He adapted his name from the Ouija board because of the way he managed to show up at crime scenes before anyone else. They thought he had supernatural powers but it was actually a group of dispatchers that were on his payroll.
He also had a knack for catching the dark side of human nature, like the girl who couldn’t resist smiling for the camera as the rest of the crowd looked on in horror at a drowning victim. A web search for Weegee drowning will bring the image right up. Too hard for me to post with my tablet.
Reminds me of an X-Files episode with Geoffrey Lewis titled "Tithonus".
A guy who can't die is trying to photograph Death at the moment he takes his victim, so he can die as well. Lewis does one Helluva job.
Part of the inspiration for this was the work WeeGee did and in fact Lewis' name was "Arthur Felig".