| 词条 | Wem Town Hall |
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The interior of the building was completely destroyed by fire on 19 November 1995.[2] The incident became famous as a result of a black-and-white photo taken by amateur photographer Tony O'Rahilly, which appeared to depict the image of a young girl in the doorway of the burning building. Locals averred that this was the ghost of Jane Churn, a young girl who was accused (in 1677) of starting a fire in the same town.[2] O'Rahilly later denied claims that he had used special effects to add the girl into the image.[3] Building historyWem Town Hall was erected in 1905.[4] It was a red brick structure[4] with a Victorian facade.[5] In November 1995, a fire destroyed the building.[6] Local residents watched as firefighters attempted to tackle the blaze. No one was injured as a result of the fire. The structure was rebuilt through lottery funding to serve as a community arts centre.[5] The architects retained the facade but replaced the rest of the building.[5] A plaque was placed on the building commemorating the fire. Mystery of Wem Town Hall GhostTony O'Rahilly, a sewage farm worker who was also an amateur photographer,[7] was originally stopped by police from approaching the burning building. He took a picture of the blaze from across the road with a 200mm lens.[3] The image of a girl in the doorway of the burning building was not noticed by the photographer or the onlookers; it only appeared after the photo had been developed.[3] O'Rahilly sent the photo for analysis to the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP), which determined that a burning piece of wood lay on the railing where the image appears, rendering the image a simulacrum.[8] ASSAP forwarded the photo to the former Royal Photographic Society president, Dr. Vernon Harrison. Harrison concluded that the image did appear to be genuine, but he continued to be sceptical, believing it could have been the smoke or light playing tricks.[3][9] Blake Smith for Skeptical Inquirer writes "A later analysis by photographic officers of the National Media Museum concluded that the photograph was doctored. A negative made from the photograph (not the original negative) showed horizontal scan lines consistent with those of a television image across the image of the girl. The officers concluded that the girl's image was likely pasted into the photograph."[10] In 2010, five years after the death of the photographer,[7] a 77-year-old local resident claimed to solve the mystery, citing a similarity between the girl in the photograph and the image of a girl printed on a postcard that appeared in the local paper Shropshire Star. The postcard in question was taken in 1922 and shows a young girl who resembles the so-called "Wem Ghost".[7][11] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thomasadams.org.uk/wemtownhall/ |title=Wem Town Hall |date=January 2010 |accessdate=25 May 2010 |publisher=The Thomas Adams School and Sixth Form Centre}} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.wemguide.com/pages/haunting.html |title=Wem Guide: The Haunting of Wem Town Hall |work=The Wem Guide |accessdate=19 May 2010}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/features/halloween/halloween_wem.shtml |title=The Wem Ghost Mystery |work=BBC Shropshire |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=19 May 2010}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Txby6_Lrm0cC&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=wem+town+hall+1905&source=bl&ots=gtEpo3rBkM&sig=VVb0VKDSAsHiPH_uuAHaIGVs2GU&hl=en&ei=dW7-S8TkOMv6_Abum-3JCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCoQ6AEwBTgo#v=onepage&q=wem%20town%20hall%201905&f=false |title=A Guide to Shropshire |last=Raven |first=Michael |year=2005 |pages=214 |publisher=Michael Raven |isbn=978-0-906114-34-6}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.bhn.co.uk/wem.php |title=Community Projects |accessdate=25 May 2010 |publisher=BHN Architects}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/shropshire/hauntings/wem-town-hall.html |title=Wem Town Hall |work=Mysterious Britain & Ireland |accessdate=19 May 2010}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279329/Wem-ghost-picture-mystery-resolved-eagled-eyed-pensioner.html |title=Wem ghost mystery resolved by eagle-eyed pensioner |work=Mail Online |date=18 May 2010 |accessdate=19 May 2010}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/shropshire/hauntings/wem-town-hall.html |title=Wem Town Hall |accessdate=25 May 2010 |publisher=Mysterious Britain & Ireland}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/shropshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8328000/8328449.stm |title=Is this the Wem Town Hall ghost |work=BBC Shropshire |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=27 October 2009 |accessdate=19 May 2010}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://skeptic.danielalderman.com/?p=43 |title=Ghost Photography III – Fraud |year=2010 |accessdate=27 May 2010 |publisher=danielalderman.com}} 11. ^{{cite journal | last = Smith | first = Blake | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = From the Edge of Postcards: The Wem Ghost Photo | journal = Skeptical Inquirer | volume = 34 | issue = 5 | pages = 48–50 | publisher = Committee for Skeptical Inquiry | location = | date = November–December 2010}} External links
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