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Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography

2025MovieDocumentaryCrime

1869: William H Mumler stood trial for fraud in New York for claiming to photograph spirits of customers' deceased loved ones. Mumler walked free as experts of the day could not figure his methods. Was he a fraud? Or could he truly photograph the dead?

DirectorHamilton Young Ward

WriterHamilton Young Ward

ProducerCharlie Puritano

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Tubi TV

Plex

Availability shown for Australia · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Hamilton Young Ward

Self - Mumler Biographer

Felicity T.C. Hamer

Self - Historian

Leslie Young-Ward

Self - Grief and Loss Expert

Katrina Weidman

Self - Paranormal Invesitgator

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Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography is streaming on Tubi TV and Plex in Australia, and available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store and Amazon Video. It's not currently on Netflix.

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No, Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography is not on Netflix in Australia as of September 2026. It's currently on Tubi TV and Plex.

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Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography is available to stream free (with ads) on Tubi TV and Plex in Australia.