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The Greatest Hoax in American History: The Fox Sisters and Spiritualism

In March 1848, two young girls in upstate New York claimed they could speak to the dead. What began as a prank—cracking their toe joints to terrify their mother—spiraled into the greatest religious movement of the 19th century. Millions believed. Thousands became mediums. An entire industry was born from the lie. This immersive documentary explores how Maggie and Kate Fox, children playing a trick in the darkness, became the most famous mediums in the world. From their humble farmhouse in Hydesville to packed theaters in New York and London, we follow their rise to fame, their exploitation by those who saw profit in grief, and their devastating descent into alcoholism and poverty. Forty years after it all began, Maggie stood before 2,000 people at the New York Academy of Music and did the unthinkable: she confessed. She demonstrated how they made the raps. She called Spiritualism "the greatest curse the world has ever known." But here's the twist—nobody believed her. The movement she tried to destroy continued to grow, even after she revealed the truth. This is the story of innocence weaponized, of grief commodified, of a joke that became a prison. It's the story of two girls who never meant to start a religion, and who spent their lives trapped inside the monster they created. Fox sisters video Timestamps: Intro: 00:00:00:00 Chapter 1: 00:09:43 Chapter 2: 00:26:04 Chapter 3: 00:42:08 Chapter 4: 00:57:42 Chapter 5: 01:11:48 Outro : 01:27:34