News of the Hydesville events and the spiritual gifts of the Fox sisters spread quickly throughout the area. They prompted others to try their hand at communicating with the spiritual world. Many others however continued to question the validity of the events and the credibility of Kate, Margaret and young Leah who had joined her sisters as spiritualists. Investigations into the events were initiated by several agencies. Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune formed a committee to investigate the events. After spending time in the Fox home, experiencing the disturbances and the actions of the Fox sisters firsthand the committee concurred that the events were indeed not fabricated.

"The questioning clears them from the only shadow of doubt
held concerning their sincerity in the discovery of spirit commu-
nication". -New York Tribune, 1850

This statement not only cleared the doubt surrounding the incidents at the Fox home but also established spiritualism as a credible occurrence.

The Hydesville incidence gave credibility to the Fox sisters as communicators with the dead as well as to spiritualism itself. Most importantly, they initiated the beginnings of modern spiritualism the first time communication with the spirit world would be in the form of a two-way conversation; the first time spirits out of the body spoke to spirits in the body.

The Fox sisters continued to practice spiritualism both privately and publicly. Kate and Margaret eventually began to disassociate themselves from the practice. Leah however continued to attract noises and other disturbances even after moving from the Fox homestead.