The Fox Sisters

Maggie and Kate Fox sparked the American seance craze after their older sister Leah, turned a parlor prank into a booming business model that still haunts today’s mediums and paranormal shows. Listen as we explain how the Fox sisters communicated with the dead.  Sources: History.com (https://www.history.com/articles/ghost-hoax-spiritualism-fox-sisters) , HeadStuff.org (https://headstuff.org/culture/history/fox-sisters-birth-spiritualism/) , National Women's Historical Society (https://www.nationalwomenshistoricalsociety.org/blog/2018/10/31/the-fox-sisters) , Archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/FoxSisterInEnglish1/Fox%20Sister%20in%20English%20%281%29_djvu.txt) , Original Report of the Hydesville Haunting (https://thestructureofheaven.com/the-fox-sisters-original-report-of-the-hydesville-haunting/) , The Fox Sisters and the Birth of Spiritualism (https://thestructureofheaven.com/the-fox-sisters-and-the-birth-of-spiritualism-page-1/) , NYHeritage.org  (https://nyheritage.org/exhibits/two-hundred-years-erie-canal/burned-over-district) Support the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2446850/support) E-Mail the show at BorrowedBonesPodcast@proton.me MERCH! (https://borrowedbonespodcast.com/) BorrowedBones Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/borrowedbonespodcast?igsh=MWFqaXBxeDA1cDlwOA==&utm_source=ig_contact_invite)