The 19th-Century Spirit Photography Grift

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Caitlin Doughty: Ghost for Hire
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**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”
www.artstor.org/2016/10/20/bu...
“Alexander Gardner Saw Himself as an Artist, Crafting the Image of War in All Its Brutality”
www.smithsonianmag.com/smiths...
“Spirit Photography Captured Love, Loss and Longing”
theconversation.com/spirit-ph...
“When Cameras Took Pictures of Ghosts”
www.theatlantic.com/technolog...
“A History of Photographing Ghosts”
hyperallergic.com/332625/with...

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@AskAMortician 2 жыл бұрын

While we were editing this video, Vox also released a video on spirit photography. (Folks, we had thought we were being SO original.) We contacted them and they were great about it. We didn't copy them, they didn't copy us- the more spirit photography videos the merrier! Link to theirs in the description.

@katrinaumana2127 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You Mother Death 💖 for still producing content even during the pandemic, inflation, and wars.

@Nylak-Otter 2 жыл бұрын

I watched that video when it came out, and I just had a weird deja vu moment. Quite a coincidence! 😆

@MaxCutler. 2 жыл бұрын

I just ordered all ur books

@bnwo 2 жыл бұрын

You're a million times better than Vox.

@mistysharrar1878 2 жыл бұрын

I get so excited when you upload a new video. Been a death enthusiast for a while. My whole family knows I want cremation. Love you and your videos

@heatherp5454 2 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or does everyone totally geek out when they see the notification that Caitlin posted a new video?!?

@victoriawilliams2786 2 жыл бұрын

Not just you! This just made getting out of bed worth it. 🤣

@imberrysandy 2 жыл бұрын

🙋🏾‍♀️gardening this morning is going to be awesome

@railehtdoe2907 2 жыл бұрын

@@imberrysandy Ohmygod i do the same thing! Started doing it during lockdowns and now it’s just a whole thing.

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 2 жыл бұрын

Nope! I even wake up to watch her videos. I'm in Australia so usually when Caitlin's videos drop it's at 3 or 4 in the morning here.

@RubyBlueUwU 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been binging her videos again recently and when I saw this upload I squealed a little!

@tbwkn 2 жыл бұрын

I have epilepsy and am expecting any day to have the seizure that takes me out. I have to say that this channel has helped ease some of the fears I have had about death. Thank you Caitlin

@morganseppy5180 2 жыл бұрын

you have a rare 'gift' (some would call it a curse). you know what time you might have left and can appreciate it all the more. do what you love, tell those close to you how you feel, and try your best to make the most of it. i'm sorry that your life is so painful. :(

@amylarson3958 2 жыл бұрын

I am praying for you.

@rhov-anion 2 жыл бұрын

As a fellow epileptic, I totally get needing to accept one's mortality, but I hope you look into all the treatments you can before the "Big One" takes you. I was diagnosed with epilepsy in 1994, it got severe between 2007-2017, to the point where I don't really remember those years, although I know I did a lot of things thanks to pictures and blogs that I kept. I've dislocated my elbow twice, broke my wrist, once fell on top of a knife when I had a seizure while cooking dinner (it's a miracle I wasn't stabbed) plus other injuries during epileptic falls. In 2017, a friend whose wife used cannabis for cancer offered to let me try some Rick Simpson oil. I'd never tried hard drugs in my life (too scared they'd throw me into a seizure) but I knew there was scientific research into marijuana that looked promising. Honestly, I had nothing to lose, as I was already experiencing cognitive deterioration on top of all that memory loss. I'm happy to say, I've not had a single seizure since my first drop, and I now use leafs brewed into teas as well as CBD oil, since Rick Simpson oil can make you high (CBD cannot). Like all forms of seizure treatments, it doesn't work for everyone, but it was apparently what my brain needed to stop "rebooting." My little sister also has severe epilepsy, was hospitalized multiple times, and she got a VNS which prevents 99% of her seizures. Both of us still take our meds (which cause a world of bad side effects) but we both found that little extra treatment that helped us on the path to management.

@meredithaherntamilio4553 2 жыл бұрын

May our Creator lay his healing hands 🙌🤲 upon you and heal you ,I do believe in miracles and I'm in need of just 1 miracle for my service dog Smeagle, he mist likely has liver cancer our family is waiting for his appointment with the oncologist in May prayers work ,I pray 🙏 for our heavenly father lays his healing hands on him and completely heal his body , NY heart aches for you ,please hear me out ...I have my service dog and it helps my Anxiety and panic attacks and I have PTSD its bad ,I know dogs that are trained to sniff out a seziure and let you know when your about to have a sezure ,I'm sure your drs will write u a letter to your landlord is compassionate and let's u have a service dog I know the Cocker spaniels can be a great choice and golden retrever is great to ,I've had lots of dogs throughout my life ,look about that getting a service!

@howdyyall4335 2 жыл бұрын

I pray you're doing well. God bless 💓

@PrincessSixThirteen 2 жыл бұрын

The moral of the story: photo manipulation is as old as photography itself.

@Rugelacharugula 7 ай бұрын

Think of it as colonial photobombing.

@Gafafsg Ай бұрын

Wrong century lol

@Jivolt 2 жыл бұрын

FUN FACT: Old Fashioned Ghost Grift was the name of Caitlin’s Siouxsie and the Banshees cover band in high school.

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 2 жыл бұрын

ROTFLMAO! 🤣 Congratulations! 👏🙌👍You Just Won The Internet! 🏆

@Firecracker66 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that is cool ♥️!

@georgeedward1226 2 жыл бұрын

I saw them open for the GoGos in '82.

@keyaunna. 2 жыл бұрын

yesssss!!!

@Undomaranel 2 жыл бұрын

My bad, I thought they were Corpse Cabal... or was that their "undercover" grunge rock reunion?

@SavageGreywolf 2 жыл бұрын

I'd just like to note that "The Penumbra Foundation" sounds like an organization that investigates eldritch horrors from beyond the edge of spacetime, not a photography enthusiast's club in New York City.

@WorthlessDeadEnd 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it had something to do with solar eclipses.

@AccidentalNinja 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it is & the photography is just a front...

@RedSpade37 2 жыл бұрын

@@AccidentalNinja The people at Netflix: "Write that down, write that down!"

