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Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography

0% | Jan 05, 2025 | Documentary, Crime

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?

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Hamilton Young Ward
Director
Hamilton Young Ward
Writer

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Mark Osterman
Self - Historian
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Crista Cloutier
Self - Mumler Biographer
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Felicity T.C. Hamer
Self - Historian
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Leslie Young-Ward
Self - Grief and Loss Expert

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