Christine.

@sierracowper3198 5 жыл бұрын

I love your videos! Especially during the spooky month! 🎃

@budgetbajur 5 жыл бұрын

*Spooktober Are you so uneducated? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@sierracowper3198 5 жыл бұрын

OptimisticBleach you’re right! Sorry I just started taking the meme language in college, I’m still getting a hang of the conjugation of spooky

@michellelucas2026 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed watching your videos Slapped Ham. I use to watch you on planet dolen but I really like scary stuff. I enjoy a good laugh from time to time but hauntings and such are my thing. You do great work Ser.

@SGTGhost 5 жыл бұрын

Man these photos give me chills, Love the Video Slapped Ham

@simonhumby323 3 жыл бұрын

The more 'evidence' for ghosts that I see - the less I believe in them.

@ComradeScrungus 5 жыл бұрын

Of all the list channels I've seen this one has the best horror content bar none. Most of the other channels are some hot garbage like " top 10 greatest discontinued chicken sandwiches"

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

NOW THERE'S A TOPIC!

@lisamac1986 5 жыл бұрын

Joey Estacado what about discontinued ham sandwiches?

@caralama08 3 жыл бұрын

Slapped Ham 🤦🏻‍♀️

@farpointgamingdirect 5 жыл бұрын

Just pointing out that the model of Polaroid shown in the video wasn't the one that automatically ejected the photo. You snapped the picture, manually pulled the film strip out, and set a timer that was provided on the side if the camera. When time was up, you peeled the developed photo off of the film. For this reason, it technically MAY possible to take a double exposure with this model.

@meganwilliams2962 5 жыл бұрын

That first one is a case of the film not being wound onto the next frame in a manual camera.

@danielclaw 5 жыл бұрын

Those are the reasons why i was put off from wanting to show my face on camera. I was not sure if i would end up getting any paranormal things pop up or not.

@caralama08 3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Claw What,? That’s not a reason unless you’re completely paranoid! 😵

@danielclaw 3 жыл бұрын

@@caralama08 What the hell are you talking about? I'm taking the piss out of people who believe this bs since nobody is this dumb!

@KK-hq8jd 4 жыл бұрын

You’ve done it again!! 💥 great stuff!!! Thank ya

@Arrowtone 5 жыл бұрын

You said that the photos will give me the chills, without hesitation I blurted out “then I hope they give me the chills” was not disappointed.

@CharlesXavier 5 жыл бұрын

1:17 Looks like that ghost suffered from Saturday Night Fever.

@deez2569 3 жыл бұрын

LOL😂 you just made my day! 👏👏👏💋

@CharlesXavier 3 жыл бұрын

@@deez2569 Glad to hear that, thanks. :)

@iogier 5 жыл бұрын

Love the photo taken with the Polaroid - seriously creepy!

@gangstar8652 3 жыл бұрын

C R It's reasonable to conclude he was interned in that suit.

@gangstar8652 3 жыл бұрын

C R It's reasonable to conclude he was interned in that suit.

@TheCanadiangirl4 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Hammy. It took me by surprise that the #1 ghost photo would be a cdn one. lol.

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

SURPRISE! :D

@Jason5000 4 жыл бұрын

" These photos were taken before doctoring or photo shop" " this one is a fake.....this one is said to be a fake...." 😂

@HG-ol1tq 4 жыл бұрын

I like it when the ghost in my room makes it colder. I live in Cali so it gets hot here. Thank you 👻 ghost fren

@reportturret 5 жыл бұрын

I watch these every day. You are really good host !

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

Awww, thank you!

@reportturret 5 жыл бұрын

@@SlappedHam Senpai Noticed Me ! =^_^=

@cjstewart8307 4 жыл бұрын

I had heard that Mumler was using plates from previous photographs to make his "spirit photos"

@reneejackson3298 5 жыл бұрын

I can't help but love me some slapped ham! Binge-watching the playlist is one of my favorite guilty pleasures! Not to mention watching his epic beard grow...

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

Bless.

@hankcovey4420 5 жыл бұрын

Photographers found, the first by accident, that images on used negatives would show up on new photos, much lighter and transparent. They found it much easier to con someone who already believed that their dead loved ones were still with them.

@bondo_channel1706 4 жыл бұрын

True. There were many photographers doing this, once they saw it had a market. There is one out there with Mary Todd Lincoln with an image of good ol' honest Abe standing behind her. The photographer was a little less "honest" then Abe was.

@kitkatbar2184 5 жыл бұрын

Omg best vid ever! Idk y but ive always been realllly into these kinda photos. Way to go! Jus goes to show y this is on the top o my fave channels list.

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it.

