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Maggie's Renunciation and Kate's Continued Mediumship
- Maggie Fox married a skeptic who encouraged her to abandon spiritualism.
- Kate Fox continued developing her mediumship, claiming to communicate multiple messages simultaneously and in reverse script.
Maggie's Confession and Recantation
- Maggie Fox publicly denounced spiritualism, claiming the raps were made with apples and knuckles.
- She later recanted, claiming spirits forced her confession, further confusing the public.
The Business of Ouija
- The Ouija board was created in 1890 by businessmen, not spiritualists, capitalizing on the demand for faster spirit communication.
- The board's name, supposedly revealed through the board itself, coincidentally resembled the name of a woman's rights activist known to the board's creators.