User:Coocooforcocopuffs/Picture of the Week Archive/November 2006

November 2006 - Picture Archive

Week 1


The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall. Raynham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. For 300 years it was the seat of the Townshend family. The hall gave its name to the area, known as East Raynham, and is reported to be haunted, providing the scene for possibly the most famous ghost photo of all time, the famous Brown Lady descending the staircase. However, the ghost has not been reported since the photo was taken. Its most famous resident was Charles Townshend (1674 -1738), leader in the House of Lords.

Week 2
This weeks Picture of the Week is serial killer, Ed Gein. This is one of the few pictures taken of him. Born (August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984), was one of the most notorious murderers in U.S. history. The particularly bizarre and morbid nature of his crimes shocked the world, even though it may never be known if he committed more than two murders. Besides the death of his brother in 1944 under mysterious circumstances, six people disappeared from the Wisconsin towns of La Crosse and Plainfield between 1947 and 1957. Gein was conclusively linked to only two, though it is suspected there were more.