On November 19th, 1995, a fire in the town of Wem in Shropshire, England, completely destroyed the interior of Wem Town Hall. This event has since become notorious not for the damage caused, but for a photograph of the fire taken by amateur photographer Tony O'Rahilly.
When the image was developed, it appeared to show the image of a girl standing in the doorway, surrounded by flames.
Word spread, and the conclusion was drawn that the image showed the ghost of Jane Churn, a young girl who was accused of starting a fire in Wem in 1677.
The photograph was shown to several experts, who disagreed about it. The Royal Photographic Society believed the photograph to be genuine, while the National Media Museum stated that it was faked, claiming to have discovered horizontal 'scan lines' across the girl in the image, suggesting that she had been pasted in separately.
It wasn't until 2010, however, that an actual explanation for the image came about.