Fire Girl Ghost
Jane Churm Fire Girl Ghost
Here is a very well known ghost photograph taken in 1995 which contains a girl in the doorway in front of a blazing fire. The building is the Wem town hall of Shropshire, England. This picture was taken from the other side of the street. The girl was not seen at the time that the photograph was taken and was only noticed after the picture was developed.
No bodies were discovered in the burned out structure nor was anyone reported as missing. However, according to the local folklore a girl by the name of Jane Churm had burned down the town hall building in 1677 when she accidentally dropped a burning candle. The ghost of this young girl has been reported to haunt the Wem town hall building since that fire.
Could this be the ghost of Jane Churm captured in this photograph? Is it possible that this ghost had something to do with the fire? Post your comments below.
Fire Girl Ghost Picture Jane Churm
Possibly Related Posts:
- Ghost in Photo on Australia Grave Stone?
- Possible Ghost Picture from Old English Pub
- Ghost in the Picture?
- Ghost Demon Alien Entity or Just Strange Mist?
- Ghost in North Yorkshire?
(29 votes, average: 4.48 out of 5)
Loading ...
So she haunts the place cause she feels guilty about starting the fire? I have never seen this picture before. It looks too clear an image to be a ghost.
hmm well it is kinda spooky. but it is too clear. and why did she burn the building. was she like phsyco??
maybe shes a phsyco little girl that couldnt get want she wants or she hated her parents i dont know.but ya why did she?
You again with your grammar AnNa. It clearly states she accidentally dropped a candle. It’s clear as day in the story.
i am just saying,and no-body is perfect in spelling.i know im not good but i dont care.it probably did say in the story but im just saying.
her face is abnormally detailed from other ghost photos. and maybs she’s just a little pyro??
I agree it is very clear- but the photographer said they saw no-one when the shot was taken- after all it was during a blazing fire! Yes she must be returning to the scene like a residule haunting… very creepy picture!
well i have read this story and seen the picture to be truefull i believe in ghost and im not sure about this one one reason because nobody even seen the girl even but yet the picture is so clear it spookey but im not sure
It could be a double-exposure, it is fairly old.
well i had seen this picture alot of times and i think it is really scary….
I have seen this photo many times and it has always caught my eye. I don’t know if it’s an extraordinary case of smoke in the shape of a little girl just as the picture was taken, or if it’s even fake, but it’s interesting.
is abit 2good 2b true, but have 2say very interesting at the same time, just makes u wonder what really is amongst us
Your missing the Point if the Girl started the Fire she is showing no remorse for doing the act and also don’t forget she is in a Burning building don’t you think there would be some kind of emotion on her face for that alone?
Eerrie Photo!!
unique u are missing the piont how about the hole story was she did the fire becasue she had a fight with her mother or somebody or somebody important to her died and she killed herself on purpose that’s why she shows no emorse
I’ve seen this before and the person in the picture could be anybody but for some reason this photo creaps me out. I usully take photos with a grain of salt but if I were to beleave a ghost photo this would be the one.
i also have seen this image but didn’t know when it was taken. you can’t see her legs so i think this thing is real. the few ghosts i’ve seen, i could never see their legs. can anyone tell me why? this is one of the better ones and she seems to look sad too.
When I look at her I see neither remorse nor sadness in her gaze. When I look at her I see hate and loathing. Look closely and you can tell it sure as heck ain’t smoke because look at the shadow on half of the “face” I can tell she isn’t innocent.
Danielle – You can tell someones innocence or guilt by looking at a blurred picture of them? You might make a fine Court Judge someday.
perhaps she is seen there because this is the place where she died
Unique, The fire in the 1600′s she started by accident, then the building caught on fire again in 1995 , when this pic was taken, I think she feels guilty , unless it’s true that she started the 2nd one too!
This picture clearly show the girl on it, but you can tell she is not human because her legs is missing in the picture, like she is flowing on air. Its weird where she is looking at , is like she knows that someone is taking a picture.
I honestly think that it is a very good play on the lighting…being a photographer and graphic artist, i have learned that incredible “accidents” are possible in ways you would never expect. I grew up in a house with a room mate that we could not see if you know what I mean, but always felt him there. I think it is kinda silly to think a camera can “capture” a spirit, yet we can not see it with our own eyes, but yes, it is a very disturbing picture to say the least.
