Creepy Collection

The Ghost Story by Alfred Bestall
A family sit in the dark by a blazing fire, rigid with fear while listening to a ghost story told by an aged relative. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to them, the sceptre of a medieval knight

Malacosteus niger, stoplight loosejaw
Deep sea fish found off Tasmania, Australia. Specimen held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Heteropoda venatoria, huntsman spider
This a large brown spider with a flattened body structure and a leg span of between 7 and 12 cm. These spiders hunt at night, and mainly prey upon cockroaches

Father Christmas
A really creepy French Father Christmas surprisingly doesn t terrify two young girls

F Percy Wild, A Haunted Place

The Witchs Frolic by Alfred Bestall
The witchs frolic, taking place on Hallowe en, the date when Saman, Lord of Death, called together the spirits of all the wicked dead who in the last twelve months had been condemned to inhabit

Eddie Merton, superstitious stuntman, who always slept in a coffin on the night before a dangerous stunt. Seen here sitting up in the coffin in his hotel bedroom for his morning cup of tea. Date: 1971

Vampire of Vinezac
LE VAMPIRE DE VINEZAC Janssouint, gravedigger of Vinezac, is caught doing things that our pen refuses to recount Date: 1883

The Invisible Man, book cover
The Invisible Man. Cover illustration to an early French edition

Cartoon, Horrible Incident in Real Life
The master of a household visits the kitchen to get a little supper after the servants have gone, only to find it crawling with cockroaches. 1852

Cartoon, Crabbed Age and Youth (One View). (1 of 2) 1880s

Mummies of Santa Fe de Guanajuato, Central Mexico
Mummies in the catacombs of the silver mining city of Santa Fe de Guanajuato, Central Mexico. They died in a cholera outbreak in 1833. Date: circa early 1930s

Santa Claus writing in a book on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

WASP AT A PICNIC
Awful appearance of a wopps at a picnic: picnic guests are severely bothered when a rather large wasp takes an interest in their food, one of the hazards of outdoor eating Date: circa 1840

Lady with Lady Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady with Lady Spirit in front of her. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Lady Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady Spirit wearing shroud and holding flowers. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Spirit child
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Spirit child wearing shroud. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Man with Ghosts head in his lap
From: Photographing the Invisible: practical studies in supernormal photography, script and other allied phenomena, James Coates, Fowler, 1921

Mrs Lincoln with Spirit of Abraham Lincoln
From: Photographing the Invisible: practical studies in supernormal photography, script and other allied phenomena, James Coates, Fowler, 1921

English Insects illustration by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Insectes - Insects
Variety of insects. Date: 1930

Mr Punch. 19th century

Comedian Dan Leno in Spirit
George Wild Galvin, stage name Dan Leno, English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor in Spirit form Date: 1907

The Spirit of John King
Drawing of a bearded spirit wrapped in shroud or Keffiyeh Date: 1907

English Insects illustration of Stag beetles by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Spooky Street
A night scene on the kind of spooky street which would make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck

Dytiscus marginalis, great diving beetle (male)

Fantastic Adventures - Shadow of the Sphinx
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, November 1946, featuring the story Shadow of the Sphinx by William Lawrence Hamling. A scary looking skeleton lies its hand on the shoulder of a young beautiful woman

Liliova Street, Prague, Czechoslovakia
The rather creepy-looking Liliova Street in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where the ghost of a headless horseman is said to make nightly visits. Date: circa 1960s

Gentlemen with Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Bearded Victorian Gentlemen with Spirit, ghost, phantom, spectre. Date: 1894

Spirit baby
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Spirit baby. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Spirit Lady
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Spirit Lady with two Gentlemen. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Lady and spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady with Spirit of her Father. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Psychic Lady with Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Psychic Lady with Elderly Gentlemen spirit. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Father looking at his Spirit Daughter
Man sitting on chair looking at his daughter in spirit form. Date: 1907

Man and his Sister in Spirit
Man sitting on chair looking towards the spirit of his sister. Ghost. Apparition Date: 1907

The Spirit of Therese
Spirit head wrapped in veil Date: 1907

The Spirit of Sister Amie
Artists impression of spirt wearing shroud. Ghost. Apparition Date: 1907

Woman with spirit baby
From: Spookland, Thomas Shekleton Henry, Clyde Publishing, 1902: Mrs Mellon Spiritualist with Cissie the baby spirit, apparition ghost, phantom, spectre. Date: 1894

Mrs. William holding transmitter
Lady in Chair holding transmitter. Strange arch of light abobve her. Date: 1939

Sance summons spirit
From: Hours with the Ghosts, Henry Ridgely Evans, Laird & Lee, 1897: Sance summons spirit, Ouija board, Ghost, Apparition. Date: 1897

Gentleman with two spirits
From: Hours with the Ghosts, Henry Ridgely Evans, Laird & Lee, 1897: Victorian Gentlemen with two spirits, apparitions. Date: 1897

Man lunging a spirit with a sword
From: Hours with the Ghosts, Henry Ridgely Evans, Laird & Lee, 1897: Spirit, Ghost, swordfight, Sabre, apparition, skull. Date: 1897

Victorian Men and Women with spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Victorian Men with spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Victorian Families with Spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Victorian Women with spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Frank Burnett
From: The Case for Spirit Photography, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hutchinson, 1922 Frank Burnett, Bowler Hat, Bearded Genntleman, Apparition ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1922

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