Victorian-Era Spiritualism, Part 1: The Fox Sisters

The Victorian Variety Show

In the first episode of a 2-part series on Victorian-Era Spiritualism, I will briefly describe what inspired this movement and its core beliefs, then focus on Maggie and Kate Fox, who are credited by many with helping to put the beliefs of Spiritualism into practice in Hydesville, New York, in 1848. ***** Email: [e-mail] Twitter: https://twitter.com/victorianvarie1 If you’d like to support the show financially, you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 I’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as that will help this podcast reach more listeners! ***** References Abbott, Karen. “The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism.” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/ American Hauntings Ink. “The Haunted Museum: The Fox Sisters. The Rise and Fall of Spiritualism’s Founders.” https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/foxsisters Askins, Alice. “Very Mysterious: The Fox Sisters and the Spiritualist Movement.” https://historicgeneva.org/recreation/fox-sisters/ Diniejko, Andrzej. “Victorian Spiritualism.” https://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/religion/spirit.html Guiley, Rosemary Ellen. “Fox Sisters.” https://occult-world.com/fox-sisters/ Highland, Maria. “Victorian Spiritualism and Séances.” https://reframingthevictorians.blogspot.com/2014/03/victorian-spiritualism-and-seances_12.html Mad Halloween. “How the Fox Sisters Gave Rise to Modern Spiritualism.” https://madhalloween.com/how-the-fox-sisters-gave-rise-to-modern-spiritualism/ Occult Museum. “Speaking with Spirits: The Fox Sisters and the Birth of Spiritualism.” http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/speaking-spirits-fox-sisters-birth-spiritualism/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marisa-d96/message