5: Apples, The Manipulator, and The Curse of Spiritualism

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May 30, 202259:57Society & Culture

This week, Jamie visits a legendary Cassadaga medium and traces the story of spiritualism's Fox sisters to its end -- where the sisters abandoned the religion that had defined their lives.

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