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The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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The Origins of the Ouija Board

The 1910s and 20s with the devastations of world war one Witnessed a surge in Ouija popularity. In 1920 national wire services reported that would be crime solvers were turning to their Ouija boards For clues in the mysterious murder of a New York City gambler. Norman Rockwell illustrator of the common america Did a picture of a Ouija board and one of his many drawings Yeah, so it was that big of a deal more factories opened the Ouija board was exploding more factories More and more strange stories about the OuijaBoard incidents also became the norm.

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