{"id":2718,"date":"2024-06-17T18:15:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T18:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost.jpg"},"modified":"2024-06-26T15:41:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:41:24","slug":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/hauntings\/borley-rectory\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This the Borley Rectory Ghost?"},"author":38,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-223x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A page from a newspaper article with a large photograph of an old fence. In front of the fence are some plants. Behind the fence is a dark, indistinguishable shape. Text above the image reads: &quot;Picture Post, 1 January, 1955. IS THIS THE BORLEY RECTORY GHOST?&quot; The image&#039;s caption reads: &quot;THURSTON HOPKINS went to photograph the gateway to Borley Rectory -- where a phantom nun was said to wait -- on a calm sunny day. He says: &#039;It was mid-afternoon. The sky was clear. I wanted sharply to outline the gatepostand fence against the sky. When the film was developed this dark shadow was found in the centre -- and some people have seen the nun as a &#039;dark shadow&#039;. I can state definitely that the dark mass did not appear in the viewfinder, and I cannot explain it.&#039;&quot;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-768x1031.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-1144x1536.jpg 1144w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-1525x2048.jpg 1525w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-scaled.jpg 1907w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A PDF of the full article is available <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1U20zSUzMCtwRT4i7EOqbNQ359myPX0KO\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is This the Borley Rectory Ghost?,&#8221; <em>Picture Post<\/em>, January 1, 1955, in &#8220;Borley 48&#8221; scrapbook, pp. 106-7, Box 2, Eileen J. Garrett Parapsychology Foundation Collection, Collection 331, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/hauntings\/borley-rectory\/\">\u2190 Back to &#8220;The Haunting of Borley Rectory&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>A PDF of the full article is available here. &#8220;Is This the Borley Rectory Ghost?,&#8221; Picture Post, January 1, 1955, in &#8220;Borley 48&#8221; scrapbook, pp. 106-7, Box 2, Eileen J.&hellip;<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"A page from a newspaper article with a large photograph of an old fence. In front of the fence are some plants. Behind the fence is a dark, indistinguishable shape. Text above the image reads: \"Picture Post, 1 January, 1955. IS THIS THE BORLEY RECTORY GHOST?\" The image's caption reads: \"THURSTON HOPKINS went to photograph the gateway to Borley Rectory -- where a phantom nun was said to wait -- on a calm sunny day. He says: 'It was mid-afternoon. The sky was clear. I wanted sharply to outline the gatepostand fence against the sky. When the film was developed this dark shadow was found in the centre -- and some people have seen the nun as a 'dark shadow'. I can state definitely that the dark mass did not appear in the viewfinder, and I cannot explain it.'\"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1907,"height":2560,"file":"2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-scaled.jpg","filesize":1005200,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-223x300.jpg","width":223,"height":300,"filesize":20830,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-223x300.jpg"},"large":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-763x1024.jpg","width":763,"height":1024,"filesize":184964,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-763x1024.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":7905,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-150x150.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-768x1031.jpg","width":768,"height":1031,"filesize":186664,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-768x1031.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-1144x1536.jpg","width":1144,"height":1536,"filesize":392455,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-1144x1536.jpg"},"2048x2048":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-1525x2048.jpg","width":1525,"height":2048,"filesize":668746,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-1525x2048.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-150x100.jpg","width":150,"height":100,"filesize":5214,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-150x100.jpg"},"thumb-academia-slideshow":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-960x400.jpg","width":960,"height":400,"filesize":74848,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-960x400.jpg"},"thumb-featured-tall":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-580x870.jpg","width":580,"height":870,"filesize":123464,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-580x870.jpg"},"thumb-featured-page":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-420x300.jpg","width":420,"height":300,"filesize":30341,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-420x300.jpg"},"full":{"file":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-scaled.jpg","width":1907,"height":2560,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-scaled.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1715952031","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"original_image":"is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost.jpg"},"post":909,"source_url":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/is-this-the-borley-rectory-ghost-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2718"}]}}