The Case Against Spirit Photographs

by C. Vincent Patrick; W. Whately Smith

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THE CASE AGAINST
SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHS

By
C. VINCENT PATRICK
AND
W. WHATELY SMITH

LONDON:
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., Ltd.
BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74, CARTER LANE, E.C.
1921

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CONTENTS

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I.	Introductory (W. Whately Smith)	[ 5]
II.	Historical (C. Vincent Patrick)	[ 7]
III.	Fraud (C. Vincent Patrick)
	A. General Methods	[ 15]
	B. Experiments in Fraud	[ 21]
	C. Internal Evidence of Fraud	[ 27]
IV.	Spirit Photographs Obtained by Amateurs (C. Vincent Patrick)	[ 31]
V.	The Fairy Photographs (C. Vincent Patrick)	[ 33]
VI.	The Reliability of Witnesses (W. Whately Smith)	[ 36]
VII.	The Value of Recognition (W. Whately Smith)	[ 39]
VIII.	Recent Literature (W. Whately Smith)	[ 42]
IX.	Real Test Conditions (W. Whately Smith)	[ 45]

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