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The Fox Sisters

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The Fox sisters are thought of as the founders of the Spiritualist movement. The three sisters, Maggie, Kate, and Leah, went on to achieve fame for their ability to communicate with spirits. This claim of communication, along with the mythology they created around their home, is what led to people adopting Spiritualism as their belief. One of the most famous Spiritualists was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Eventually, Maggie Fox confessed to the world that the sisters were frauds and that the knocking which could be heard in séances came from the sisters cracking the joints in their toes. Regardless of this confession, the spiritualist movement continued with many people going on to profit from being psychic mediums.  History     The initial event which started it all occured during the March of 1848. The Fox family had moved in to a tiny one-bedroom cottage in the hamlet of Hydesville, New York, during the December of 1947. The family who had moved in consisted of Margaretta Fox,
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Jamaica Inn

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Jamaica Inn is located 900 feet above sea level within the hamlet of Bolventor; which is within the county of Cornwall, England, and near the town of Launceston. It was possibly built during 1776 as a coaching inn and has since been both extended and renovated. It has been said that a previous inn existed along the main road which travels across the Bodmin Moors, but it's unclear if this previous inn was located on the same site. Jamaica Inn is well known for it's part in the 1930s novel by the same name, and so it is a tourist destination for fans of the book or the TV and film adaptations which have since been created. The book was written due to the author hearing tales of smugglers and wreckers during her stay here. The history regarding smugglers has led to this location opening a museum pertaining to the subject, and it's given rise to a number of ghost stories. Jamaica Inn is thought to be extremely haunted, and there are a number of reported spirits said
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