The Case for Spirit Photography
Esoteric WritingsBy Arthur Conan Doyle
Length3h 34m
About this audiobook
The Case for Spirit Photography is Arthur Conan Doyle's nonfiction treatise defending the validity of spirit photographs – images that allegedly capture ghosts or spirit forms. In this illustrated work, Doyle investigates famous cases of spirit photography, including the controversial Cottingley Fairies photographs and portraits by mediumistic photographers like William Hope. He lays out evidence and firsthand accounts to argue that these eerie images, showing faint figures or ectoplasmic shapes, are genuine proof of spirit existence rather than fraud. Doyle addresses common skeptical explanations (double exposure, etc.) and counters them with technical analysis and testimonials. The book features reproductions of several spirit photographs, which Doyle guides the reader through, pointing out hazy faces or forms said to be deceased persons. Throughout, Doyle's tone is earnest and advocative; he believed that if the public examined the facts and patterns in these photos, they would realize an "epoch-making" truth was at hand. The Case for Spirit Photography serves as a snapshot of early 1920s spiritualist belief, with Doyle as a passionate attorney presenting what he sees as hard visual evidence from the other world.
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion, Other
Length3 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 1, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Case for Spirit Photography
19THE EVIDENCE OF H. BLACKWELL, ESQ. A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE S.S.S.P.
2PREFACE BY FRED BARLOW
20THE TESTIMONY OF W. C. PUGH, ESQ., OF MIDDLESBROUGH
31. THE CREWE CIRCLE
21AN ACCOUNT BY MRS. MARGARET ELLINOR
42. SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
22From SAMUEL MADDOCKS, ESQ. HON. SECRETARY OF THE SHEFFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH
53. EVIDENTIAL TESTS AND THEIR RESULTS
23THE TESTIMONY OF JAS. P. SKELTON, ESQ., OF BELFAST
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64. AN EXAMINATION OF MR. HOPE AND HIS CRITICS
24FROM MISS ESTELLE STEAD
75. FURTHER DIFFICULTIES CONSIDERED
25THE EVIDENCE OF MRS. ELLEN JONES, OF KEMPSTON
86. THE ATTACK ON MRS. DEANE AND MR. VEARNCOMBE: POSTSCRIPT
26FROM THE REV. G. VALE OWEN
97. THE GENESIS AND HISTORY OF THE CREWE CIRCLE: By F. R. SCATCHERD Member of the Society for Psychical Research, Co-Editor of the Asiatic Review
27THE TESTIMONY OF F. J. TWELVES, ESQ., OF MANCHESTER
108. EVIDENTIAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF PSYCHIC PHOTOGRAPHY: By Fred Barlow Hon. Sec. S.S.S.P., Hon. Sec. Birmingham and Midland S.P.R.
28THE TESTIMONY OF ALDERMAN W. WHITEFIELD, J.P., OF BRISTOL
119. CONCLUSIVE PROOF FROM MANY SOURCES
29AN ACCOUNT OF MRS. D. HARTWELL, OF NORTHAMPTON
12THE EVIDENCE OF GEORGE H. LETHEM, ESQ. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW
30AN ACCOUNT BY MRS. R. FOULDS, OF SHEFFIELD
13THE EVIDENCE OF W. G. MITCHELL, ESQ., OF DARLINGTON
31FROM C. DOVE, ESQ., OF SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
14AN ACCOUNT BY J. WILLIAMS, ESQ. PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST, OF THE PORTLAND STUDIO, RHYL.
32THE EVIDENCE OF MRS. A. ELIZABETH GRIERE, OF DUNFERMLINE
15THE TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH HIGGINBOTTOM, ESQ. VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SHEFFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH
33THE EVIDENCE OF E. W. LEE, ESQ., OF SHANKLIN, ISLE OF WIGHT
16PROOF FROM MRS. E. PICKUP OF 40, WATERLOO ROAD, BURNLEY LANES
34THE EVIDENCE OF R. S. HIPWOOD, ESQ., OF SUNDERLAND
17FROM MRS. RISKER, LATE OF DARLASTON
35FROM LEWIS CHILDS, ESQ., OF SHEFFIELD
18AN EXPRESSION OF OPINION FROM LADY GREY OF FALLODEN
36AN ACCOUNT BY MRS. A. A. PEARS, OF COVENTRY
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