In March 1848, two young girls living in Hydesville, New York, incited a trend of spiritualism with what started out as a harmless prank. Every night, when teenager Maggie Fox and her younger sister Kate were asleep, a rapping noise could be heard coming from their shared bedroom. The sisters claimed that there was a spirit communicating with them. Their mother asked the spirit how many children she’d had, and the spirit responded with the corre…
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