The Death-Blow to Spiritualism: Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters

"The Death-Blow to Spiritualism: Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters" by Reuben Briggs Davenport is a late 1800s story that looks into the lives of Margaret and Catherine Fox, two sisters who accidentally started the Spiritualism movement in America, only to take it all back later and say it was fake. The book wants to show how tricky the sisters were without meaning to be, sharing details about how Spiritualism got its start and changed over time. From the moment the sisters playfully began faking "spiritual messages" as kids, their story takes a dark turn as they get more famous and caught up in lies. Filled with real regret, Margaret and Catherine share how sorry they are for what they did, making it clear that they want to tell the truth about Spiritualism and how it all began as a trick. Their honest stories about how they made people think they were talking to spirits offer a strong rejection of the beliefs that made them famous.