@travcollier 2 жыл бұрын

Why not both? I'm pretty sure there's a lot of overlap there ;)

@Nessainthebuilding 2 жыл бұрын

@@RedSpade37 lmao they're probably referencing Doctor Who

@ManOfSdeel 2 жыл бұрын

This channel's content is like what I'd see on Discovery back when Discovery was really good.

@murtikrishna1615 5 ай бұрын

Caitlyn Moorhead는 19세기 정신 사진의 균열

@davidhensley76 2 жыл бұрын

Unrelated: I knew a man who was almost 7 feet tall. He died in a house fire and was buried in a regular-sized coffin. I asked the funeral director how he was able to pull that off. The man's knees were propped up on pillows, nearly touching the lid.

@sophiew1967 2 жыл бұрын

WTF...lol.that image reminds me of what we'd refer to as a ' spatchcock chicken over here in the UK 😂😂😂😂So he basically had his legs bent to his chest in the coffin??lol

@davidhensley76 2 жыл бұрын

@@sophiew1967 Bent as high as needed to fit him into the coffin

@brittneyhawkins1887 Жыл бұрын

Whew! That was actually a very tasteful way to do it. I live near a funeral home where they cut off the portions of the legs that couldn't fit in the casket.

@corneliastreet2491 Жыл бұрын

@@sophiew1967 no, not curled up in the fetal position… Laying fully straight down with pillows under the knees, but legs still out and away from the body. Like when you put a pillow underneath your pelvis during s€x

@magnusbane420 Жыл бұрын

@@brittneyhawkins1887 B R U H. In Germany, all Morticians in Training have to partially assemble a coffin by themselves for one of the finals to be allowed to practice death care. Cutting off someones legs when there are xxl coffins does not make sense

@growingayeard1061 2 жыл бұрын

"Be Your Own Ghost" is sure to be the best selling paperback of Hot Girl Summer 2022.

@dangitgayle555 2 жыл бұрын

If this isn’t her next book title I’ll be very disappointed lol

@michaelsnider2484 2 жыл бұрын

Don't bother me. I'm partying in the darkroom!

@LucianCorrvinus 2 жыл бұрын

Hey as long as it's not Omegaverse, I'm in...

@dortesandal4303 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@craisins95 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll be disappointed if I don’t hear Be Your Own Ghost (Party in the Dark Room) next time I go to the club.

@JennaGetsCreative 2 жыл бұрын

I just love the fact that in this century when we can do these things digitally there are still people figuring out how to do it the way the original artists did.

@morganseppy5180 2 жыл бұрын

those ppl shopping photos...

@getskared 2 жыл бұрын

It's truly sad how much we have lost to get to this point though... there are so many lost arts and skills that we will probably never figure out

@censusgary 2 жыл бұрын

Doing it by hand is so, so much more satisfying.

@ChrisGirard 2 жыл бұрын

I used to do this with a 30-second long exposure on a digital Canon Rebel. The shutter is set to close after 30 seconds or longer and the aperture is as tiny as possible. The front person stands still the entire time, the back person stands still for ten seconds and then quickly walks out of the frame. The long exposure also creates that eerie expressionless look of Victorian portraiture.

@FriedEgg101 2 жыл бұрын

I've been a hospital night porter for 20 years, and I've never seen a ghost. I do see dead people though, it's my job to put them in the fridge. I've just discovered this channel, and I think it's quality.

@reginamachamer821 2 жыл бұрын

Caitlyn is one of those people who could literally walk down the street in a full victorian gown complete with corset and fancy hat.. and no one would even think much of it lmao it just works somehow

@lazyhomebody1356 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. We would only pause to admire

@gusmonster59 2 жыл бұрын

As someone has has walked down many streets in full, historically correct, Victorian gowns, I tell you you never get very far because EVERYONE thinks a lot about and stops you to ask a bizillion questions. :)

@jaelikesjackalopes 2 жыл бұрын

You might like Bernadette banner

@constancemiller3753 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaelikesjackalopes does anyone dislike Bernadette or her hamster?

@stephh1149 2 жыл бұрын

@@constancemiller3753 i hope not

@heckeon 2 жыл бұрын

"he did it with ghosts, your honor 😌✨" is what got me

@NWolfsson 2 жыл бұрын

Caitlin's one-liners are always on point. You could say... Dead on.

@barbarahouk1983 2 жыл бұрын

I liked that "dead on"

@SniffyTugBoat 2 жыл бұрын

my grandma had a stereoscope!! I was like 7 when she showed it to me and I've never seen one in person since. I think she had a couple pictures, but the one that was most important was a picture of her family when she was a little girl. her older brother was going off to WWII and they had all gotten together to take a picture with him in uniform. she sat on his lap and looked like Shirley Temple, puffy dress and curls. it's truly an amazing piece of equipment and an experience to witness the photos.

@kinhahazevedoh 2 жыл бұрын

Did her brother survive?

@flowerfaerie8931 2 жыл бұрын

It has been six entire days since I first saw this video and “Party in the Darkroom” still has not left my head. Caitlin what have you done?

@UnholyTriforceDelenn 2 жыл бұрын

I just heard this song after seeing the video for the first time, and now I'm obsessed with the song! Has Caitlin invented "The Good Death" music? Or maybe "Music of the Deadly Arts"? A whole new world of death related music...

@BatyBug 2 жыл бұрын

@@UnholyTriforceDelenn I just watched this vid and have replayed the end like, 6 times for the song.

@jessied3696 2 жыл бұрын

Gonna party like it's 1861!

@GrahamMorrison 2 жыл бұрын

I would high key pay 99 cents (or however much iTunes is nowadays adjusted for inflation) for this single.

@TheCraftyNerdette Жыл бұрын

This song is what I didn't know I needed to complete my day.

@darthkitsu 2 жыл бұрын

As a former photography student...there is always a party in the darkroom.

@sophiew1967 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the 80' s as an art student in Liverpool UK..I.saw MANY things to on in the dark room..lol..from lesbian romps to obscene amounts drugs😂😂..great times indeed lol😈

@klisterklister2367 Жыл бұрын

Please tell me you play party in the darkroom when you have a party in the darkroom

@confusedDruid Жыл бұрын

Especially when no one can see you dancing like a madman/woman/person all alone, wether you're good at it or not

@cygnahoshiko4629 2 жыл бұрын

Personally, even if Mumler was intentionally making up the spirit photos, it doesn't bother me as much as a lot of other forms of ghost fraud. I think because it was a one-time payment for a physical object, not promising direct contact with a dead loved one and then using it to make someone come back, and pay, over and over again. It feels less exploitative to me.

