Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography

2025 • Directed by

Hamilton Young Ward

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

1/5/2025

Rating

0.0/10

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 Ward

Director

Hamilton Young Ward

Writer

Michelle Gurrola-Gal

Associate Producer

Stephanie Robichaux

Associate Producer

Alfie Seaman

Associate Producer

Charlie Puritano

Executive Producer