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Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography
Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography
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Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography

2025
Directed byHamilton Young Ward
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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 WardSelfMark OstermanSelf - Historian
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Crista Cloutier
Self - Mumler Biographer
Felicity T.C. HamerSelf - Historian
Leslie Young-WardSelf - Grief and Loss Expert
Katrina WeidmanSelf - Paranormal Invesitgator
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DocumentaryCrime
STATUSReleased
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NR

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