@nomdeplume2213 2 жыл бұрын

Right. Im sure it brought endless hope to a lot of grieving ppl and those of us who have lost loved ones and felt that trauma and grief can attest to how debilitating it can be. If he helped ease their grief without extorting them, i say go for it. He charged them for a picture and thats what he provided. Its not like a medium giving you nothing but lies and fantasy.

@princesseville6889 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot even be mad for the people who shipped their picture to him to recieve a picture with a random ghost back. Thats exactly what they wanted and it really helped with grief i guess.

@RadenWA 2 жыл бұрын

Like Caitlyn said, these are real works of art with actual value. People gain spiritual satisfaction from art whether it’s real or fiction

@anonymoose116 2 жыл бұрын

And I'm sure a lot of buyers knew it was fake, and wanted a conversation piece.

@helenl3193 2 жыл бұрын

Even if the random ghost didn't look like their lost loved one(s) it might have been a comfort to be able to think that it was proof of something beyond death and that they would eventually be reunited. That kind of hope is a powerful gift for someone who is in the depths of despair, and isn't leading/manipulative in other ways - like some mediums might tell people their relatives wanted them to do certain things, or manipulate them into bankrolling the medium, etc.

@darkangel3492 2 жыл бұрын

My dad while serving in Vietnam has a badass photo of him lighting himself a cigarette. He had to move quick, but had something to do with the flash of the camera. It's my favorite, I thought it was so cool.

@MadTheDJ Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Brian May of Queen is an avid stereoscopic photographer, collector and historical researcher, having published several books collecting 19th C. stereoscopic innovators. He also included a stereoscopic photo of his own on the back cover of Queen's debut album.

@Eclipsepearl 2 жыл бұрын

Off topic but I became a fan of yours’ a few years’ back. I’m into your ideas on death. Good advice and message! Thanks to you, when my husband died suddenly at home one morning just over a year ago, my kids and I got to spend a moment with him, still warm and just appearing to be asleep. We were unafraid, sad, shocked but at peace. The kids were 16, 18 & 21 all home at the time After the emergency people left and before the rabbi and undertaker arrived, we had a few precious hours, me and my children to say a private goodbye. Ambulances don’t transport bodies here in France He was buried the next day in his home village with his parents, great grandparents and so on. Full traditional Jewish rites which you helped validate. It all went off without a hitch. Except when a part of my car started to fall off between the funeral hall and the cemetery. They don’t do limos here either. A few fellow mourners came to the rescue. Needless to say, they waited for us… I later spent a small fortune on the perfect headstone. Keep up your message because it truly helped. I started watching you out of curiosity and entertainment and your philosophy actually was put to good use when I least expected it. Merci from this Californian in France!

@dawnmichelle4403 2 жыл бұрын

My condolences to you and your family. ❤️

@nomdeplume2213 2 жыл бұрын

My mom passed 2 weeks ago and same. I got to give my grandparents peace of mind by explaining the cremation process because of what i learned in her books. I know it probably doesn't seem like it but in a few years you and your kids will look back on your car falling apart on yalls hardest day and laugh. My dad committed suicide 16 years ago and after his funeral we got home to our apartment complex. My brother just walked in to our OLD apartment, the apartment we hadnt lived in for years. We had moved into a different apartment in the same complex but his mind was so exhausted muscle memory kicked in and he just walked into some poor families apartment, no knock no nothing, dressed in a full black suit. My mom was sitting in the front seat of the car watching it all unfold and when he came out of the apartment i asked him if he told them "Hi, Im a Jehova Witness, we dont knock anymore, can i tell you about the Bible and she literally pissed herself laughing 🤣 she and i hadnt laughed that hard ever. We arent religious much less J witnesses i just thought he looked like one in his suit 😂 It was the hardest day in our lives up to that point but also the day we laughed the hardest... sometimes the things that go wrong become the best moments of your life. Its been so hard these past 2 weeks without my mom but i know shed be laughing her ass off everytime i call my brother and make sure he made it home to the right apartment since shes passed 🤣

@maryeckel9682 2 жыл бұрын

Sending love

@dawnmichelle4403 2 жыл бұрын

@@nomdeplume2213 you have my sympathies ❤️

@Natalie-101 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for your loss, but I'm so happy for you and your family that you got to spend moments at peace, as well as got the full rites he deserved. Sending love❤

@jessyg17 2 жыл бұрын

Mumler was just trendsetting all over the place. Not only did he take an early selfie before that was a thing, but he also captured what could be the world's first photo-bomb. Such talent👍

@NWolfsson 2 жыл бұрын

These TikToks taking a photo and using it as background in the same video got nothing on our late Victorian ghost paparazzis!

@Loweene_Ancalimon 2 жыл бұрын

selfies are as old as photography ! Of course photographers took pictures of themselves !

@miburoushi 2 жыл бұрын

Selfie had existed much earlier than Mumler. Check out Robert Cornelius self portrait taken in 1839, the same year Daguerreotype process was announced to public.

@kimmy0189 2 жыл бұрын

“He got a little high… on his own supply” amazing informative video and great humor as always!!

@littlemiss_76 Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah those fumes. 😅

@novi1912 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could pick Caitlin to be my mortician when the time comes. Having one lined up should be like having a regular hairstylist.

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын

Right? Kinda sad that I moved out of southern California because of that lol

@emilinebelle7811 2 жыл бұрын

If she dies before you, you’d have to switch stylists.

@laurawickham1506 2 жыл бұрын

I need to find out what it takes to be buried in my family cemetary not embalmed nor cremated. I want my funeral within the first few days and put down into the dirt. That might mean less people if I die on a Monday and they can't get there by Wednesday or Thursday or whatever though. Idk. I just want to be buried natural

@pmdk1953 Жыл бұрын

@@laurawickham1506 Tell your family how you want it done.

@Rugelacharugula 7 ай бұрын

⁠@@laurawickham1506now you can be buried in a tree pod.

