143: Strange Stories of the Ouija Board

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. The Literary works of Patience Worth:1.Telka 2.The Sorry Tale 3. Hope Trueblood 4.The Pot upon the Wheel5. Samuel Wheaton6. An Elizabethan MaskThe literary work of Emily Hutchings:1.  Jap Herron: A Novel Written from the Ouija Board (1917)Resources for this episode: 1. The New Yorker2. Journalnews.com 3. The Smithsonian