What the Heck?

Episode 152- Double Exposure


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Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at ghosts that can appear in photographs. We're going through the history of photography beforehand too. The first ghost photographs appeared in the 1860s. Since then, they've appeared over and over again. Even in the modern day, we still capture ghosts in photographs. Why are the ghosts appearing in photos? How has that changed? Who have we seen before and why is he investigating this? Listen in to find out!


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References for the episode:

Contributors to Wikimedia projects. “Spirit Photography - Wikipedia.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 23 Feb. 2006, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_photography

“Spirit Photography and the Occult: Making the Invisible Visible.” Science and Media Museum, 10 Feb. 2022, https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/spirit-photography-occult-images

Tange, Andrea Kaston. “Victorian Ghost Photographs Amused Viewers with Spooky Thrills.” The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024, https://theconversation.com/victorian-ghost-photographs-amused-viewers-with-spooky-thrills-240776

“The History of Photography | LUMAS Photo Art.” LUMAS, https://uk.lumas.com/history-photography/?srsltid=AfmBOor9NsLvYAi5ZyUolEHppNem7dYC85-Yo4ExzeZI9qLaiBwKcl3U. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025. 


You can email Glen at [email protected] with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

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