Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography

Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography(2025)

01/05/2025 (US)Documentary, Crime
NR

Overview

1869: William H Mumler stood trial for fraud in New York for claiming to photograph spirits of customers' deceased loved ones. Mumler walked free as experts of the day could not figure his methods. Was he a fraud? Or could he truly photograph the dead?

Hamilton Young Ward

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Hamilton Young Ward

Writer

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Hamilton Young Ward

Hamilton Young Ward

Self

Mark Osterman

Mark Osterman

Self - Historian

Crista Cloutier

Crista Cloutier

Self - Mumler Biographer

Felicity T.C. Hamer

Felicity T.C. Hamer

Self - Historian

Leslie Young-Ward

Leslie Young-Ward

Self - Grief and Loss Expert

Katrina Weidman

Katrina Weidman

Self - Paranormal Invesitgator

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