9 optical illusions with Category: Ghosts

Are you excited about the prospect of ghosts? Or terrified at the idea? Many of the “real ghost pictures” found on the internet are actually illusions.

Click on the images to see the larger version and read the explanation of the optical illusion and the source/credit of the image.

Ghost photography

Sorry to burst your bubble, but photos of ghosts vary from technology issues, cognitive illusions to outright fraud.

Spirit photographers have been swindling the public since 1850s using techniques like double exposure or walking through a long exposure photo.

With advancing technology, higher quality cameras and the high number of cameras around, you would expect more photos of ghosts and better quality photos of ghosts in current times. This is not happening.

We are still seeing the same grainy images that have long been explained as the flash reflecting on strands of hair, flying insects or a person’s breath,  and pareidolia.

Optical illusions with ghosts

The images here are all optical illusions with ghosts that were posted on various social media. We have done our best to find the original source of these ghost photos. If you want to repost these images, or use them for enhancing your website or social media post, make sure to credit the original source as well.

Which one is your favorite optical illusion featuring a ghost?

Not interested in the paranormal? No worries, we also have a great collection of optical illusions with dogs. And even collections of optical illusions with trees or cars.