I believe it is a real spirit and not a play of the lights.
This photo was proven to be fake.
BrokenTree – By who? Where? I would like to see any info on that
why don’t you think its real
I believe its true, she might be mad or sad. her spirit might be trapped in that specific area. Maybe she just wants pple 2 stay away from it and burning the place down might have been her first thought and choice since she was burned to death.
wow thats freakin strange
she looks like a girl in sukob (movie of kris and claudine) ….isnt she??
Karen M. says:
September 1, 2009 at 6:53 am
Unique, The fire in the 1600’s she started by accident, then the building caught on fire again in 1995 , when this pic was taken, I think she feels guilty , unless it’s true that she started the 2nd one too!
Thanks 4 the info i missed that somehow it is strange Photo in respect to the brilliant white light behind the ghost i would expect to see shadows of the flames behind the ghost from the flames being reflected and then creating moving patterns on the wall!
A Hard Picture to Debunk!!
ya i agree with all of ues it is to clear
i believe it
I AGREE in
karen m. says!!but i
was scared..=[
I think broken tree is confusing a fire girl story in Alabama with the picture and story. as I have read (can not remember where) that experts could find nothing wrong with the picture. but the burning girl in AL was found to be a hoax
i think just wanted to see the fire and since she died by it. It is not that hard to belive that mabe she was looking for someone like her family.
OMG!
That poor little girl!
I feel so sorry for her!
I feel sorry 2. But I can see a bit of anger on her face.
Angela- i feel sorry for her too
i thought it was an AWESOME picture nice photography!
i agree wolfy and angela
OMG!!!! that picture is scary
Oh my gosh that looks so cool!
Seen this photo a few times . It creeps me out too. I believe it’s real. She seems to be watching what’s happening down there. Probably curious about all the firemen and people.
1677 to 1995 is a long time , alot changed. But poor girl indeed , maybe she did start this fire?
What is eerie to me is that it looks like she is looking right at the camera! Chills…
Something tells me that this could be a fake. I mean not alot of people have ever captured real Ghosts on Camera before. So that makes you have doubts.
I think it is real because there is no way that tis girl could apear out of the flames and this is not provin to be fake so i believe that is not this girl must not like the person that lives there because she would have not waited that long to start another fire i think the person that was living there was mean
Its so clear but its so not at the same time.
You can see her face and hair almost perfect. Then you can see an arm.
But everything else is faded or missing.
I really like this pic.
Its a perfect example of what great things cameras can catch.
i agree it is scary do any of u have a myspace or a yahoo? please add me im jennifer m
i would really like to read the newspaper’s on this if they had one here and find out what she was doing in a wherehouse with this candle if she was just playen house or what? …this very short storie does not tell all really to me the whole storie of why? ,..how?, …..how old was she was at this time though it does say this was done or read about 1677 so who know’s? …….I would really like some more info on this girl and what really happened to her and why? this storie has gotten me very interested! …….. there’s more to this i just know…….
She will stay for a long time unless she can be convinced by somebody that everything is inpermenant & purely an ellusion in the physical world & she will move on & never return.
Being a firefighter myself, I have heard of this type of thing before.. hauntings dealing with fire starters. Some researchers even say there are such things as fire starters in the ghost world.. very interesting.
quite interesting,i hope that Jane Churm may rest in peace…
Wow…. This is a very intresting picture. It explains some things and others not. I think this one is a phony
wow this is scary stuff.
I don’t see how you can really tell one way or the other whether it’s real or not. Anythings possible now days and 95 wasn’t that long ago. One thing though, you can really see her mug good to not see the rest of her or the fire, actually, all that clear.
i dont think so…but maybe she is…..its so scary!!
tonyl. this storie was told in 1677 by folklore (whom ever that is??…probably some town or country or something??), this storie did not happen in 95!, it happened in 1677 and that she was playen with some candle and dropped it by accident and somehow caused a big fire!?……..the picture that we see right now ( the structure of this building I will admit does not make sence to me at all because what did the building’s look like in 1677 at that time??)95 is just a reprint to me but the building “does” look more in the year 95 to me and makes more sence…I will admit that ..but they said that this storie happened 1677??…..also, if the candle had dropped,..on what did it drop on, how old was she??….she look’s about 10, or something,..also if you’ve noticed that where she is standinding in the doorway? that the light is so bright you cannot see her arm’s and leg’s at all just her dress and face as well……in the window is no fire there,…but that does not mean that the flames did not go to the window later!!…..what kind of building was she in if it had burnt down like that in 1677??
