A Photograph of Uncle William A photograph of long-dead Uncle William appears in a snap-shot taken of a little girl by her mother.
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Chris Woodyard
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June 26, 2018
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Spiritualism , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Photograph of Uncle William , born with a caul , born with a veil , ghost appears in photograph , ghost photograph , ghost photography , ghostly photograph , Isabella Haug , Mary Haug , Mary Vreeland , Pareidolia , simulacra , spirit photography , Spiritualism , William Henry Vreeland
Mr. Henderson Teleports Mr. Alexander Henderson, photographer, teleports at a séance with the famous levitating Mrs. Guppy.
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Chris Woodyard
on
January 13, 2018
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , News , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged Alexander Henderson , Alexander Lamont Henderson , Mr. Henderson Teleports , Mrs Guppy , seances , spirit photography , Spiritualism , teleportation , Victorian photographers , Victorian spirit photography
A Death’s Head Photograph A young woman draws a death’s head invisible to the naked eye to fool a photographer.
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Chris Woodyard
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February 21, 2017
in Ephemera , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , religion , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged A Death's Head Photograph , fake spirit photography , quinine , skull and crossbones , spirit photography , spiritualist hoaxes
Death Angel in Lancashire The Death Angel visits medium Ellen Green to warn of her other’s impending death.
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Chris Woodyard
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January 17, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Mourning Customs and History , News , Prophecies , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged angel of death , death angel , Death Angel in Lancashire , medium , Mrs Ellen Green , spirit photography , Spiritualism
Spiritual Telegraph and Spook Light The Rev. Dr. Richard R. Schleusner believed in using the latest technology to prove the truths of Spiritualism.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 30, 2016
in Interesting People , News , Psychic Research , religion , Spiritualism
and tagged Church of Modern Spiritualism , New York spiritualism , Richard R. Schleusner , spirit photography , Spiritual Telegraph and Spook Light , Spiritualism , Temple of Modern Spiritualism
In 1879 the Virgin Mary paid a visit to a séance in Terre Haute Indiana and graciously agreed to have a photograph taken.
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Chris Woodyard
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December 8, 2015
in Ephemera , News , Psychic Research , religion , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Highland Mary , Mrs Anna Stewart , photograph of the VIrgin Mary , Robert Burns , spirit photography , Spiritualism , Spiritualist medium , Virgin Mary , Virgin Mary photograph
Spiritualist Charles Maurice Davies investigates a spirit photographer, later the celebrated Mrs Guppy; and a “Sibyl” with bad breath.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 2, 2014
in Fortean Mysteries , News , Psychic Research , religion , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Lives , Victorian
and tagged Agnes Nicholl , Charles Maurice Davies , London spiritualists , M. Buguet , mediums , Mrs Guppy , psychometry , spirit photography , Spiritualism
Sandpunk fiction from 1916 about photography in ancient Egypt and the perils of photographing the KA.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 12, 2014
in Death , News , Short Story , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged 1916 science fiction , ancient technology , British Museum , Edward Lee Harrison , Egypt , fantasy , KA , mummies , photography , photography steals the soul , sandpunk , science fiction , spirit photography
The Photograph of a Spectral Dog A Spiritualist “infidel” tells of a photograph taken of his long-dead dog.
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Chris Woodyard
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July 10, 2014
in Animal Tales , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , religion , Scientific Oddities , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged ghost dog , ghost photograph , phantom dog , spirit photography , Spiritualist medium , The Photograph of a Spectral Dog
Sherman’s Shade at a Séance: The spirit photos of Dr Theodor Hansmann A Washington physician, said to be Abraham Lincoln’s doctor, name-drops about his collection of celebrity spirit-photos and autographs.
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Chris Woodyard
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January 18, 2014
in Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Abraham Lincoln , autographs of the dead , Dr Theodor Hansmann , ghost photos , photos of the dead , Sherman's Shade at a Séance: The spirit photos of Dr Theodor Hansmann , spirit photography , spirit photos , Spiritualism , Washington DC