Demons or Dating Game?

What started as a simple party game or parlor trick (and was advertised as a fun activity for couples) would turn into something dark and demonic after the success of The Exorcist. Let's take a look into the history of the Ouija board, and how attitudes have managed to shift so much over time...

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Intro and outro music by Dmitry Teras from Pixabay. Background music by HarumachiMusic from Pixabay. Haunted Graveyard Ambience sound effect by GioeleFazzeri from Pixabay. All other sound effects made by Pixabay.

Main sources used for this episodes research:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Exorcist-film-by-Friedkin
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-strange-and-mysterious-history-of-the-ouija-board-5860627/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20first%20mentions,forbidden%20by%20the%20Qing%20dynasty
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/oujia-board-history
https://www.williamfuld.com/familytree_people_isaacfuld.html
https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-ouija-board