The (mostly) true story of ghost photography

William Mumler claimed he could photograph ghosts. .. and no one could prove he couldnt. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don t miss any videos: In the mid1800s, the development of exciting new forms of communication, like photography and the telegraph, was considered miraculous. This technology also coincided with a new religious movement becoming popular in the US and Europe: spiritualism. Spiritualists believed that, through the use of a medium, contact with the dead was possible. During the bloody American Civil War (18611865), belief in Spiritualism grew. It was during this time that William Mumler, an amateur photographer in Boston, claimed he could photograph ghosts. He and his wife Hannah, herself a professional photographer and Spiritualist medium, created a stir in Boston by selling these spirit portraits, and attracted the attention of Spiritualists and skeptics alike. Professional photographers in Boston investigated Mumler s method again and again but co