The Fox Sisters

Episode 22 of the Borrowed Bones podcast, hosted by Sarah Sexton, titled "The Fox Sisters" was published on November 5, 2025 and runs 66 minutes.

November 5, 2025 ·66m · Borrowed Bones

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Summary

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, HeadStuff.org, National Women's Historical Society, Archive.org, Original Report of the Hydesville Haunting , The Fox Sisters and the Birth of Spiritualism, NYHeritage.org Support the show E-Mail ...

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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, HeadStuff.org, National Women's Historical Society, Archive.org,

Original Report of the Hydesville Haunting , The Fox Sisters and the Birth of Spiritualism, NYHeritage.org

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