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What Joy to the Troubled Heart! [spirit photographer William H. Mumler]
Description
In 1862, William H. Mumler took the first known photograph of a ghost. Maybe. What unfolded over the next two decades was a story of fraud and self-deception... that even spilled over into the criminal courts of New York City.
Transcript, sources, links and more at
https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/what-joy-to-the-troubled-heart/
Key sources for this episode include James Appleton Morgan's "The Law of Literature"; Louis Kaplan's "The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer"; Peter Manseau's "The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost"; and William H. Mumler's "The Personal Experiences of William H. Mumler in Spirit-Photography."
Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/
This week we're co-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Art Slice featuring irreverent deep dives into art & art history by artists Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker. No gatekeeping, privilege, or that cognitive fog called 'art speaking.' https://www.artslicepod.com/
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