19th century, afterlife, ghost images, ghostly apparitions, historical photography, lincoln, mediumship, paranormal, séance, spirit photography, spiritualism, supernatural, unexplained phenomena, vintage cameras, william mumler
Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of American President Abraham Lincoln, had her photo taken in 1872. Behind her, there’s a faint, white, semi-transparent figure with an arm around her shoulder. Strikingly, it bears a resemblance to President Lincoln. However, President Lincoln had been assassinated seven years earlier in 1865. How can this be explained? The Lincoln ...
There was once a signalman duo in South Africa comprising James Edwin White, a man who lost both his legs, and Jack, a baboon. Yes, a baboon, as in the animal. The two were tasked with keeping the trains on schedule in the 19th century. Despite the unlikely pairing, Jack the baboon was so good ...