@carolefreeman2544 2 жыл бұрын

I love the one taken of Abe’s wife with his “Spirit” with his hands on her shoulders. Even if she knew this was faked, it’s a nice memory for her.

@AlexBabbage 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that one I really like. It must have meant a lot to her to have that photo.

@lonestar1637 2 жыл бұрын

Mary Todd Lincoln desperately needed it too, i think. She never got over the death of their young son while Lincoln was President, and then to have her husband shot in the head while sitting next to him. She was a very emotionally complex woman, who in many ways was not suited for what life being married to Lincoln became. She really was a tragic figure.

@seir323 2 жыл бұрын

This is why I think some of these photos were truly valuable to those who sat for them.

@CheckersAndRecords 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, such a stunning image. It being the last photo of her life gives the message that he is waiting for her to join him and their child in the afterlife.

@AccidentalNinja 2 жыл бұрын

Some people have known, even if just in the back of their minds, that the photographs were fake, but wanted or needed the closure of having just one last image of themselves with their loved ones.

@zippyyenavigator707 2 жыл бұрын

Please tell me “Party in the Darkroom” will be available on Spotify soon. That shit slaps.

@berthaschwarze6704 2 жыл бұрын

i am here for this comment. first thought what a weird commercial when i listened to the lyrics :D

@taylor3950 2 жыл бұрын

Mostly silly, a little bit menacing. Really hits the spot.

@mookinbabysealfurmittens 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, though anything but Spotify. Not cos of the Joe thing; it's just the worst company when it comes to paying artists, created with & for the labels, not for musicians, for that very reason. _Some More News._ & _Barely Sociable_

@LadyGryffin 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I came here to ask!

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын

@@mookinbabysealfurmittens I second this, but also partially for the Joe thing

@littlesnowflakepunk855 Жыл бұрын

That Mary Todd/Abe Lincoln image is even more impressive when you think about how unique a face Abe had. Must have been really difficult to find a model with cheekbones that pronounced

@humanchildofgod3126 Жыл бұрын

I am 61 years fabulous!! I want you to know that your programs are not just food for my mind but you also make me dance and laugh!! Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, PBS, etc., must be fu:king asleep! You need to be shown in schools!! Keep doing what you are doing!! I MARATHON WATCH YOU!! Tell the brutal TRUTH, and go deep into history!!! Scream: SHOW ME THE MONEY$$$$$$ , to those that will want more of you. You deserve it!!

@davidroddick91 2 жыл бұрын

His statement: "This picture was taken by myself when there was no visible person present but myself" was true, so there was no deception, technically. Whether he attempted to mislead people with this statement seems to be a matter of debate.

@lorscarbonferrite6964 2 жыл бұрын

I can definitely imagine him writing a technically correct, but misleading statement just to fuck with what he viewed as just some hokey spiritualist, then rolling with it once he accidentally memed himself into a career. We'll probably never know if he intended to grift from the beginning or not, but his statement on it makes sense. Afterall, it's exactly the kind of thing that could happen now, and the people of the past weren't so different.

@TheB3e3 2 жыл бұрын

It's the sort of stilted, oddly specific statement you only hear nowadays from congresspeople, drug reps, or cigarette makers.

@KathyTrithardt 2 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely going to wake up someday singing "Party in the Darkroom" to myself and then wonder where the heck that came from.

@Nessainthebuilding 2 жыл бұрын

Oh glad I'm not the only one

@heathermedling1313 2 жыл бұрын

I know spirit photography is basically for amusement purposes, but my mother just passed away and I would love to have one of these old timey photos of her and I. Love this episode and I can't wait for the next one!

@PrincessSixThirteen 2 жыл бұрын

If you have a good photo of your mother, you could probably get someone who's good at Photoshop could doctor one up for you.

@heathermedling1313 2 жыл бұрын

@@PrincessSixThirteen unfortunately I do not know anyone that is good at Photoshop. My daughter put a picture of my mom and dad through a TikTok filter that makes them blink and move their heads alittle. I burst into tears and sobbed when I saw that. Especially my dad, it looked so real.

@pandakatiefominz 2 жыл бұрын

@@heathermedling1313 There are people you can hire to photoshop an image for you. I don't know how much it costs, but (and I hope this story I'm about to tell about how I learned of this isn't offensive, given the circumstances) my father paid someone to photoshop my mother's head onto a different woman's body. He has no friends and no technology skill, so he found someone online to do it for him. If it's something you really want, I'm sure you can find someone online (maybe on etsy?) who can do it for you

@lucasbrotemarkle1464 Жыл бұрын

I know I'm late on this, but there's a subreddit called r/photoshop requests and you can have somebody do it for you in like 30 minutes, and it probably wouldn't cost more than 10 or 15 dollars

@JTScott1988 Жыл бұрын

Original photos

@elizabethrodriguez6701 2 жыл бұрын

You make these videos NEVER boring. Your sense of humor is absolutely hilarious! Never get tired, plus many of them are very educating.

@TachyonDriver 2 жыл бұрын

"This picture was taken by myself.. when there was no visible person present but myself" Technicaly, Mumler was correct - the girl in the chair was present at a previous sitting, so Mumler was alone :) . as always, an educationally interesting video, Caitlin, thank you.

@MikeyFab 2 жыл бұрын

"So it was time for me to quit dying, and get to living" GURL SAME

@abigailhodge6588 2 жыл бұрын

For anyone curious: I live near Hannah Stuart's old photography studio (thanks Caitlyn for giving us the address!) and it is now a falafel restaurant. Boston really loves turning historical buildings into restaurants and train stations

@helenl3193 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, so I NEED Party in the Darkroom to get it's own upload, it's a legit bop! Also, excellent work on the rest of the video, as always, but I needs to get the song on to my exercise playlist!

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought! Blast it in the gym and get weird looks lol

@dinadaly11 2 жыл бұрын

That song slaps.

@happytofu5 Жыл бұрын

dito! I bookmarked this video in my cheer-me-up-playlist for a rainy day

@supernovaleftover1812 2 жыл бұрын

I like how you don't care about algorithms. You upload whenever you want and just rely on there being enough of us death positive enthusiasts eager to watch.

@carschmn 2 жыл бұрын

I love how we know these are all forgeries but more than 100 years later we can’t figure out quite how they were done. Well done to Mummler.

