For centuries there were accounts of a ghost haunting the English estate of Raynham Hall. They were just rumors until a photograph published in Country Life magazine in 1936 appeared to capture the specter known as "The Brown Lady," and it is arguably the most famous picture of a ghost ever taken. But is it real?
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https://books.google.com/books/about/True_Ghost_Stories.html?id=cgeVKil6E60C
https://www.artandthecountryhouse.com/essays/essays-index/the-curious-case-of-the-townshend-heirlooms-sale
https://raynham.co.uk/the-estate/history/#:~:text=HistorY%20OF%20RAYNHAM%20HALL
https://hauntedpalaceblog.com/2016/10/16/part-one-the-mysterious-brown-lady-of-raynham-hall-who-was-she/#:~:text=Two%20years%20after%20the%20death,children%20with%20six%20reaching%20adulthood
https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2024/07/31/the-brown-lady-of-raynham-hall-the-worlds-most-infamous-ghost/#:~:text=According%20to%20folklore%2C%20the%20unfortunate,deed%20would%20have%20gone%20unnoticed
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