@kitkatbar2184 5 жыл бұрын

Always! 🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷 (5 hams is WAY better than 5 stars. Lol)

@ericgentzke4635 4 жыл бұрын

Always appreciate your videos and content very genuine and straightforward

@aominedaiki8633 5 жыл бұрын

it is like a habit watching your vids sir ham its hard to break ;)

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

Ham is addictive.

@aominedaiki8633 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed 😘😘😘

@drfungus8277 5 жыл бұрын

Photo shopped pictures have been around for a long time

@alphawolf5750 5 жыл бұрын

No “Photoshop” back then LoL 😂!!!!!!

@PissedOffLion 5 жыл бұрын

Oct 31st , a dark room, a pizza, a beer and Slapped Ham Videos. My life is complete! Happy Halloween Slapped Ham!

@crazycatlady2992 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Kallen and slapped ham 🐷🐷🐽🐽...love your channel you most definitely keep up with the demand for new and interesting videos. Keep up the good work you’re doing great. Halloween rocks 🎃🍂🎃🍂🎃🍂🎃🍂🎃

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

Love the support. Thank you!

@ashleyklotz3762 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man, thanks for another cool vid, I've been watching your vids for a couple months and finally subbed. Cant wait for the next one!

@Will_kid_cortez 5 жыл бұрын

Right on time for the Ham.

@nicolevarnam2193 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Awesome video as always, Hammy! SLAMMED HAM'S KILLIN IT!!!🤘🐷🤘😎👻🐖

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Nicole!

@nicolevarnam2193 5 жыл бұрын

@@SlappedHam Thank U SOOO MUCH FOR replyin back to me! Thats Soo Freakin AWESOME!!! U r doin a hella job! Ur SLAMMIN it! U WAY PAST SLAPPIN THE HAM!!😆 BUT for real , i really do appreciate U replyin back to me! Ur my favorite you tuber ! And im tryin like hell to get a Slapped Ham t shirt or hoodie for either my b day next month or for Christmas!

@christineparis5607 5 жыл бұрын

Corroboree is very sacred area usually, where the people band together for many different purposes. Australia has the oldest and most incredible oral history of dream time and before. It is the oldest continent.

@chrisvesy7245 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Christine! Yeah Australia and New Zealand have the coolest Animals too!

@briancarter3704 3 жыл бұрын

Those rocks are petrified organic material

@SometimesWatch 5 жыл бұрын

I like this old school stuff - thank you 😀👍❤

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@chayden119 5 жыл бұрын

I always get a how to cook pork ad on your videos great video btw

@anthopantho3283 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Callan, love your channel. Keep these up! Cheers

@xxdeathxxj 5 жыл бұрын

#6 is a candle, very easy to tell and chances are it was burned into the image when taking the picture like a lot of photos that have been done in the past

@antitrumpster3284 5 жыл бұрын

YIPEEE. .....it's A Ham Slappin good time!!!

@skyboswell 5 жыл бұрын

I found 10, 6, 5, 3 and 1interesting, and 10 the most plausible. Number 2 is quite famous.

@vektacular 5 жыл бұрын

I'm fairly new to your channel but I love it!! Keep it up!

@jordan95hd83 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, Callen! These were very creepy photos! Keep up the great content, I'm loving these kind of videos! 👌

@javieryllanes1987 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video, Hammy!

@janicetrent9694 5 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

@silverwheelspatriot1764 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for keeping us entertained

@jillklingensmith7858 3 жыл бұрын

Great content. Really love watching.

@rezdan4257 5 жыл бұрын

The spirit photographer later went on to be the main baddy in Thundercats.

@user-gp2ng1ym7v 5 жыл бұрын

The last one could be a reflection of the person taking the picture and smoke from an other train behind him.

@natashagouws8775 5 жыл бұрын

Why am I watching this at night😥...Great video Slapped Ham Thank you ❤

@buddha8910 5 жыл бұрын

❤️ I love this channel! Have a great weekend!

@Supertron1 5 жыл бұрын

The figure in #5 looks like he's from Assassin's Creed.

@splashthefly9039 5 жыл бұрын

An amazing video, as always! I am also happy to say that I saw a few ads (I don't know if it is still an adpocalypse or not...). Anyway, your vids are great! Stay awesome Hammie!

@seaningram3285 4 жыл бұрын

There's a pic of a ghostly hooded figure next to an alter that I have seen in books long before the internet. The ghostly figure is in a black hooded robe and has a white face covering with two holes for the eyes.

@paulbione5267 5 жыл бұрын

Some scary, creepy images there for sure!! Some fake ones too! Either way, another great vid Slapped Ham...now your work IS genuine!!

@ThePogonling 5 жыл бұрын

Cameraman: *About to take photo* Ghost: Cheese ^w^

@olbl61989 5 жыл бұрын

The images shown in section 2:40 of video were genuine as after close viewing the shadows don’t resemble the self portraits

@susanlawless1168 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as all the videos you upload. Really creepy👻👻👻👻👻👻👻

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Susan!