@LucianCorrvinus 2 жыл бұрын

We aren't sure how the pyramids in Egypt were constructed either....

@dortesandal4303 2 жыл бұрын

♥️

@dortesandal4303 2 жыл бұрын

@@LucianCorrvinus ohhh, but we have!! We just have not figured Mumler out.

@carschmn 2 жыл бұрын

@@LucianCorrvinus yes but we know these are forgeries. It’s not like Al Capone’s vault where we assumed it existed but turned out to be a con.

@Acidfunkish 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, don't praise him too much. He was - after all - defrauding all of his clients, and giving them false hope. 😬

@beckerthenbeck 2 жыл бұрын

These is a cemetery here in Reno,NV called “Hillside” and it has had developers really wanting to build on top of it. The history of the cemetery would make an awesome video for you!

@mazarinf5130 2 жыл бұрын

Trying to recreate old photography these days is SUCH a challenge, unless you have your own darkroom and chemicals, etc. My husband has a few medium format cameras, and has rigged up ways to use them with modernish film - but film is so hard to come by now, and darkroom space, even for use for a fee, is disappearing. I'm so glad that there are organizations out there ready to maintain the art of physical hard copy photography - and it really is an art. Thanks for this video!

@WaddenSeaSiren 2 жыл бұрын

My dad used to make pictures like this by using long exposure times on his old camera. It was great fun!

@estherstreet4582 2 жыл бұрын

There's a few ways to take "spooky" photos with just a camera, it's a fun little thing to do if you're not going to use it for deceptive purposes. My favourite is putting something small just in front of the camera so it looks like a big spooky shadow.

@dortesandal4303 2 жыл бұрын

👍😉

@maudyg_22 2 жыл бұрын

I used to do the same with my sister. Made for some great family photos 😅. I did it with double exposure in a badly lit room.

@janedoex1398 2 жыл бұрын

You can also take two negatives and put them over each other, then develope the picture. My coworker called them a "sandwich" , so you can for example create a face with the structure of a brick walll / leaves etc just by taking the two negatives and overlapping them. She did very god portraits and acts, even better in sepia or s/w with a Hasselblad (6×6mm) because the absence of colour brings more focus on the textures and body/ face.

@froglingsreborns8729 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how they explained why so many "ghosts" showed up to this building to photobomb random people. or was it like "ghosts are everywhere all the time you just can't see them"

@cclyon 2 жыл бұрын

Well they are. ;)

@princesseville6889 2 жыл бұрын

"Damn, all these ghosts just coming into the photo studio to hang out. Is this place haunted or what? "

@LauPulstar 2 жыл бұрын

im full of questions too, like how they explain that their ghost loved ones dont look like themselves, or who are they supposed to be, just a ramdom ghost that happened to pass by as they took the photo?

@sophiejones3554 2 жыл бұрын

the latter IS what most spiritualists believed, yes.

@caesarspeaks 2 жыл бұрын

I mean given the sheer amount of dead people of course there’s gonna be a lot of ghosts

@leviathan8215 2 жыл бұрын

This is SO COOL! My dad would have loved this video, he was a photographer and passed his love for it to me. I'm nerding out about this in his honor

@rickp6471 2 жыл бұрын

This was a very interesting video. When I was a U.S. Civil War Re-enactor. We did a few of these types of photos. We had a ghostly image in a few photos. One person leave the photo just as the exposure started. Our explanation was it was a fellow solider that had fallen in our last battle.

@retriever19golden55 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your dedication to keeping our history alive!

@chantyjernica 2 жыл бұрын

A fun related story: I accidentally tricked myself with a spirit photograph. My modern day camera can do this. But I forgot that it can, and I also forgot that I had taken several pictures using this effect. So I was looking through some of my old photos and was like "what is that??" Luckily the photos were of my very alive husband and I soon remembered that my camera had this effect.

@upsydaysy3042 2 жыл бұрын

I would totally do this 😂 bumping into my own deeds with no memory of them #beingme

@marandadavis9412 2 жыл бұрын

We've double exposed film before on accident (grabbed a used canister of film by mistake) and had similar results

@erincarr9411 2 жыл бұрын

Most every camera can do this.

@ecouturehandmades5166 2 жыл бұрын

My mother experimented with her photography and created several spooky double exposures. Her forte was stereoscopic photographs. My first husband and I sat for her in 1977 and were given a stereoscope and that double, slightly different angle, photo card as well as her other stereo photos. I collected ViewMasters and the discs.

@stormbourbon8379 2 жыл бұрын

"Party in the Darkroom" is the most fabulously funky thing since "Let's Have A KiKi", and *I AM HERE FOR IT!*

@theythemgae9025 2 жыл бұрын

The biggest lesson we learned: Dreams can come true. Also the photo with Caitlin with her ghostly hands on her shoulders is just stunning!

@kae5717 2 жыл бұрын

I made my own ghost photo back in high school photography class, with a handmade pinhole camera. It's a lot of fun! Doesn't take any physical editing of the photo paper, just be in the frame for part of the exposure time and then duck out of it really fast. It made the teacher laugh when I showed her.

@samleonard2557 2 жыл бұрын

I too had a ghost photo from High School photo class. I used an old shoe box. One of my favorite photos to take and develop.

@gnarthdarkanen7464 2 жыл бұрын

I used to do that sort of thing... Had an old school photochemical camera... cheap... BUT I ended up with a $5 tripod from a yard sale... AND with a large-ish broken tupperware tote, I fashioned some heavy rubber (electrical safety) gloves to the side, such that I could set the camera down after the first exposure, and use the gloves to open the back of it, and reset the shutter without advancing the film... Close it and put it back on the tripod... "So much for my ghost"... Shot 2 involved the "live person" subject... essentially accomplishing exactly what Mumler did... AND i could use different types of film cartridge... and different shutter speeds to get more or less opacity for the ghosts, fairies, pixies, phantasms, even a phoenix and dragon at one point... High speed shutters with low speed film give the most vague and transparent images... since there's so little exposure... Medium speed film would still give a fair deal of control over transparency/opacity, while you could dial down the shutter speed so long as the "live person" was "posed" specifically for a still image... The biggest issue I had to get over was using the wires and stands to support apparitions that weren't meant to be human... Humans can stand on their own... BUT shiny bits of metal can incidentally cast a great deal of light if you're not careful... AND per frame you wish to shoot, you get ONE attempt. Trying to reset only gets more superimposed images into the shot and blurs everything together into one big clusterf*** of dubious psychedelic information... or completely blots out the thing. AND yeah, I'm aware (now) that I was likely over-complicating the process for myself... BUT keep in mind, I bought my "cheap" photochemical camera and then the tripod when I was 11 or so... To still accomplish a fair variety of dubiously mystical photographs at that age by trial and error IS worth something... almost no matter how one accomplishes any of it. Carving out the broken holes to suit gluing two rubber gloves for a "mobile dark room" was the ONLY odd piece of equipment I actually had to make... ;o)

@barbarahouk1983 2 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed with your makeshift dkroom.

