A spirit photograph is made even eerier by blocking out the faces of the sitters from the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, vol. 16 (1922).  The caption reads: "The photograph by Mrs. Deane. (Faces of sitters obliterated.)"

An illustration from an 1875 issue of Wide World magazine.  The caption reads: "Light-heart, dissolving."

An illustration from Past, Present and Future by James E. White (1909).  The caption reads: "Table lifted from the floor without hands."

"Indisputable materializations": an illustration from an 1875 issue of Wide World magazine.

"Shadow or Substance?": an illustration from an 1888 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "'Will you not speak to me?' said the presence, softly.  I sprang to clasp her; only the air remained.  Still she was there!"

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "I endeavored to command speech, but something in the cold statuesque form froze every faculty."

"The Whisper in the Night": an illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.

An illustration from The Annals of Psychical Science, vol. 7 (1908).  The caption reads: "Giving heed to seducing spirits."

An illustration from a 1900 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.

An illustration from Samantha at Saratoga by Marietta Holley (1887).  The caption reads: "With my mind's eye I see 'em, and I follered 'em down the narrow, steep stair-case."