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This documentary about William H. Mumler and the spirit photography he blew up into a successful business in the mid-1800s leaves us with intriguing questions. Although Mumler was taken to court several times on fraud charges, no one, not even the professional photographers of the time, could replicate his work or prove any kind of fakery whatsoever. There was talk of somehow his wife's involvement in the business was connected to the apparitions appearing in the photos, but that line of ques...
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