Weird Gallery

The Queen's House Ghost on the Tulip Staircase. In 1966

The Queen's House Ghost on the Tulip Staircase. In 1966, a retired Canadian Reverend and his wife visited the Queen's House, Greenwich, London. The couple had heard about the famous Tulip staircase and took a photograph, however, once developed on their return to the Canada, they saw the photograph had also captured the image of a spectral, shrouded figure, ascending the stairs in pursuit of a second (and possibly a third) figure. The Rev and Mrs R. W. Hardy were adamant there was no figure on the stairway when the photograph was taken. The image remains an enigma to this day... Date: 1966

© The Estate of Peter Underwood / Mark Lyon Collection / Mary Evans

The Pain-Proof Man & Captain Ringman Jack - Ripley's

Arthur Plumhoff The Human Pincushion - The Pain-Proof Man (left) and Captain Ringman Jack, who lifted weights through holes through his breasts! - Both performers at Robert Ripley's "Believe-it-or-not" Odditorium - at A Century of Progress, the International Exposition (World's Fair) held in Chicago from 1933 to 1934. Date: 1933

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon - A La Ronde - 16-sided house

Exmouth, Devon - A La Ronde - an 18th-century 16-sided house located near Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon, England - built for two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter. Partly inspired by the 6th-century Byzantine basilica of San Vitale at Ravenna, visited by the cousins during their extensive travels in Europe. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection