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Security cameras: comfort or fright? A school ghost clip says
The Irish school clip behind the fright has passed twelve million YouTube views, though Snopes says the ghost was likely edited in; the scary part is the software.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN After HoursPublished
At a glance
- First reported by WSJ: “Do Security Cameras Make Us Feel Safer or Give Us Unnecessary Frights?”, with reporting from Snopes via SFGate, AOL, IrishCentral and SFGate (citing Today).
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 2:44 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
The real story
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- WSJDo Security Cameras Make Us Feel Safer or Give Us Unnecessary Frights?
- Snopes via SFGateDid Irish school's surveillance cam capture a ghost? Snopes weighs in facts used on air
- AOLHaunted high school in Ireland has a second video and our stomachs just dropped again facts used on air
- IrishCentralWATCH: Video from Irish school will make you believe in ghosts facts used on air
- SFGate (citing Today)Did Irish school's surveillance cam capture a ghost? Snopes weighs in facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA security camera at Deerpark school in Ireland supposedly caught a ghost in October of twenty seventeen, and the clip has more than twelve million views on YouTube.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, so is it real?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSnopes concluded it was skillful manipulation of the video, likely made with editing software such as After Effects.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe school was also hosting a Halloween event called FearPark that year.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe deputy principal said, if it's a prank, it's very well done. That's the most honest review a school has ever given anything.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA second video showed chairs levitating and posters flying off the walls. Chairs don't levitate. Render queues do.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe school opened in eighteen twenty-eight and its biggest hit in two centuries is a render.
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