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Victorian ghost photographs amused viewers with spooky thrills

  • Written by Andrea Kaston Tange, Professor of English, Macalester College
Victorian ghost photographs amused viewers with spooky thrills'The Haunted Lane,' a stereoscope card from L.M. Melander & Bro., 1875. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

October has long been associated with ghosts – from ancient Celtic festivals to ward off restless spirits after harvest time to the modern standby of using an old sheet to make a last-minute Halloween costume. In...

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