143: Strange Stories of the Ouija Board

Published: Sept. 11, 2023, 12:02 a.m.

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In this episode I discuss the ouija board, it\'s history, it\'s rise to popularity, and strange stories of the wonderous talking board. Did Mark Twain communicate with a journalist to write a new book through the ouija board? Did Pearl Curran really speak with Patience Worth to write essays, poems and novels through the ouija board? Find out on this week\'s episode.
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\\nThe Literary works of Patience Worth:
\\n1.Telka
\\n2.The Sorry Tale
\\n3. Hope Trueblood
\\n4.The Pot upon the Wheel
\\n5. Samuel Wheaton
\\n6. An Elizabethan Mask

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\\nThe literary work of Emily Hutchings:
\\n1.\\xa0 Jap Herron: A Novel Written from the Ouija Board (1917)
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\\nResources for this episode:
\\n1. The New Yorker
\\n2.\\xa0Journalnews.com
\\n3. The Smithsonian\\n
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