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Page 1 - The girls lie awake in darkness

Candle Light

science, vision

Man's Relationship with Fire

science, vision, religion

Page 2 - The girls contemplate teasing their mother

Victorian Pranks

culture, 19th Century, humor

A colllection of Victorian Puns

culture, 19th Century, humor

Page 3 - The girls plan their future

Marriage Age

religion, law, ceremony

The Reasonable Expectations of Farm Girls

culture, family, 19th Century

Page 4 - The girls plan an adventure

The Erie Canal

travel, trade

Page 5 - Someone is coming!

Page 6 - Mother checks on the girls

Co-Sleeping

sleep, family

19th Century Sleep Patterns

sleep, culture,19th Century

Page 7 - Mother tries to calm her fear

Belief in Ghosts

ghosts, religion

Page 8 - The girl's grand plans takes shape

Facial Hair of the 19th Century

grooming, etiquette

Phaeton

fashion, transportation

Page 9 - But how will the girls entertain themselves tonight?

April Fools Day

language, humor

Page 10 - Kate offers to quiet the ghosts

Communicating with Ghosts

language, ghosts

Page 11 - The ghosts respond to Kate

John Wesley's Ghost

religion, ghosts, 19th Century

Page 12 - Kate's conversation with the ghosts

Night Fisherman

night, food

Chales B. Rosna

ghosts, 19th Century, Fox Story Details

Page 13 - The next night at the Fox House

The Burned Over District

religion, 19th Century, New England

Millerism

religion, 19th Century, New England

The Great Disappointment

religion, 19th Century, New England

Page 14 - Neighbors loiter outside the Fox House

April 1

skepticism, 19th Century, Fox Story Details

Page 15 - Hundreds gather outside the Fox House

Andrew Jackson Davis

spiritualism, religion, New England

Page 15 - All of Hydesville wants to talk to the spirits

Rapping Spirits

spiritualism, skepticism, Fox Story Details

The Popularization of Science

science, 19th Century

The Strange Experiences of the Weekman Family

ghosts, New England

Page 16 - The Fox's leave their house

Haunted Houses

ghosts, culture, 19th Century

Page 17 - The spirits follow

Swearing

language, religion, New England

Page 18 - "The Spirits" demand to see the world.

The Spirits Temporarily Leave

skepticism, religion, Fox Story Details

Page 19 - Rochester welcomes the Fox Sisters.

Pre-Existence

religion, childhood

Rochester the Boomtown

culture, New England, trade

Page 20 - Many are convinced that the girls have supernatural powers.

Isaac and Amy Post

abolitionism, 19th Century, New England

Page 21 - The girls begin to make famous friends.

John C. Calhoun

politics, ghosts

Page 22 - In their seances, the girls talk to the famous dead.

The Spirit Telegraph

politics, ghosts

The Ubiquitous Ghost of Ben Franklin

politics, ghosts

Page 23 - The Fox Mother worries about her haunted daughters.

Grandma Ruttan

ghosts, death, Fox Story Details

Page 23 - The seances become more elaborate.

The people who hold seances: Media or Mediums?

ghosts, death, Fox Story Details

How could Mediums lift tables?

ghosts, death, Fox Story Details

Page 24 - The girls begin to feel the weight of their fraud.

Wild Seances

seance, ghosts, Fox Story Details

Page 25 - At least they are in this together.