The Fox Sisters

The inaugural podcast episode explores the fascinating and often tragic story of the Fox sisters, Leah, Maggie, and Kate, whose prank in 1848 led to the creation of the Spiritualist movement. The story begins in Hydesville, New York, where the two younger sisters, Maggie and Kate, claimed their house was haunted, and through a series of “séances,” they convinced their mother, a neighbor, and eventually the public that they were communicating with spirits. This prank, initially a harmless joke, spiraled into something much larger when the younger Fox sisters moved with their older sister Leah to Rochester, and continued their act, gaining the attention of prominent figures and becoming celebrities in the burgeoning Spiritualist movement. Listen here or click the link to your favorite streaming app below.