The Ghost In The Burning Building




On November 19, 1995, the town hall in Wem, Shropshire England burned to the ground. Many spectators gathered & watched the building built in 1905 as it burned.

Tony O`Rahilly, a local resident, took this photo from across the street with a 200mm telephoto lens. The photo shows what looks like a small transparent girl standing in the doorway. Neither O`Rahilly nor spectators or firefighters recalled seeing the girl there at the time of the fire.

The photo was submitted to the Scientific Study Of Anomalous Phenomena & analyzed by Dr. Vernon Harrison, former president of the Royal Photographic Society. After examining both the negative & the print, Dr. Harrison concluded that the photo was genuine.

But who is the little girl? Wem, a quiet market town in northern Shropshire, was ravaged by a fire in 1677. Historical records note that a young girl named Jane Churm accidentally started the fire with a candle that destroyed many of the town`s homes. Many believe her ghost haunts the area & have seen her ghost on a few other occasions.