The Cottingley Fairies with Chelsey Weber-Smith
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The History of Mary Todd Lincoln's Seances
Mary Todd Lincoln is the one who has kind of the most famous example of this phenomenon. She commissioned a portrait of herself after her husband died and so you get to see Abraham Lincoln lurching being lurch behind her. I think it's interesting to note that like Mary Todd Lincoln was already so primed for this because she was really into the spiritualist movement. So I think that it makes sense that she would be into this and a believer in spirit photography.
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