‘These photographs were taken by a controversial medium called William Hope (1863-1933), exposed as a fraudster in 1922. Many of Hope’s most ardent supporters spoke out on his behalf, the most famous being Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Hope continued to practice’
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Thank you to the Public Domain Review
Low-budget special effects of times past.
Number 16 appears to be the ghost of George Bush. Life was tough before Photoshop.
Haha! It does look like Bush!
Today they look ridiculous but I’m sure at the time it was pretty scary for some people.
Is that Conan Doyle himself in photo #5?
wow.
amazing. even back THEN people scammed others using photography
*snort
love it!