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Sanatorio Durán: Is this a picture of a ghost?

Our intrepid reporter recently visited the Sanatorio Durán, an abandoned old hospital outside Cartago said to be the most haunted place in Costa Rica.

After being thoroughly creeped out by the decaying buildings, broken-out windows and satanic graffiti, he chatted with a woman from Escazú who told him about all the ghost sightings reported here.

Later she sent him the above photo, insisting that when the picture was taken, the shadowy human figure in the background was not there. Is this a picture of a ghost?

Read the full story, if you dare, in Travel.

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