@gnarthdarkanen7464 2 жыл бұрын

@@barbarahouk1983 Thanks... I rather thought it somewhere between cute and cool, considering my age at the time... There's generally a "work-around" for just about anything. In any case, glad to share the entertainment/information value for whatever it's worth. ;o)

@rwolfheart6580 2 жыл бұрын

The logistics of this are the most baffling part to me! How did Mumler trick Black?! And how did he do such a good job of hiring ghosts that looked like specific people, without any of them spilling the beans?!

@ashmaybe9634 2 жыл бұрын

$$$

@rickelmonoggin 2 жыл бұрын

I guess that, whilst his clients requested specific people - their dear departed, presumably - they were happy with any old ghost. As to how tricked black: he had a pre-prepared plate?

@yellowhamsterofdoom 2 жыл бұрын

@@rickelmonoggin but Black saw the plate before and after?

@NTRememberTheName 2 жыл бұрын

Costumes and makeup are not a recent invention.

@thegorgon7063 2 жыл бұрын

The double exposure is done in the camera instead of in the darkroom as in the recreation some how? Smoke and mirrors and all that...

@LeviBulger 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Kodak camera from the 90s that does this (double exposure) on command. After snapping a pic, all you have to do is wind it to the click, then reverse wind it roughly the same amount in the other direction and snap again. I would assume that most mechanical cameras from that era could do this on 35mm film so long as you break the winding mechanism so that it goes backwards. It's cool because the second picture you take will always be "ghostly" because that image won't be perfect and will have a lot of transparency and a lot of overly bright light spots. It even gives you orbs if you allow light sources in from lightbulbs, candles, etc.

@medea27 2 жыл бұрын

Double exposure is actually very easy with any 20th century 35mm film SLRs and even little 70's & 80's 'point & shoot' 35mm cameras because you have to manually advance the film after every exposure. You can open the shutter for as long as you want, as many times as you want before winding the film to the next negative.... you just need to be mindful of how you light each exposure because it's easy to oversaturate the final image.

@BubblegumLightsaber Жыл бұрын

I'm about 90% sure my mom had that same camera (or at least a very similar one) when I was growing up. I thought the double exposure photos were the Coolest Thing Ever when I was a kid.

@AnyCitrusTree Жыл бұрын

winding mechanism, they used glass plates in Mumler's days..

@bilindalaw-morley161 2 жыл бұрын

Came home after an exhausting, anger inducing day of activity so wracked with pain I was just going to lie down. I was moving like Herman Munster, and every movement ground my gears. Looked @ notifications, and, whoo hoo! My favourite death lady has dropped in. Now I’m still in pain (lots) but I’m not a grumpy witch on the verge of tears now, so it’s much more bearable. Thank you, thank you! Love from Oz

@jeffjeff24 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see you play Mortician's Assistant, it's a short horror game that takes place in a morgue and does a lot of seemingly realistic procedures, would love to hear your opinion on it

@MagpieRat 2 жыл бұрын

If Mumler's first photo was accidental, and he intended himself to be the only subject... why is the composition such that both figures are equally weighted in the frame? If he intended it just to be him, wouldn't he be central in the frame? Slight whiff of shenanigans, even at that early point, Mr. M!

@lzal3583 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that as well. Why even have the chair taking up 1/2 the photo? Silly.

@dogwalker666 2 жыл бұрын

Double exposure was already a known SFX it was a grift from day 1.

@robertawalsh2995 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what he intended but I have several late 19th century cabinet cards with the subject on one side and a chair or a curtain taking up more than half of the photo. One has a side table. I thought it was a stylistic choice. Like a photographer who keeps a red rubber ball in his studio and poses all children holding it.

@BunniBeshara 2 жыл бұрын

The “rule of thirds” in photography - adds more visual interest to the photo when the subject is in the far left or far right of the photo.

@mattakins3557 2 жыл бұрын

It might not have been the original photograph, but one that he replicated to perfect his craft?

@rebeccazegstroo6786 2 жыл бұрын

I read a book on spirit photography a few years ago. Some photos were so bad, the clients had to want to believe. Kind of heart rending to think about the yearning of people in mourning being exploited.

@AnyCitrusTree Жыл бұрын

it's like the people who pay to have a tarot reading or a horoscope.. they pay good money so they really, really need to believe they are not stupid and they are not wasting their hard earned cash..

@TheCinder24 2 жыл бұрын

I just saw some of the Mumler photos as part of a Supernatural Art exhibit at the Minneapolis Art Institute this weekend. They had a lot of spiritualism paintings, autowriting examples and ouija boards. Amazing to see in person.

@melanir7076 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a museum collection of these photos.

@moonbook12 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@simplesimply3753 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if there’s a book of them?

@mlebrooks 2 жыл бұрын

FYI the neck brace was invented by a photographer in Germany who photographed the Kaiser. They have an exhibit of his work in Kyllburg I hope it wasn't ruined by the flood

@mlebrooks 2 жыл бұрын

Joseph Quirin

@jewisley 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, my! Ich auch! Wo liegt Kyllburg? Ich wohnte in Mainz. Vor vielen Jahren. Ich vermisse Sie noch. Die Weintrauben. Gutenberg. Den Fluss. Rheinland Pfalz fuehlte sich wie Heim. Vor Kurzen lernte Ich, dass die Urgrosseltern aus der Gegend stammen.

@seir323 2 жыл бұрын

Jolene's photography in this video is so beautiful. While trying to emulate methods of the past, she's making gorgeous contemporary art as well! I think the first one, while possibly the most difficult one, is my favorite- the level of detail on the 'living sitter' you vs the gauzy effects on 'ghost' you are just SO GOOD!

