In the 1860s, William Mumler photographed ghostsor so he claimed. The practice came to be known as spirit photography, and Mumler's insistence that his work brought back the dead led to a sensational trial in 1869 that was the talk of the nation. The Strange Case of William Muml…
'In the 1860s, William Mumler photographed ghosts--or so he claimed. Faint images of the dearly departed lurked in the background with the living, like his well-known photo of the recently assassinated Abraham Lincoln comforting Mary Todd. The practice came to be known as spirit…
In the 1860s, William Mumler photographed ghostsor so he claimed. The practice came to be known as spirit photography, and Mumler's insistence that his work brought back the dead led to a sensational trial in 1869 that was the talk of the nation. The Strange Case of William Muml…