Halos For Sale
August 26, 2022
We receive a lot of questions and comments concerning the mythology William Branham created about his famous "halo photograph" that was taken in the Sam Houston Coliseum. The photographers captured the stage lighting behind William Branham at such an angle that it looks like a halo, and William Branham used their creation to claim that a supernatural being was in his revivals. Interestingly, one of the photographers was also convicted of counterfeit, and both were involved in the crime.
In the fictional story William Branham used for his mythology, George Lacy, the alleged "head of the FBI", allegedly investigated the photograph, and it was sent to a fictional place called the "Religious Hall of Art". The truth is that Theodore Kipperman copyrighted the photograph, and it was sent to the Library of Congress for copyright claim for financial gain. These details can be easily found by searching the Library of Congress website, and the F.B.I. has responded that Branham's story about George Lacy and the FBI Investigation of the photograph was simply untrue. Lacy was never "head of the FBI," and the FBI did not investigate the photograph of stage lighting behind Branham's head.
Interestingly, Voice of God Recordings had Christopher A. Brown colorize the photograph and sent their color version of the original for copyright claim in April of 2009. Voice of God Recordings is listed on the claim as "employer for hire" and claimed copyright to protect their sales of the color photograph. They then started selling the color version on their website and in their store for $20.00.
You can learn this and more on william-branham.org.
Copyright search:
https://cocatalog.loc.gov/
Library of Congress Search:
https://catalog.loc.gov
Counterfeiters:
https://william-branham.org/site/resource?key=9a83cb3d-f60c-4612-8334-81e927666c1e&parent=houston_photograph
FBI Response:
https://william-branham.org/site/resource?key=56586c9e-8146-4ded-a70c-5559b55e213a&parent=houston_photograph
Houston Photograph:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/houston_photograph
George J. Lacy:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/george_j._lacy
In the fictional story William Branham used for his mythology, George Lacy, the alleged "head of the FBI", allegedly investigated the photograph, and it was sent to a fictional place called the "Religious Hall of Art". The truth is that Theodore Kipperman copyrighted the photograph, and it was sent to the Library of Congress for copyright claim for financial gain. These details can be easily found by searching the Library of Congress website, and the F.B.I. has responded that Branham's story about George Lacy and the FBI Investigation of the photograph was simply untrue. Lacy was never "head of the FBI," and the FBI did not investigate the photograph of stage lighting behind Branham's head.
Interestingly, Voice of God Recordings had Christopher A. Brown colorize the photograph and sent their color version of the original for copyright claim in April of 2009. Voice of God Recordings is listed on the claim as "employer for hire" and claimed copyright to protect their sales of the color photograph. They then started selling the color version on their website and in their store for $20.00.
You can learn this and more on william-branham.org.
Copyright search:
https://cocatalog.loc.gov/
Library of Congress Search:
https://catalog.loc.gov
Counterfeiters:
https://william-branham.org/site/resource?key=9a83cb3d-f60c-4612-8334-81e927666c1e&parent=houston_photograph
FBI Response:
https://william-branham.org/site/resource?key=56586c9e-8146-4ded-a70c-5559b55e213a&parent=houston_photograph
Houston Photograph:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/houston_photograph
George J. Lacy:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/george_j._lacy