Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography

Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography (2025)

Documentary Crime

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?

  • Release Date: 2025-01-05
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Director: Hamilton Young Ward

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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