190 - The Bizarre True History of Spirit Photography: A Halloween Replay

Podcast: The Nerdy Photographer Podcast · Nerdy Photographer

Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

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 who faked ghostly portraits of deceased loved ones — and the...