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Are You There Fox News? It's Me, Human Composting
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They don’t make ‘em like they used to [CUE GUT-WRENCHING ‘90S NOSTALGIA SCORE]. PATRONS GET EXCLUSIVE *BONUS CONTENT* LIKE WATCHING MY GIRL 2 http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donate and/or become a member! https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) Production Coordinator: Lauren Ronaghan
Watching MY GIRL with Ask a Mortician
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Come on in, the water’s fine! (Really, it’s FINE) *Thank you Patron deathlings, who make these videos possible!* http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *SHOP A MORTICIAN – An online silent auction in support of The Order of the Good Death http://ordergooddeath.betterworld.org/auctions/ask-a-mortician *If you're currently working on a campaign, or want to know how you can support legalization efforts email The Order of the Good Death at info@orderofthegooddeath.com *DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON – a podcast by The Order of the Good Death – is back! Check out the latest episode! "How a Human Composting Bill Becomes Law" https://deathintheafternoon.libsyn.com/how-a-human-composting-bill-becomes-law ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donate and/or become a member! https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) Production Coordinator: Lauren Ronaghan The Ballad of Dick Hamm performed by DARRENCORP (@darrencorp) Thank you to our dear friend Katrina Spade of Recompose for sharing some of her experiences with us for this video. Thank you Hannah at Bio-Response Solutions for providing information and support in the creation of this video! ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** “Native Hawaiians look to revive traditional ‘clean burial’ practices” https://www.staradvertiser.com/2015/04/19/hawaii-news/native-hawaiians-look-to-revive-traditional-clean-burial-practices/ “Lawmakers to Bolster Native Hawaiian Burial Traditions With Modern Technology” https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2021-02-24/lawmakers-to-bolster-native-hawaiian-burial-traditions-with-modern-technology Bio-Response Solutions https://aquamationinfo.com/ LegiScan – “LegiScan provides services that bring all legislative information together into a single uniform interface” https://legiscan.com/ Qico https://qicoinc.com/ Recompose https://recompose.life/ “Casket-making lawmaker helps kill bill allowing alternative to burial” https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/20/casket-making-lawmaker-helps-kill-bill-allowing-alternative-burial/25109443/
How One Man Kept Water Cremation Illegal
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How was YOUR week? *PLEASE SHARE: “The Forgotten Disaster of the SS Eastland”* https://youtu.be/UCHt2MOVCbg *Thank you Patron deathlings, who make these videos possible!* http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donations: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate Become a member! The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) Production Coordinator: Lauren Ronaghan
Did We Really Violate Community Guidelines?
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A massive ship, an unthinkable tragedy, a chance to make sure the victims of the SS Eastland aren’t lost to time. *Thank you Patron deathlings, who make these documentaries possible!* http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Get access to Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for our coroner’s star fundraiser*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive *All earnings from Secret Shop items go to supporting the work of The Order of the Good Death!* *Learn more about the EASTLAND DISASTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY* https://eastlanddisaster.org/ FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/EastlandDisaster INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/EastlandDisaster TWITTER: https://twitter.com/EastlandDisastr PINTEREST: http://www.pinterest.com/EastlandDisastr/ *Learn more about BOHEMIAN NATIONAL CEMETERY* https://friendsofbnc.org https://www.bnca1877.org/ FACEBOOK (Friends of Bohemian National Cemetery, nonprofit volunteer support org): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063520151467 ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donate and/or become a member! https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) Production Coordinator: Lauren Ronaghan Heartfelt thanks to Ted Wachholz, Executive Director and Chief Historian of the Eastland Disaster Historical Society, for your passion, generosity, and spirit of collaboration on this project. But most of all thank you for the work that Barbara, Susan, and you do to preserve the memory of the Eastland Disaster. Thank you to Chuck Michalek, Trustee, Bohemian National Cemetery Association and member of Friends of BNC. Thank you for sharing the history and humanity of the cemetery and the Eastland dead with us. ***Additional Photo Credits*** Ron Steinberg – all images of Hawthorne Works' picnics Dariusz Burdon – animation of the Eastland listing and rolling over Susan Baysinger, Family of Norm Coughlin, David Bowles, Catherine McNamara – photos of various family members Professor George Hilton – diagrams of the Eastland Mirvish Productions – Titanic the Musical Trailer Paramount Pictures 20th Century Fox Lightstorm Entertainment – Titanic (motion picture) National Geographic – New CGI of How Titanic Sank WTTW – Chicago Stories “The Eastland Disaster” ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** The Eastland Disaster (Images of America) Wachholz, Ted. Arcadia Publishing, 2005. Charleston, South Carolina. The Sinking of the Eastland: America’s Forgotten Tragedy Bonansinga, Jay. Citadel Press Books-Kensington Publishing Corp., 2004. New York. Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic Hilton, George W. Stanford University Press, 1995. Stanford, California. “Only the River Remains: History and Memory of the Eastland Disaster in the Great Lakes Region, 1915-2015” Dial, Caitlyn Perry. ScholarWorks at WMU (Western Michigan University). Eastland Disaster Historical Society https://eastlanddisaster.org/ “​​The Eastland Disaster Killed More Passengers Than the Titanic and the Lusitania. Why Has It Been Forgotten?” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/eastland-disaster-killed-more-passengers-titanic-and-lusitania-why-has-it-been-forgotten-180953146/ “Disaster on the Eastland: Rare Tribune Photos Offer Glimpse of Tragedy” http://graphics.chicagotribune.com/news/local/eastland/eastland-photos.html
The Forgotten Disaster of the SS Eastland
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"He was the life of the party, so that's why I sent him home that way." Learn more about Dr. Fletcher, Associate Professor of American & African American History and Co-Coordinator of Women’s and Gender Studies at Albright College. BOOK: co-editor of "Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed" which examines the internal and/or external drives among ethnic, religious, and racial groups to separate their dead https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/Till-Death-Do-Us-Part WEBSITE: https://www.kamifletcher.com/ TWITTER: @kamifletcher36 Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive *Earnings from the Secret Shop go to supporting The Order of the Good Death!* ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donations: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate Become a member! The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) Thank you to our friend and frequent collaborator Monica Torres for your insight into the vast world of embalming. Keep up with all the remarkable things Monica is doing on Instagram @coldhandshosts ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** "Goonew’s Mother Defends Standing His Corpse on Stage for Club Farewell Event" https://www.xxlmag.com/goonew-mother-defends-corpse-farewell-event/ "Goonew Reportedly Shot and Killed" https://www.xxlmag.com/goonew-shot-killed/ "Why propping rapper Goonew’s body onstage wasn’t ‘disrespectful’" https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/04/06/goonew-embalmed-body-lincoln/ "'Why are people worried about how I sent my son home?' Family frustrated by criticism of final show for murdered loved one" https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/family-frustrated-by-criticism-of-final-show-for-murdered-loved-one/65-a8486bc2-6e9a-4a01-8d42-4af394e35b33 "Remembering Goonew" https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/552331/remembering-goonew/ "Rite of the Sitting Dead: Funeral Poses Mimic Life" https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/us/its-not-the-living-dead-just-a-funeral-with-flair.html "When You Die, You’ll Probably Be Embalmed. Thank Abraham Lincoln For That" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-lincolns-embrace-embalming-birthed-american-funeral-industry-180967038/
The Funeral Concert Where the Body Performed
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Would you want your skeleton to be used as decoration and repentance-inspo? What if you were a 17th century Portuguese Catholic? Destinations: Evora, Alcantarilha, and Faro Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive *Earnings from the Secret Shop go to supporting The Order of the Good Death!* ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donations: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate Become a member! The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) Bone Houses & Sardines Song performed by DARRENCORP (@darrencorp) Thank you to our friend Dr. Paul Koudounaris for being so generous with his research and insight on charnel houses. Find him at @hexenkult on Instagram. ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Koudounaris, Dr. Paul The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses Thames & Hudson, 2011
Let's Visit the Churches Made of Human Skulls
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“I made a huge mistake.” – Ray Loewen (probably) Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donations: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate Become a member! The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) Thank you to our friend Tanya Marsh, professor of funeral and cemetery law, for lending her eyes to our script and helping us navigate all the legal speak and courtroom drama as we created this video. https://law.wfu.edu/faculty/profile/marshtd/ ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** “Fight to the Death” http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,135163,00.html “In Mississippi, deal with funeral home giant helped sway a jury” https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/10/25/in-mississippi-deal-with-funeral-home-giant-helped-sway-a-jury/ “The Burial” by Jonathan Harr http://www.condenet.com/mags/newyorker/asme/categories/artwork/pdf/11_01_99_Harr_Well.pdf “Brash Funeral Chain Meets Its Match in Old South” https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/27/us/brash-funeral-chain-meets-its-match-in-old-south.html “A Homegrown Disaster” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrishamby/homegrown-disaster “IN THE MATTER OF: THE LOEWEN GROUP, INC. and RAYMOND L. LOEWEN, Claimants/Investors, v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent/Party.” https://www.italaw.com/sites/default/files/case-documents/italaw9047_0.pdf “History of the Loewen Group Inc.” https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/58/The-Loewen-Group-Inc.html
