The Hunt

Today's interest in ghost hunting can be traced to Hydesville, New York in 1848. There, two young girls, Maggie and Katie Fox, seemingly communicated with the ghost of a murdered peddler. Since that time, modern spiritualists, scientists and skeptics have sought to prove or disprove the existence of spirits. The first society devoted to ghostly explorations formed in 1851 at Cambridge University. Many others soon followed.