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190 - The Bizarre True History of Spirit Photography: A Halloween Replay
This is a spooky-season re-release. Casey welcomes Dr. Emily Zarka, host of Monstrum on PBS Digital's Storyed channel, for a conversation about monster folklore, spirit photography, and what our desire to document the supernatural says about us.
In this episode:
The Twitter debate that started it all: why (and whether) vampires can be photographed — soul folklore vs. silver folklore
Working through the "photographability" of werewolves, mummies, zombies, and ghosts based on soul mythology
The history of 1860s spirit photography and the spiritualist movement
William Mumler, the photographer…
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