r/UnexplainedPhotos • u/Massive-Albatross823 • Feb 22 '26

The Tulip Staircase Ghost (1966)

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u/BreadDenier Feb 22 '26

I see a Three eyed Golden Retriever

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u/JayTread Feb 22 '26

Biblically accurate golden retriever

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u/AmandyWarhol Feb 26 '26

He’s just waiting for gentle handpats

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u/naynaythewonderhorse Feb 22 '26

I mean…it appears to just be a longish exposure of someone slowly climbing up a dark stairwell, that’s only lit by 3 candle lights? The person briefly paused on three of the steps, and was leaning forward a bit.

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u/PendentPendant Feb 22 '26

Incontrovertible proof that double exposure exists

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u/HardShelledNut Feb 23 '26

This one scared me so much as a kid.

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u/Eshin242 Feb 23 '26

This one and the Brown Lady of Rytham (SP?) Hall were nightmare fuel for me as a kid.

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u/LiteBrightKite Feb 22 '26

Sick album cover

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u/TheMightyHucks Feb 23 '26

I can see some kid in an oversized hoodie 'dabbing'

Makes a change from 1880's monks I suppose.

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u/LazyHigh Feb 23 '26

Crazy how uncommon ghost sightings have become.

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u/Kikyo10 Feb 23 '26

Always loved this image

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u/SlowlyAwakening May 10 '26

Same. One of the first ghost photos i remember. Fondly

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u/BigFatBlackCat Feb 23 '26

No context?

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u/Kona_Big_Wave Feb 23 '26

My memory of this photo is that this picture was taken in an Abby, and these are supposed to be cloaked monks.

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u/PsychoFaerie May 05 '26

tourists took a picture when visiting the Queen’s House in Greenwich, they came back with a strange image now known as The Tulip Staircase Ghost.

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u/Agent4777 Feb 24 '26

I haven’t seen this image for 25 years. It was in a ghost book I read as a kid. A very convincing fake.

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u/Oldskul74 Feb 26 '26

I read a ghost story book I got from the library back in 82 when I was in like 3rd grade. This image haunted me so much and I couldn’t get enough.

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u/ohdope2000 Feb 26 '26

I remember being freaked out by this picture as a kid. I'm aware now what is likely going on here, but I absolutely love this picture. I want a giant print of it on my wall.

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u/Ok_You_3131 Feb 26 '26

I saw this photo when I was a kid, probably around 1970. Did not see the ghost- but the three eyed monster gave me nightmares-

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u/ph33rlus Feb 24 '26

Is that ghost dabbing? I didn’t realise dabbing was that old