“"there is no death, there are no dead"”
The Fox sisters were three sisters from New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism. The three sisters were Leah Fox (1814–1890), Margaret Fox (also called Maggie) (1833–1893) and Kate Fox (1837–1892). The two younger sisters used "rappings" to convince their much older sister and others that they were communicating with spirits. Their older sister then took charge of them and managed their careers for some time. They all enjoyed success as mediums for many years. Kate and Margaret were sent away to nearby Rochester during the excitement – Kate to the house of her sister Leah, and Margaret to the home of her brother David – and it was found that the rappings followed them. Amy and Isaac Post, a radical Quaker couple and long-standing friends of the Fox family, invited the girls into their Rochester home. Immediately convinced of the genuineness of the phenomena, they helped to spread the word among their radical Quaker friends, who became the early core of Spiritualists. In this way appeared the association between Spiritualism and radical political causes, such as abolition, temperance, and equal rights for women.
As a fan the paranormal and the occult, I can't recommend this place enough. The monument stands as a memorial to the birthplace of Spiritualism, a religion that was all about speaking with the dead, largely helped launch by three sisters who fooled the nation with their psychic abilities. Of course, they were eventually proven as fakes, but that never stopped the religion from taking off.
Really cool place to visit, particularly for weirdos and history buffs.
Wrong address. What’s here is just a monument.
This is not the correct address of the remains of their home, only the monument erected in Rochester as the birthplace of spiritualism. The remains of their home are in Hydesville Memorial Park in Newark, NY
Not much to see, but the remanes of the house this cool to see, also not part of the site is a old school house up the road
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