From left to right: Margaret, Kate & Leah Fox were 3 sisters from Hydesville, New York who played an important role in the creation of the Spiritualism cult or movement 
They were born in the 1830s in Hydesville, New York and in 1848 is where the journey of Spiritualism started.
In 1848, the 2 younger sisters - Margaret (15) & Kate (12) were living in a house in Hydesville, New York where it had some reputation for being haunted
In late March 1848, the Fox family began to be frightened by unexplained sounds like knocking and furniture moving. Then, the sisters would start "rappings" which would start their career as a mediums
On the night of 31st March, Kate challenged the invinsible noisemaker, presumed to be a "spirit" to few action and question which the spirit answered.
The girls addressed spirit as "Mr.Splitfoot" which the nickname for the Devil which later to recognized at the spirit of Charles B. Rosna (Bin ke Binti taktau lah) who was murdered 5 years earlier
On 14 Nov 1849, the Fox sisters demonstrated their spiritualist rapping at Corinthian Hall in Rochester and from there, they became famous.
They held a public séances in New York in 1850 which attracted many notable people. Because of that, many imitators rise claimed to be able to contact the spirits.
Kate and Margaret became well-known Mediums and gave séances for hundreds of people.
Their career goes on until 21st Oct 1888 where Margaret told her story in a signed confession that her "rappings" was a hoax.
Eventually, they all died in poverty, shunned by former supporters & were buried in pauper's graves in Brooklyn, New York.
The Fox sisters have been widely cited in parapsychology and spiritualist literature and the spiritualism movement still goes on until today.
