They asked the spirit through us about it, and we would rap one for the spirit answer 'yes.' — Margaret Fox (image via Missouri History Museum) In 1848, when Margaret and Kate were just teenagers, they decided to play a trick on their mother, thumping, clicking and "rapping" late into the night, to convince her that ghosts haunted their house. Their mother, terrified of the "spiritual communications," insisted her daughters come clean: were they making the noises, or was it something else?
*Two* Women to Know: The Fox Sisters
*Two* Women to Know: The Fox Sisters
*Two* Women to Know: The Fox Sisters
They asked the spirit through us about it, and we would rap one for the spirit answer 'yes.' — Margaret Fox (image via Missouri History Museum) In 1848, when Margaret and Kate were just teenagers, they decided to play a trick on their mother, thumping, clicking and "rapping" late into the night, to convince her that ghosts haunted their house. Their mother, terrified of the "spiritual communications," insisted her daughters come clean: were they making the noises, or was it something else?