I was talking about when the photot was taken. It wasn’t that long ago as far as the ability for taking pictures with up to date cameras. That was like yesterday. I probably still have comfortable T-shirts from then. Now that I read it over a few more questions come to mind, like, It was town hall. I assume that they didn’t let kids just run amuk with candles since they were so fire conscious back then. And especially at night, in the town hall.
i think that pic is in bloodymary
really interesting
the actual story
The Ghost in the Burning Building
On November 19, 1995, Wem Town Hall in Shropshire, England burned to the ground. Many spectators gathered to watch the old building, built in 1905, as it was being consumed by the flames. Tony O’Rahilly, a local resident, was one of those onlookers and took photos of the spectacle with a 200mm telephoto lens from across the street. One of those photos shows what looks like a small, partially transparent girl standing in the doorway. Nether O’Rahilly nor any of the other onlookers or firefighters recalled seeing the girl there.
O’Rahilly submitted the photo to the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena which, in turn, presented it for analysis to Dr. Vernon Harrison, a photographic expert and former president of the Royal Photographic Society. Harrison carefully examined both the print and the original negative, and concluded that it was genuine. “The negative is a straightforward piece of black-and-white work and shows no sign of having been tampered with,” Harrison said.
But who is the little girl? Wem, a quiet market town in northern Shropshire, had been ravaged by fire in the past. In 1677, historical records note, a fire destroyed many of the town’s old timber houses. A young girl named Jane Churm, the legends say, accidentally set fire to a thatched roof with a candle. Many believed her ghost haunted the area and had been seen on a few other occasions
this is so cool i wish i could visit thta place me and friends are staying the night at wavlery $100 per person!!!! SO FREAKIN COOL
if its not a ghost then why does she have no legs.
woah i’ve seen the pic so many times before she looks like she is wearing a dress from 1912 u no like a victorian dress I have a doll that looks a bit like her
WOW!!! That’s creepy! U no, having a doll that looks like that ghost!
hey peopple this pic is true bcuz the gurl was dead and when ghost feel guilty they come back until they say sorry to u so this oic is true
omg this picture I’ve seen in my dreams that’s scary it looks like my little sister
Ya I tottaly belive this pic
i believe
i saw many info. about the girl named jane churm in the internet
WOW! …. I never believed in ghosts…. but this site and pictures are amazing!!!!!!!!!!
That looks Exactly like me! And I have been In a fire before, while getting a privite tour
of a fire house. That is creepy.So so creepy.
I dont believe my eyes!! im going to have nightmares
this picture doesnt look fake…..
although technology is getting better
I know this photo was distributed and has done the rounds for many years but I did believe it was found to be a double exposure recently – I wasn’t impressed by the news as this was one of my more favourite ‘ghost pictures’!
ItS quite clear that something is there.
i dont know if its real but may be it is because if its afire she would be out of air because the fire.
i feel like it’s true,
but the reason why she came back is a mystery to me,
i mean she looks like i dunno,not that sad and i can’t see her showing any remorse for what she did before but looks like she is looking at people to let them know it’s her shelter after she died there or something
it must be true.i belive in such stories.
I have always felt spooked by this pic, eversince i saw it years and years ago. I vaguely remember either reading or seeing on tv some fire experts saying it was just a freaky coincidental way burnt timbers etc had fallen during the fire. I didnt believe that then, and i still dont believe it now!
I believe it to be real.
I agree. It is a very spooky picture. One can even make out the expression on her face. I believe it is one of the few genuine ghost photos in existence.
Is it real,a trick of the light or a hoax.
The ghost of jane Churm or Lesley Whittle.
