Richmond, Kentucky: Ghostly Image in a Window

An earlier tip that the ghost in the window is no longer visible is correct. We spoke with one of the park rangers, who told us that in 2007 all of the house windows, including the one with the ghost image, were coated with a UV blocker. The purpose was to protect the house furnishings and draperies from sun damage, but it had the unintended effect of making the image invisible. It's still there, you just can't see it.

It will remain invisible until the coating wears off, or is removed and replaced with a UV blocker that doesn't also block ghost images. Science, please, help!

I tried really hard to see the image. I even used my Nikon binoculars from several angles. I was concentrating on the third floor "house left" window (on the upper right when facing the house). I saw some sort of wispy something on the glass, but could never make out a shape. In any case, it's a nice stop. Access is from exit 95 off of I-75, but my iPhone gps persistently tried to take me through an inaccessible gate on the south end of the estate.

South of Lexington, at Clay's Ferry is Whitehall Mansion, historic home of the Clay Family. It's a state shrine now. In the upper right hand window of the three story house is a permanent (some say) imprint of a black slave woman's face and torso, as if she's looking out at something. Tried several times to get a photo of the reflection or imprint without any luck, but saw it myself.