Today on the Grave Talks, when we spoke to the dead, a conversation with author

Elise S. Carter.

Author Elise S. Carter joins us to discuss her new book, When We spokeoke to the Dead, How Ghosts Gave American Women

Their Voice, a captivating exploration of how the spiritualism movement reshaped faith,

culture, and even feminism. It all began in 1848, when two sisters from upstate New York,

the famous Fox sisters,

claimed they could speak to the dead through mysterious knocks on the walls of their farmhouse.

Their story sparked a global fascination that transformed parlors into seance rooms

and gave rise to one of the most influential movements of the 19th century.

Spiritualism wasn't just about ghosts. It was about change. Mediums, often women,

claim to channel the voice of the departed through raps, trances, and automatic writing,

gaining social power in a world that rarely let them speak.

Today we'll step into the seance room where belief met rebellion and the voices of the dead

help shape the living. Today on the grave talks, when we spoke to the dead, a conversation

with author Ilyse S. Carter.

Ilees, thank you very much for talking with me today.

This is a subject.

I have been fascinated by the spiritualist movement for a long, long time.

You literally wrote the book on it.

Thank you.

I wrote one of them. I mean, there are a bunch of them. But you did write the book on it. Thank you. I wrote one of them.

I mean, there are a bunch of them.

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