Faked ghost photos
August 19th 2010 00:57
When photography was first introduced to the world in the early to mid 1800's, ghostly like images appeared on the prints. The professionals and trained amateurs that took the photo and developed them knew of the anomalies. The "ghosts" were typically from slow shutter speeds and errors in processing the photo. That did not stop the unscrupulous photographer from claiming he caught "long dead Aunt Jane" in the photo or other "ghostly" anomaly.
Next came the plasma (also known as ectoplasm) photos where a charlatan would concoct "plasma" made from glue or flour paste and then take a series of photos showing this stuff growing out of them and then claiming it is something from the spirit world. Here is a faked ectoplasm photo, taken in the early 1900's, when there was such a high interest in psychics and people had lots of money to waste on them.
Of course the photo above looks more like they stuffed a sheet in her mouth rather than the paste mixture but you get the idea. What I don't understand is why people believed this stuff. Of course at the time photography was brand new and when anything is brand new........... nuff said.
Next came the plasma (also known as ectoplasm) photos where a charlatan would concoct "plasma" made from glue or flour paste and then take a series of photos showing this stuff growing out of them and then claiming it is something from the spirit world. Here is a faked ectoplasm photo, taken in the early 1900's, when there was such a high interest in psychics and people had lots of money to waste on them.
Of course the photo above looks more like they stuffed a sheet in her mouth rather than the paste mixture but you get the idea. What I don't understand is why people believed this stuff. Of course at the time photography was brand new and when anything is brand new........... nuff said.
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