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Oct 2020
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The Fox Sisters

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In the late 1840s in Western New York, two preteen girls tricked their parents into thinking their house was haunted. Their trick grew to include their hometown, and eventually the world, as their little prank became a religious movement known as Modern Spiritualism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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