As I was doomscrolling TikTok one day, I came across an intriguing, fast-paced storyteller who described the experience of Tom and Michelle with a ouija board they found in their backyard. Essentially, Michelle became obsessed with using the ouija board, and eventually fell into a psychotic state. I had been warned off of ouija boards before, but my experience with them was largely as a game to play at slumber parties. The only thing our ouija board summoned was uncontrollable giggling from sugar-infused girls. Ouija boards are quite mysterious, though, since there are many anecdotal tales of the board summoning demons or spirits. There are also scientific explanations as to how it works, and how the planchette seems to move by itself. 

In this podcast episode, I talk to Ashleeinc, who is a TikTok, Instagram and YouTube content creator with nearly 2 million followers. Ashlee tells Spooky Scary Stories that range from creepy roommates, Appalachia rules, time travelers, and of course, ouija boards. Ashlee and I talk about having skepticism about ouija boards, while also acknowledging perhaps we can’t always have an explanation for spiritual things, or someone else’s experience. I also talk about the history of ouija boards, which have roots in the spiritualism movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s. While today many people believe ouija boards summon demons, this notion is only from the past 50 years, and is mostly due to a popular horror movie. Which one? You’ll have to listen to this episode!  

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