Episode 357 - Capturing the Dead - William H Mumler and the Birth of Spirit Photography

from Weird World Podcast · host Dean Wehrli

Thanks to photoshop, the only limit on how we can mess with pictures is our imagination. But back in the 19th century, William H. Mumler began capturing people in his family portraits that had never been inside his studio - at least not while they were alive.

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