@KevinSchmidt-sj2rk 2 жыл бұрын

I found Ghost for Hire extremely interesting because of my interest in cemetery photography. Back in 2007 during a visit to Paris, I visited Montparnasse cemetery, and became very interested and fascinated with photographing graves. For the next eight years I found myself visiting Paris three times a year just to spend ten days photographing graves as a hobby. I always showed grate respect for each grave. Every grave of interest I wanted to photograph I greeted the grave with 'bonjour' and left with saying 'merci'. Each return visit I visited many of the graves photographed on previous visits. Graves change in appearance due to light, season, time of day, weather, and other variables. I have favorite graves in each cemetery that are visited several times a day, and when possible, visit each during my stay. I have a hard and fast rule to be respectful of the grave, greet is, and thank it when leaving. After visiting several graves over the years something interesting began to happen. While photographing a grave I would feel a momentary presence of a person whom I believe was buried in the grave. The photos taken when the presence was felt always turned into the most beautiful image of the lot. The presence felt only lasted as long as it took to take one photograph and then it was gone. There are no shadowy ghost like figures or anything like that. They are just these beautiful images that are magical to look at. Only one time did I feel an angry presence at a grave. It was that of girl who was may have been no more than five years of age. The picture just looks and radiates anger. I have over 500K of Paris grave images that still need to be processed. The ones where I felt the presence, I processed in the hotel that evening. So that is what I do with my spare time; photograph graves. No eerie images like Mumler', just very beautiful and engaging photos of graves. My guess is that ghost do not want to be seen by anyone, but their presence is felt for a fleeting moment by people whom the ghost would like to acknowledge in some way.

@tiffprendergast 2 жыл бұрын

I take photos of my uncle & grandparents

@Ergolamia 2 жыл бұрын

10:25 just the thought of someone from the 1800s saying 'ok boomer' made me laugh so hard i got lightheaded! i love this channel to death lol 💀🖤

@Nanenna 2 жыл бұрын

Photoshop is as old as photography. In all seriousness though: those photographs are lovely. They definitely have this delightfully spooky vibe and are beautiful! I think my favorite is the ghost with the veil trailing over the sitters. I love the silly 3D ones though, they're so fun!

@stephenkingfan 2 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else laugh/love the repeated "ABSENT HUSBAND" line, with ghostly apparition side eye for emphasis?

@davechamp5498 2 жыл бұрын

What is “absent husband” a code for back then?

@stephenkingfan 2 жыл бұрын

@@davechamp5498 I think it was a polite way of saying that she engaged in flirtatious/extramarital affairs, and he either didn't care or seemed to notice

@melindatownsend5803 2 жыл бұрын

Hands down!! My favorite episode. I can imagine how busy your life must be, but I can't help to want more from you. I am so thankful for your channel ❤️

@sheren_b 2 жыл бұрын

This was such a fun and informative video that i can forgive it for getting "party in the dark room" stuck in my head for the rest of the day 😂

@pandoraeve9751 2 жыл бұрын

I can't be the only one wishing that there was just a separate video of that.

@pandoraeve9751 2 жыл бұрын

@@creepycrystal570 I think I missed that one, which video was Cadaver Tombs in?

@velvetbees 2 жыл бұрын

If there's a ghost of a chance, Caitlin will bring us the whole story!

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 2 жыл бұрын

Ba-Dum-Tiss! 🥁👻💀🤣👍

@BennyLlama39 2 жыл бұрын

That might be a bad pun, but you've gotten into the spirit of things. Come to think of it, my pun is probably even worse. 😆

@gilliansillustrations 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for exercising your funny bone.

@FeeBee3001 2 жыл бұрын

This is interesting. My sister and best friend both had polaroid camera's in the early 2000s and we had a lot of fun playing with double exposure and creating our own ghost pictures..

@jobyd2000 2 жыл бұрын

The production and quality of these videos continues to boggle my mind. Thank you so much for your work and dedication to this channel. It's much appreciated, Caitlin!

@gozerthegozarian9500 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, I for one would be inclined to believe the opposite of whatever testimony P.T. Barnum gave. Because, ya know, Barnum's gonna Barnum...

@QuacklikeaFish2243 2 жыл бұрын

fo sho!

@lazyhomebody1356 2 жыл бұрын

True. That's why he's one of my idols

@debbylou5729 2 жыл бұрын

And he didn't try to hide it. I think he was probably as amazed that people 'bought' it as we are

@katiehettinger7857 2 жыл бұрын

I love a little salt. 😁

@QuatroAtYale 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, as always. And then the music video, "Party in the Darkroom" was even more fantastic. No ghosts in attendance?

@TheMeloettaful 2 жыл бұрын

It was also very catchy and a total bop! Now I'm gonna be singing it all damn day tomorrow lol 👂👄😂!

@sherbertpervert6559 2 жыл бұрын

Oh I have some of these from my great grandparents! My grandmother grew up in a spiritualist camp. They’re so wild! Thank you for sharing this video!! I’ve always wondered how it worked. ❤️‍🔥

@jsharik2466 2 жыл бұрын

I love love LOVE the way you tell a story! I chuckled, laughed, choked on water while listening to the story. Fascinating and crazy! ❤️❤️❤️

@mschrisfrank2420 2 жыл бұрын

My mom accidentally reused a roll of film when I was a kid. Most of the double exposed photos were chaotic trash…but there was one happy accident in which a smiling me looks to be leaning her against a sad me. It’s pretty cool.

@scottplumer3668 2 жыл бұрын

As a skeptic, I find it laughable that people were taken in by these photos, but as a film photographer, I appreciate the artistry and ingenuity that went into creating them. Not to mention that fact that Mumler and his ilk helped advance photography in the process. Like you, I'm glad I live in a world where that was a thing, and they were a huge influence on me as a kid too. Not to the extent where I hung one on my wall, though...

@LucianCorrvinus 2 жыл бұрын

The human mind can take up what ever it desperately wants to believe. People accepted it because they wanted to believe. They were despite for proof of the survival of the Soul.. It didn't hurt that Spiritualism was coming into popularity...

@jd-no7rw 2 жыл бұрын

It was a newer technology at the time, and many people wanted to believe.

