Rapscallions!

"surprised and excited"

A grab bag of Confederate plots: Fake peace conferences! Robbing banks! Burning down cities! Kidnapping the vice president!

Categories: History, Series 14

Tags: Abraham Lincoln Canada Captain Robert Cobb Kennedy Colonel Robert Martin Confederate States of America crime criminal law international law Jacob Thompson James P. Holcombe Lieutenant John Headley Montreal, QC New York State New York, NY Niagara Falls, ON Ontario Phineas Taylor Barnum Presented by #13 Quebec United States Vermont WIlliam Cornell "Colorado" Jewett

Published: October 7, 2024

Mr. Mumler’s Ghosts

A small gallery of some of William H. Mumler's best spirit photographs. (By which I mean "aesthetically pleasing", not "genuine.")

Categories: Arts & Culture, Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Supplement

Tags: Abraham Lincoln art Ask a Mortician ghosts Mary Todd Lincoln paranormal Spiritualism William Howard Mumler

Published: August 21, 2023

What Joy to the Troubled Heart!

the tale of William H. Mumler, spirit photographer

In 1862, William H. Mumler took the first known photograph of a ghost. Maybe. What unfolded next was an epic story of fraud and self-deception...

Categories: Biography, Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Series 13

Tags: Abraham Lincoln Arizona art crime criminal law extra sensory perception ghosts Joseph D. Townsend Mary Todd Lincoln paranormal Phineas Taylor Barnum Presented by #13 pseudo-science religion Spiritualism WIlliam Cornell "Colorado" Jewett William Howard Mumler

Published: August 7, 2023

Unto Us A Child Is Born

William W. Davies and the Walla Walla Jesus

Mormons believe that Jesus once lived in the Americas. Some of them once believed he lived on the outskirts of Walla Walla, WA from 1868-1880.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Series 12

Tags: Abraham Lincoln American Civil War Christianity cult Jesus Christ Messiah Presented by #13 religion William W. Davies

Published: December 26, 2022