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 Howard Mumler

Published: August 7, 2023

Your Heart’s Sorrow

the 1874 abduction of Little Charley Ross

In 1874 four-year-old Charley Ross was kidnapped in front of his family's Philadelphia home... and became America's first case of kidnapping for ransom.

Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places, Series 11

Tags: Charles Brewster "Little Charley" Ross crime criminal law kidnapping missing person Nelson Miller "Gustave Blair" "Charley Ross" New York, NY Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Phineas Taylor Barnum Presented by #13

Published: June 27, 2022