@jendubay3782 2 жыл бұрын

Dude photographs were new. It’s not exactly laughable... science education was... primitive at best.

@orlock20 2 жыл бұрын

People are drawn in by a good tale. Just look at how long the photo of the Loch Ness Monster lasted in modern mainstream and people still believe in the photos of aliens from beyond visiting Earth.

@moniquerobinson5206 2 жыл бұрын

That was awesome! Love, love your vision in giving us the unexplained & historical stories, messages. Please continue & certainly look forward to viewing them. You rock girl! 👏❤️🇨🇦

@poissonCHA1 2 жыл бұрын

I miraculously stumbled upon your channel yesterday, and IM IN LOVE ! binge watching you all week for sure !

@michaelsnider2484 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are full-bodied, multilayered, and intriguing with accurate historical and/or even-handed topical content and a soupcon of wicked humor! No one on youtube even comes close, our dear Mortician! Oh, and the Bangs of Love! Thank you! If you need me I will be partying in the darkroom!

@MarMoif 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have worded it better, Michael.

@michaelsnider2484 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly, Unplugged and Tanya! 😊

@duod7847 2 жыл бұрын

Cannot wait for the Ask a Mortician album, Oldfashioned Ghost Grift, with such hits as Party in The Dark Room and Reading Rainbow nightmare cover.

@kellynorvell3472 2 жыл бұрын

I just loved this video. One of the more interesting ones i have seen in awhile. Thank you so much for taking the time to show us this cool subject. Love your channel💕

@hobragen Жыл бұрын

He didn’t lie, he said "there was no other physical person next to me when I took that photo” and that was true.

@SomeOrangeCat 2 жыл бұрын

Caitlin Doughty: Answering questions I'm too afraid to google.

@fluuufffffy1514 2 жыл бұрын

I love how this channel includes death-adjacent stories in addition to the actual mortician stuff. Bravo! Yay, ghostises!!

@dpberry 2 жыл бұрын

I really adored her 15-20 minute videos, but these longer ones are so much more intoxicating! They feed that craving for really meaty topics and greater in depth education. I appreciate what Caitlin and her team do so very much. And it’s nice to see her working with folks she’s had in her vids earlier. I love what she does because it’s clear SHE loves what she does! Amazing, informative work done in a way that seems effortless and with humor that you know took a long time and hard work to bring to us. I am so grateful!

@jonellcadman7929 2 жыл бұрын

Your gift of storytelling is mesmerizing.

@Mudfire15 2 жыл бұрын

I've had some odd things happen in my photography, and I can imagine accidental double exposure happening more often back then.

@ronmaxwell 2 жыл бұрын

The black Victorian dress is absolutely amazing. You look stunning in that dress. Great video. I love your channel. This is an excellent study in photo manipulation without modern digital tools. :-)

@dogwalker666 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair Catlin looks stunning in everything.

@ronmaxwell 2 жыл бұрын

@@dogwalker666, 100% correct. I couldn't agree more. :-)

@whitneywujkoayala8613 2 жыл бұрын

Love this whole video. Your comment reminds me of a video by Bernadette banner ‘FaceTune isn’t new’ which was also well done

@valerieiglar-mobley4894 2 жыл бұрын

Agree agree agree!

@Eloraurora 2 жыл бұрын

I kinda want her ghost dress. The mourning dress is beautiful, but looks a bit over-warm for my climate.

@Ennatol 2 жыл бұрын

So I bought Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and I adore your book. I've been trying to read more but rarely make time for it so I read during my hour lunch break and Im excited to say I'm already halfway through the book after only a week. Already have From Here to Eternity in my Amazon cart. I'd like to say that I never thought about death before one of your videos found its way onto my suggested list years back. I haven't experienced it from a close family member (thankfully) so it was never really on my mind but after being a subscriber for a number of years and now getting into your books I have definitely thought more about it. Fortunately in a positive, progressive way due to your way of teaching. Thank you so much for all the work you put into teaching people about how to keep death respectable, responsible and practical.

@alwayscarleej 6 ай бұрын

When I was in college I sat for an art assignment for my best friend which was a ghost photography and the mumler photographs. The method that the class used for the assignment was the double exposure that you talked about. It was so cool to be part of it and see how a more modern process could produce the same kind of affect as the spirit photography back then.

@johnlavery3433 2 жыл бұрын

So I’ve been sick the whole week, today is the first day where I’m feeling remotely human, and this is exactly what I needed to start my weekend

@LucretiaPearl 2 жыл бұрын

You too?! Glad you're feeling better too! Also, heck yes, this is the way to start off the weekend!

@angelat.8997 2 жыл бұрын

That moment, when you’re on a roadtrip, and see that Caitlin has posted a new video. Now I have a bedtime story to lull me to sleep. Thanks! 🙂 (To clarify: I’m not driving. I checked into a hotel for the night. Lol)

@augustinesim1672 2 жыл бұрын

I swear Caitlin needs to upload all of these outros songs to spotify ,they're liiit 🔥

@carrieon16 Жыл бұрын

I have to say I wasn't sure of your videos but I watched one and was hooked by your personality, sense of humor and your respect in all your videos. I love your videos and your presentation. keep up the great work! Much love from the mitten! I can't wait to see what's next! Have a great day❤️

@fridaibarria8988 2 жыл бұрын

“It would come back to haunt him…. Because it’s spirit photography” 💀😂

@Waltham1892 2 жыл бұрын

Mumler died in 1884, but he didn't give up photography until 1892.

@turnia2011 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your videos. I wish there was away to take part in one of them. Amazing and very entertaining, but also informative videos. Love your sense of humour.

@PAUL-pz3rz 2 жыл бұрын

Caitlin, your videos just keep getting better and better. Keep up the great work you are doing.

@ruthgallagher1168 2 жыл бұрын

As a photographer, this is interesting. I'm also jealous of her set up.

@ThatRandomJaz 2 жыл бұрын

the balance between flawless professionalism and reaction memes is just so so good

@erisedstraeh1 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, but seriously, the Party in the Darkroom song is giving me LIFE!!! I don't see a credit for it. WHERE DID THIS MASTERPIECE COME FROM????

@FragmaKepi 2 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate you taking the time to put extra details and reading material in the description for those of us that would like to dig deeper into the topic.