Why Are Orbs In Graveyards?

I always wondered why a ghost would want to hang around a graveyard. After all, it’s dark and spooky there at night. Some suggest that souls don’t stick around their bodies like that…but if that’s the case, why do so many find orbs popping up on their graveyard photos? Are they ghosts or some other spiritual energy?

I tell ya…if I end up being a ghost, I’m not going to hang around a graveyard. There’s too much else to see in the world…the pyramids in Egypt…the Great Wall of China…Johnny Depp in the shower.

Strange Fog in Savannah Graveyard

I used to live across the street from a cemetery and I regularly took photos there, hoping to catch a ghost or two. Nothing. No fog, no orbs, no strange lights. (I did only go in the daytime.) These folks, however, got a shot of some very ghostly fog in a Savannah Graveyard:

Ghost Orbs in Leap Castle, Ireland

Leap Castle (pronounced “Lep”) is said to be the most haunted castle in Ireland. I remember watching a TV documentary about this place some years ago. There is a dungeon called an “Ubliet” there, which is more of a hole that they throw people in to die. Very sad and scary. I found some amazing photos of this castle, complete with the requisite ghost orbs, at The World Unknown:

Read the full story here: Orbs, Ubliets, and Irish Legends

Mental Asylum EVPs

What is it about abandoned mental asylums that make them so darn scary? Perhaps it is the remnants of the collective energies of the mentally ill. Here is an interesting video of a tour of an old mental asylum, complete with EVPs:

Snowy Orbs at the Red Mill

Orb photos, I found, can often be soothing instead of sinister. Here is a lovely photo of orbs in a wintery, quaint environment…they almost look like they could be big snowballs suspended in the sky.

The location, the Red Mill in Waupaca, Wisconsin, is apparently a hot spot for paranormal activity. For more pictures, and some background, check out the Orbs at the Red Mill blog.

Collection of Amateur EVP Recordings

Here are some interesting EVP recordings from an amateur paranormal investigator. EVP, if you were not aware, stands for “Electronic Voice Phenomenon.” Apparently, electronic equipment can pick up what we can’t hear with our ears…and some people think these strange sounds may, in fact, be the voices of the dead…

Keep listening, because there are some very clear and creepy EVPs in this collection.

Ghost in a Singapore Elevator

This video surprised me! Even if it is a fake, it is worth a watch. (Pay attention to the lower right-hand corner.)

Fake Orb Photo

You know, I can’t say for certain that orbs are anything more than camera artifacts. I have had some very strange experiences with orbs, however, that make me think there really might be something to them. Why was it, for example, that the only orb photos that ever came out of my dad’s digital camera happened to be taken in the haunted pool area of the Queen Mary? For some funny reason, the orbs never seemed to want to show up in more mundane locations, or when he was taking a picture of the dog.

Skeptics, however, will try to poke holes into anything that vaguely smacks of the paranormal. Don’t get me wrong – it’s good to investigate. But just because you can make a somewhat similar orb photo by faking it, it doesn’t mean real ones don’t exist (the same goes for crop circles).

Here’s a purposefully faked orb photo. From my view, it does not quite look the orbs that show up accidentally on camera. What do you think?

Orbs Enjoying the Show

I took some photos at a one-woman show last year and some orbs showed up for the entertainment. Here’s an orb earlier in the show:

And now, later in the show, they have coalesced around her face:

(Marian Fine often performs at the DreaMakers Center for Aspiring Performing Artists.)

The Ghost in the Hospital Mirror

Here’s a very creepy picture that was shared at the Coast to Coast website. A nurse was testing the flash in her camera in a room that was unlit. Look what popped up in the mirror!

Here’s a close-up:

As you can see, there is a very well-defined man sitting in the mirror image of the room. I have to wonder…is this a real photo or something that was done up in Photoshop? You decide.