EPISODE · May 17, 2020 · 31 MIN
Mr Split-Foot Visits the Fox Sisters
from Hobsession · host Selkie and the Anchoress
People often joke about starting up a religious movement, but in late 1840’s New York, two kids unintentionally did just that. Maggie and Kate Fox played a prank on their mother that was taken so seriously that the consequences reverberated around the world. Trapped in their own lies and living under the control of a fearsome older sister, Maggie and Kate became the unwitting founders of a spiritual movement that upended their own lives with tragic results.
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People often joke about starting up a religious movement, but in late 1840’s New York, two kids unintentionally did just that. Maggie and Kate Fox played a prank on their mother that was taken so seriously that the consequences reverberated around the world. Trapped in their own lies and living under the control of a fearsome older sister, Maggie and Kate became the unwitting founders of a spiritual movement that upended their own lives with tragic results.
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