Movie·2025

Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography

Name: Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 2025-01-05
Cast: Hamilton Young Ward, Mark Osterman, Crista Cloutier, Felicity T.C. Hamer, Leslie Young-Ward

DocumentaryCrime

Synopsis

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?