@davidmeyers3603 5 жыл бұрын

Scary stuff gov. Loved the video mate. God bless you and your family mate. Tip Tip Tally Ho !!!!!

@JohnSmith-nj9qo 5 жыл бұрын

I like how after every weird photograph they always basically ask the viewer is it fake? And the answer is yes, anyone with a computer can alter photos. All they really need to do is find an old picture online that already looks kind of creepy, add some blurry effects, and there you have some more "evidence" of ghosts.

@desireebaird5862 5 жыл бұрын

The pig is doing the slapping ; so the cute slapped ham pig mascot should have a name. You should have a contest were your viewers decide this. I think his name should be “Abraham Hamilton “ that name seems to have that real pork feel to it.

@chrisvesy7245 5 жыл бұрын

Haha!! Maybe some day the Folks at S. Ham will have a "give Pig a nickname" contest....i'm pretty sure it has a name allready... "🐷Pig🐖" 🙂

@ashiamorgan4154 5 жыл бұрын

That's a cute ideal I 💘 this 🐖

@saltyark7564 5 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Dean

@mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686 5 жыл бұрын

There is a radio show host whose name is Abraham Hamilton.

@Fatamorgana420 4 жыл бұрын

Uhm, if you know that 'slapped ham' is a slang for, the obvious nickname would be Dick.

@thedoruk6324 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome Upload, Keep Slapping Ham !

@kylestotch700 3 жыл бұрын

When your photographer ancestors discovered Double Exposure effect. ;-)

@KogaNja 5 жыл бұрын

I love your professional Narration style!

@davidtaylor328 4 жыл бұрын

Another Creepy & Awesome Video !!! 2 Thumbs Up Kallen 👍👍

@rifflequeen 5 жыл бұрын

Walterrrr-Is Dat U!!!???

@shaunalocklear5502 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching vintage photo of scary 👻 picture and videos 💕 I want to see more of these videos 💕 in the future 😊❤️😁💞💯

@Marshmallowkitty01 4 жыл бұрын

Just love how you say 'tatters'!

@ericundertaker4994 5 жыл бұрын

That 2nd pic is to clear n detailed , plus that photographer even admitted he. Set up alot of his pics

@joegrey7920 5 жыл бұрын

best content in the best month of the year

@kellyrichardson8787 4 жыл бұрын

Love your work callan keep up good work.

@olliesmith2890 5 жыл бұрын

Love your videos as ever plus your cool t shirts Callen

@margaretblessednfavoredmcg4727 5 жыл бұрын

Great narration Ham and videos

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jeromegoodwin3848 5 жыл бұрын

WHY DO THE SO CALLED GHOSTS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE. HERE IS WHY DOUBLE EXPOSURE.

@caralama08 3 жыл бұрын

Jerome Goodwin Most seem to be behind the actual person to be honest.

@ashleyklotz3762 5 жыл бұрын

#9, I was gonna say, there is no way he photographed all those ghosts, I believe in them, but no one has ever been able to catch that many in such a short time

@TheGreekPianist 3 жыл бұрын

7:10 That one is THE MOST TERRIFYING! 😳

@VioletSkye19 5 жыл бұрын

Totally had to go “wth” on #2, was looking at the photo and listening to you saying it could of been a knight or priest, and I literally said “it could of been a cleaning woman’ and the next thing I heard was that being parroted back at me ! 🤔

@FantasyLord19 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Hammie! Your videos are best! :D

@SlappedHam 5 жыл бұрын

Awww! :D

@PlushiePoogle 4 жыл бұрын

#5 is me. The unpopular kid no one ever even remembered was there in the first place.

@jeromegoodwin3848 5 жыл бұрын

The picture of the brothers "Ghost is in front of the Man look at the so called spirits tie.

@jamesrobiscoe1174 5 жыл бұрын

The "ghostly figure" at 12:14 looks more like a heavily moustached older man. Don't know what the cloud above him is.

@DRUMCANJONES22 5 жыл бұрын

Vintage photos are interesting

@Joe_Peroni 2 жыл бұрын

One creepy thing that happened to me was when I was 14 years old. I was cycling as darkness was closing in & there was no one around. As I passed a ruined old (16th century) castle, I heard numerous male voices shouting in an alarmed tone. I heard one shouting: "FIRE"! But when I looked across, there was no one to be seen. I then pedalled faster than I ever had in my life!

@Poe397 5 жыл бұрын

Hmmm,..consider the sources, Spiritualists, mediums, priests, ghost hunters and easily produced hoaxes. Pretty easy to reject each and every one with no effort at all.