# John Henry Pepper
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John Henry "Professor" Pepper (17 June 1821 – 25 March 1900) was a British scientist and inventor who toured the English-speaking world with his scientific demonstrations. He entertained the public, royalty, and fellow scientists with a wide range of technological innovations. He is primarily remembered for developing the projection technique known as Pepper's ghost, building a large-scale version of the concept by Henry Dircks.
John Henry Pepper and His Ghost
While the ghost illusion he created for theaters dominates his life story, Pepper's life story has a number of twists and turns. It’s got several professional disagreements, world travel, and even an attempt to control the weather.
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 254 - The History Of Pepper's Ghost
Send us a textPreviously on Haunt Weekly, we asked you all for your favorite lighting tricks. Many of you, somewhat to our surprise, said Pepper's Ghost. However, through sheer good fortune, Mental Floss Magazine published an article about the history of the illusion (https://www.mentalfloss.com/ar…
Haunt Weekly - Episode 254 - The History Of Pepper's Ghost
Previously on Haunt Weekly, we asked you all for your favorite lighting tricks. Many of you, somewhat to our surprise, said Pepper's Ghost.
However, through sheer good fortune, Mental Floss Magazine published an article about the history of the illusion and it turns out to be way more interestin…
Episode 63 - Ghostbusters 1 & 2
In this episode Brendan Crates is here to talk about the awesome classic sci-fi Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2.
GhostbustersRelease: 1984Director: Ivan ReitmanStars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson
Ghostbusters 2Release: 198…
Vocaloid is Demon and Satanic
In this episode we will investigate the mysterious world of Vocaloid. What is it? Why is it? And most importantly, does it upset Chri$tians?
Vocaloid is a voice synthesizer program launched by the Yamaha Corporation in 2004. This software allows users to synthesize human singing by typing in the l…
From Magic Lanterns to Pepper's Ghost
The Evolution of Ghostly Illusions: From Magic Lanterns to Pepper's Ghost
Lisa Morton explores the historical evolution of ghostly illusions in entertainment, tracing techniques from ancient methods using smoke and mirrors to the invention of the magic lantern in 1659 by Christiaen Huygens. She hig…
The True History of The Ghost; And All About Metempsychosis
LibriVox recording of The True History of The Ghost; And All About Metempsychosis by John Henry Pepper. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. This work portrays the true history of the illusionary tactic known as "Pepper's Ghost." This is a method of projecting an actor onto a stage using a shee…
Footnote #67 - Pepper's Ghost
Inspired by the recent podcast episode on Casper (Brad Silberling, 1995) that featured a conversation with the film’s lead animator Mark Austin, Chris and Alex maintain the Halloween theme for this latest Footnote instalment that examines the spectacular imagery of “pepper’s ghost” - an illusion te…
Ep. 7: A New World Dawning
Episode 7 explains how the Victorian-era fascination with Spiritualism, science, and the supernatural influenced entertainment, early psychology, and the horror genre. Social conditions such as the American Civil War, high infant mortality, and popular Gothic literature—especially works by Edgar Al…
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