Summerland tells the mysterious tale of William H. Mumler a spirit photographer with a talent for capturing haunting images of the dead from the world beyond the veil - Summerland. Based on true events that didn't exactly happen this way Summerland is set in Mumler's New York studio in 1869 at the height of the American Spiritualist movement. Summerland opens at the peak of Mumler's career just as his wildly successful studio trade comes under indictment for fraud. Chief Marshal Joseph Tooker