The Man Who Took Down a $3 Billion Funeral Empire
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"They have to remember Jack alive." Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive ***Films and Images Courtesy of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza*** Abraham Zapruder Film Orville Nix Film Tina Towner Film Ivan Sharp Collection Towner Collection Bill Winfrey Collection KRLD-TV/KDFW-TV Collection WFAA-TV Collection Dallas Times Herald Collection (photographers Darryl Heikes, Eamon Kennedy, John Mazziotta) Dallas Morning News Collection (donated in the interest of preserving history) ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donations: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate Become a member! The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) This video was greatly informed by the book “The Death of a President" by the late William Manchester. Since new information has come to light in the past decades, a huge thank you to Stephen Fagin from The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza for your assistance and insight into many of the details in this story. A portion of this video features The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas. Thank you to Megan Bryant and the Museum staff for your thoughtful assistance. Learn more about the Museum at https://www.jfk.org/ ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Manchester, William The Death of a President Little, Brown and Company; reprint edition 2013 The Loved One (1965 film) directed by Tony Richardson based on the book by Evelyn Waugh The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza https://www.jfk.org/page-timeline/ “Fond Farewells” https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/death/fond-farewells “JFK assassiantion – timeline” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/22/jfk-assassination-timeline “Jackie Kennedy's Secret Service Agent Remembers President Kennedy's Funeral” https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a8643/jackie-kennedy-jfk-assassination/ “Burial At Sea: The Odyssey of JFK’s Original Casket” https://anthonybergen.medium.com/burial-at-sea-the-odyssey-of-jfk-s-original-casket-8c458b758c64 “How Jackie Kennedy Orchestrated The Perfect Funeral” https://www.businessinsider.com/jfk-funeral-arrangement-2013-11 “Eyewitness to the Autopsy of JFK” https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/history/eyewitness-to-history/ “Funeral Arrangements for John Fitzgerald Kennedy” (Gawler account) https://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/arrb/master_med_set/pdf/md134.pdf “The woman who forced us to look death in the face” https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160721-how-jessica-mitford-changed-our-ideas-about-death
Why JFK's Casket Stayed Closed
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Caitlin Doughty: Ghost for Hire Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath Learn more about Jolene’s work: Jolenelupo.com Stay updated on any classes or events with Jolene! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jolenelupo/ Learn more about Penumbra Foundation: https://www.penumbrafoundation.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penumbrafoundation/ Vox Darkroom also did a great video on spirit photography, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsx6xqi0vzU&t=1s *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ The Order of the Good Death on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ The Order of the Good Death on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR NON-PROFIT*** Donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A one time donation: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak This video was greatly informed by the book "The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost" by Peter Manseau. Thank you Mr. Manseau, for your insightful, exhaustive research as well as your engaging storytelling. Another invaluable resource was the book “The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer” by Louis Kaplan. Thank you Mr. Kaplan, for so artfully gathering such a wealth of Mumler documentation. ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Manseau, Peter The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. New York, 2017. Kaplan, Louis The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer University of Minnesota Press, 2008. “But it looks so real! The parallel rise of photography and Spiritualism” https://www.artstor.org/2016/10/20/but-it-looks-so-real-the-parallel-rise-of-photography-and-spiritualism/ “Alexander Gardner Saw Himself as an Artist, Crafting the Image of War in All Its Brutality” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/alexander-gardner-saw-himself-artist-crafting-image-war-all-its-brutality-180956852/ “Spirit Photography Captured Love, Loss and Longing” https://theconversation.com/spirit-photography-captured-love-loss-and-longing-169239 “When Cameras Took Pictures of Ghosts” https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/when-cameras-took-pictures-of-ghosts/281010/ “A History of Photographing Ghosts” https://hyperallergic.com/332625/with-you-always-a-history-of-photographing-ghosts/
The 19th-Century Spirit Photography Grift
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