There is perhaps no “game” that sparks as much curiosity and fear as a Ouija board. The flat board with numbers, letters, a few words, and a planchette (aka the board’s moving device) is generally ...

Source: Gift of Neil R. Scheir, M.D., Courtesy of The Strong, Rochester, NY At the twilight of the Victorian Age, hypnotists entertained audiences with their mysterious arts, seemingly severing the ...

Ouija Board: The Mysterious Origins of a Cultural Obsession The Ouija board might seem like a simple game that sparks spooky childhood memories, but have you ever pondered its mysterious history? Even ...

Ohio Magazine: Holly Witchey, adjunct professor in the Department of Art History and Art, explained how Ouija boards were used by some whose loved ones died during the Civil War.

While there's a simple explanation for why it feels like the Ouija board is moving, the reasons behind our fear of it have a long history. For more than a century those curious about the afterlife ...

From talking with deceased loved ones to conjuring spirits, many people have stories surrounding the Ouija board. John Kozik has probably heard them all. Kozik owns the Salem Witch Board Museum on ...

Every so often, a compulsion to contact spirits from beyond the grave possesses Cincinnati. Séances were as common as church festivals here for a time, and the mainline churches fretted that ...

Ouija boards, also known as "spirit boards," or "talking boards," have been in use since the mid- to late-1800s as a popular device for communing with the dead. And while today, most people know ouija ...