Film
Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography
2025 · Documentary · Crime
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Overview
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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Cast
Hamilton Young Ward
Self
Mark Osterman
Self - Historian
Crista Cloutier
Self - Mumler Biographer
Felicity T.C. Hamer
Self - Historian
Leslie Young-Ward
Self - Grief and Loss Expert
Katrina Weidman
Self - Paranormal Invesitgator
Crew
- Hamilton Young WardDirector · Writer
- Charlie PuritanoExecutive Producer
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 5, 2025
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $25,000
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
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