Ep19: The Ghost Photographer

A Civil War veteran who claimed he could photograph the dead. Bainbridge P. Brown, a former Company D soldier, rose to fame as a spirit photographer, using his "charmed" camera to convince grieving families that their lost loved ones had returned from beyond the grave. But two photography experts exposed his deception and destroyed his reputation. Episode 19, “The Ghost Photographer,” follows Brown from Civil War hospitals to Boston's photography studios, and finally to a mysterious death in the Maine woods.

What is Company D?

One Regiment. One Company. Countless Stories.

Company D is a narrative history podcast about the American Civil War's impact on everyday people, told through the lives of the soldiers of Company D, Third Maine Infantry, and their families, friends, and communities.

Host George F. Snell III brings you colorful, true-life stories uncovered in diaries, letters, newspapers, military records, and pension files. Forgotten soldiers. Untold stories.