his photo was reportedly taken in Marblehead, Massachusetts, during a seance in a house where a mother murdered her children and then committed suicide. The seance, coordinated by psychic researcher John Spence, was held in the house after a new resident complained of a ghostly presence and felt influenced to harm her own children. In the photograph there appears to be the semi-headless shape of a woman in a dark dress with a large white bow, as well as the dark, faint shapes of several children. There is also quite a bit of light streaking, which is usually associated with a long exposure.
Other phenomenon reportedly took place at the seance, including a rug folding itself into the letter W, cold spots, the formation of visible energy orbs and rays of neon blue light, and the odors of ozone and a cloying sweet decay. After the seance, the residents moved out and the house remained vacant for several years.
Because Robin Boston Barron holds the copyright to this photo, I assume he was the photographer. From what I can unearth on the Internet, Barron identifies himself as a "tribal shaman" and investigates alleged hauntings as part of the Cosmic Society, a New England-based paranormal investigation group.
Update: Mr. Barron, please contact me again at lisby@earthlink.net. Your contact number was lost.