Also called spirits, wraiths, phantoms, visions, shades, specters, haunts and apparitions, we can loosely define a ghost as being some paranormal aspect of the physical form and/or mental presence that appears to exist apart from the original physical form. The word appears is integral to the definition. Most ghostly encounters are evaluated by the five physical senses alone. This makes most information about ghosts subjective (dependent upon an observer's limited perception). One must be careful about drawing conclusions based upon subjective evidence.

Objective evidence (dependent upon external, unbiased measurements that are equally obtainable by all) is the pillar of scientific knowledge and most commonly accepted by all.

In keeping with the definition, a ghost can be the presence of something that was once conscious or unconscious. For example, people can see ghosts of humans and ghosts of automobiles. They can see ghosts of dogs and the leash that they are being walked with. So basically they can see ghosts of both living and non-living things. What does this mean? How can we break it down from there? To get started, I have listed the most common ghostly activity into five categories, or ghostly classifications, all based upon the research and work that has been documented over that last several hundred centuries.

• Entities
• Imprints
• Warps
• Poltergeists
• Naturals

As you learn about, and research ghosts in a systematic way, you'll soon learn how strange some of this ghostly activity can be. You are bound to encounter some really bizarre situations and even some that are truly mind boggling. But these types of situations are what makes researching and investigating ghosts so much fun! Whenever you go to a presumably haunted location, expect to expect the unexpected. Most of the time (realistically) you will go to a location where there is absolutely no activity. That is normal but don't despair. Other times you may go to a presumably haunted location and it can be loaded with tons of activity. It's up to you and your team to decide whether or not the activity can be classified as paranormal or not. Part of this learning process is to determine what type of activity is taking place. 

Below are both famous ghostly photo's and photo's that have been submitted to us for this section of the website. Keep in mind that we in no way guarantee that what you see in any of these photo's are actual ghosts. Some of these photo's may have rational explanations as to what you see such as dirt, bugs, scratches, lights, etc. but we leave it up to you to decide what is contained within these pictures.