Did you know that Lesley Whittles, ghost is said to haunt the river side near her home at Highley,Shropshire.She’s sometimes dressed in a 1970s style afghan coat and at othertimes a bridesmaids dress! I know from other forums that some people have commented on the similarity between the little heiress and the Wem ghost.But i cannot see any connection or any reason why Lesley,would want to haunt Wem.I belelieve it to be the ghost of Jane Churm.
all this is totall egg and the chicken type of stories .nothing else
people,this girl dyed in a fire and i dont think she stared it,but who knows
I think I have seen that picture and who knows what really happened.there are always people talking about this and that.Thats how rumors get started.If it was her maybe she does feel bad like someone said and wants to stay.If its not then let it be.The picturedoes look kind of not scary but just oh my.
the little girl seems to be around 10 am 12 now an i believe that there is something sinister about her as if she dosn’t belong there…. am new an if u have any other ghost an that sites then please tell me thank you
i thinks she looks maybe 11 and she looks regretful
there is a phone app you can buy that will put a little girl ‘ghost’ in your pictures….it looks alot like this…check out Troy Taylor’s ‘ghosts of the prairie’ website.
i do not think she looks sinster jade
it looks real to me…….
yeah me too
I Agree with Dean.I have seen the ghost of Lesley Whittle,i’ts nothing like the Wem ghost girl.
who is lesley whittle and the wem ghost girl?
The wem ghost girl Is just another name for the fire ghost girl.Lesley Whittle,was a wealthy heiress,from nearby Highley,shropshire.Lesley was kidnapped and murdered by a famous criminal called The Black Panther in 1975.She was hanged down a drainage shaft,and had a slow and terrible death.
Strangely,the place Lesley was killed is also haunted by a murdered girl from the early nineteenth century known has the Kidsgrove boggart! Google them. Lesley whittle’s ghost walks along the riverbank at Highley.
I understand the picture is a fake. A close up of the face shows a series of horizontal lines -the face was captured from a TV set.Maybe it came from a real crime TV show,explaning why she looks like Lesley Whittle !
The lines are almost certainly from the software used to scan the picture,the same lines appear on parts of the handrail.
The whole Lesley Whittle,thing seems to be a total red-herring.Why would someone use a image of a famous murder victim to fake a ghost photo? somebody would notice!
I don`t belive what they r saying they is something not right there she looks so angrey she didn`t drop it i bet she did it on purpose to get back on some one and she tryed to get out but she was stuck and she wanted some one to take the pic u can see it in her eyes
y does she feel geitly if it was an acident. i mean really and how does this person know the story behind it.
waiting for more pictures
A little know fact about this haunting is that small footprints, like those of a young girl or child were found in the debris by the fire crew.
ok that looks pretty creepy but y would u start a fire and then come back feelinf all guilty so u stay there thats just weird and dumb.
I think this is a load of (if i say so i’ll get in corble) what do you think?
that looks like the exact ghost that is outside of my room except that thetre is no fire but this i think is a amazing photo and i would feel proud to have taken that photo and everyone is commenting on it
well i do have to admit that i have seen this picture before so it doesn’t really surprise me. And i did went their to go see if it was true and i would say that it is. And what i found was a little girl in my camera and she was looked like saying ” i’m sorry “. and ever since that i have never told anybody about what i had say.
okay. if this picture’s real, then the place must be blessed. the poor girl’s soul should be sent where it belongs- to the heavens.
i truely advice some modern spirit investigating techniques to send the spirit to its world.
this may be too clear an image but why would a little girl be standing in a door with a blazing fire behind her and seemingly starring into the camera looking awfully freakish when their were no reported deaths, missing persons, or even anyone standing in the doorway when or after this photo was taken excluding the mishap with the little girl incident dropping the candle back in 1677. I believe it. too weird.
thats so crazy!!!!!! you can see her perfectly. i wonder if its a fake
maybe jane is asking for help, the fire is around and no one is helping so she burned she was alittle girl with a candle ,she was afraid and needed help or she wants to say sorry for what has happened , she didn’t mean to burn the place down … can we listen to her
The ghost was a fake.The ghost is taken from a 1922 postcard of Wem.Google “wem ghost girl solved”.Sorry, i would have loved it to be true.
It says that she dropped a candle, so it was probably not her intention to burn anything. It could also be her guilt that holds her to this place.
maybe if she is mad maybe her parents treated her like crap and didnt care about her so she put herself at risk and burned the building and herself inside.its sad how kids feel these days.im not furesure saying that is the reason but no-one will ever know.or she wanted to be a brat and she ended up paying the price when she died with the building.
Ive seen this pictures many different places… whether the folklore is true or not … something tells me that this pic is real… if you study where the girls legs would be you can see that it is either transparent or blending with the background…
maybe shes in shock in what happened.maybe shes in shock that shes dead.