Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography

Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography

20250Dir. Hamilton Young Ward
DocumentaryCrime

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?

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Cast & Crew

H

Hamilton Young Ward

Self

M

Mark Osterman

Self - Historian

C

Crista Cloutier

Self - Mumler Biographer

F

Felicity T.C. Hamer

Self - Historian

L

Leslie Young-Ward

Self - Grief and Loss Expert

Katrina Weidman

Katrina Weidman

Self - Paranormal Invesitgator

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