Frightfully Good Ghost Stories: Ouija Boards

Why is it that we see that some people have terrifying experiences with Ouija boards and others don't? Others seem it just seems like it's a party trick.

It's a game.

It's fun.

I think it's to do with your intention and your mindset.

So if you're going to go into this feeling very scared, you're going to have that sort of experience with it.

you've watched Hollywood, you've heard your church tell you not to do it.

So there's this little seed in the back of your mind that makes you think, oh, what if this really is a portal to hell? But in actual fact, it was developed to be almost like a dating game, dating experience, because it was developed in the late 1800s.

And it was meant to have a man and a lady sitting opposite each other with the board on their knees.

And they'd put their hand on the little...

They called it a table back then.

It's a planchette now.

And they would say, is there any spirits here? And all of a sudden it would move and the ladies...

And then, does anybody love

me?

But you see, men and women, when they were dating or interested, couldn't touch each other or be near each other.

But this way they could put their knees together under a Ouija board.

Ah, I see.

But you

know what happened?

What?

Hollywood got hold of it.

And we have the movie The Exorcist, I think it was, in the 70s.

And that is where they said there was a young girl, Regan, who had played with a Ouija board with her auntie and she got possessed by Captain Howdy.

And That whole horror of Ouija boards and the devil really kicked off from there.

Because if you look back earlier than that, there's shows like Dennis the Menace and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.

Why is it that we see that some people have terrifying experiences with Ouija boards and others don't? Others seem it just seems like it's a party trick.

It's a game.

It's fun.

I think it's to do with your intention and your mindset.

So if you're going to go into this feeling very scared, you're going to have that sort of experience with it.

you've watched Hollywood, you've heard your church tell you not to do it.

So there's this little seed in the back of your mind that makes you think, oh, what if this really is a portal to hell? But in actual fact, it was developed to be almost like a dating game, dating experience, because it was developed in the late 1800s.

And it was meant to have a man and a lady sitting opposite each other with the board on their knees.

And they'd put their hand on the little...

They called it a table back then.

It's a planchette now.

And they would say, is there any spirits here? And all of a sudden it would move and the ladies...

And then, does anybody love

me?

But you see, men and women, when they were dating or interested, couldn't touch each other or be near each other.

But this way they could put their knees together under a Ouija board.

Ah, I see.

But you

know what happened?

What?

Hollywood got hold of it.

And we have the movie The Exorcist, I think it was, in the 70s.

And that is where they said there was a young girl, Regan, who had played with a Ouija board with her auntie and she got possessed by Captain Howdy.

And That whole horror of Ouija boards and the devil really kicked off from there.

Because if you look back earlier than that, there's shows like Dennis the Menace and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.