the ouija board first came out on july 1, 1890.
when did the ouija board first come out?
july 1 , 1890
following its commercial introduction by businessman elijah bond on july 1, 1890, the ouija board was regarded as a parlor game unrelated to the occult until american spiritualist pearl curran popularized its use as a divining tool during world war i. spiritualists claimed that the dead were able to contact the living and reportedly used a talking board very similar to a modern ouija board at their camps in ohio in 1886 to ostensibly enable faster communication with spirits.
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bullet::::- information on talking boards





























bullet::::- museum of talking boards





























bullet::::- the official website of william fuld and home of the ouija board





























bullet::::- skeptics





























bullet::::- ouija board helps psychologists probe the subconscious from "new scientist"





























bullet::::- the skeptics' dictionary: ouija





























bullet::::- "an encyclopedia of claims, frauds, and hoaxes of the occult and supernatural"





























bullet::::- "how does a ouija board work?" from the straight dope





























bullet::::- "do ouija boards work - the fact and fiction"





























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bullet::::- "'ouija board' appeal (against second guilty verdict) dismissed" – r. v. young (1995)





























bullet::::- bbc video on ouija board
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