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The Talking Board Historical Society began in 2008 as a loose affiliation of talking board collectors and enthusiasts, brought together by talking board historian Robert Murch to bring recognition to the forgotten founders and history of the enigmatic Ouija. In that year, the group assembled and raised funds to erect a talking board-inspired headstone at the unmarked grave of Ouija patentee Elijah Bond in Baltimore’s historic Green Mount Cemetery, which has since become the historic cemetery’s most-requested gravesite. The following year, the TBHS worked to bring recognition to William Fuld’s iconic Harford Avenue Ouija factory, built in 1919, which became the first public landmark in Maryland acknowledging the city’s Ouija history. These years also mark a flood of discoveries by the TBHS’s historians and researchers, including the discovery and documentation of the Chestertown, Maryland home where Charles Kennard claimed to invent the Ouija, identifying Ouija’s 1886 “Witch Board” precursor by W.S. Reed Toy Company, and uncovering the enduring legacies of Ouija’s founders in the Igili, Nirvana, Volo, and Weird-A talking boards, among many, many others. In 2014, the TBHS officially incorporated and became a registered non-profit 501(c)(3), naming Robert Murch Chairman of the Board. The TBHS has since worked tirelessly to preserve the history of this unique pop culture phenomenon. Their next project is the construction of a grave marker recognizing the medium Helen Peters for her role in giving the Ouija its unique name, and through this project and others, the Talking Board Historical Society hopes to bring greater and wider recognition to the nearly-forgotten stories and lives of this incredible institution.

Talking Board Historical Society7 days ago

Good luck to anyone playing Mega Millions. We consulted with the LOTTOuija to get our numbers.

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Talking Board Historical Society3 weeks ago

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Talking Board Historical Society3 weeks ago

“The Spook and the Commandant” by Group Captain C. W. Hill
1975 William Kimber & Co. Limited
“This is the story, by one of the two participants, of one of the greatest occult deceptions of all time where at stake was not money, but their own lives. Imprisoned at a Turkish POW camp in the first world war, two Royal Flying Corps officers succeeded in convincing their Commandant, by a series of adroit tricks, that they were in touch with a spirit from the other world upon whose supernatural powers they would call, including his guidance to buried treasure. Unbelievably, the interventions of the spirit called The Spook, and the gullibility of the Commandant, were exploited to pave a path to freedom with obtaining a transfer from prison camp to hospital as the first step. Then the second deception took place as Flight Lieutenant Hill feigned madness and deluded authorities into accepting that he was a religious maniac until he and his fellow conspirator were eventually repatriated. After the war Cedric Hill became a member of the Magic Circle, and his ability is superbly illustrated by these two splendid ploys.”

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Talking Board Historical Society1 month ago

From all of us here at the TBHS, we wish you and your loved ones a very, very....

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1 year ago
This special release of #Witchboard from @nsm_records will be available 12/23/2019! Limited to only 666 sets. Preorders are going like hot cakes! Order yours while you still can! Only sold on Amazon Germany but they ship to the US. #ouija #tbhs

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1 year ago
Happy Hallo-Ouija-Ween! Have fun, be safe, and eat lots of candy (Ouija assures us that Halloween candy is calorie-free)! #Ouija #Halloween #TBHS #TalkingBoards https://t.co/rKBN0qfmxY

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1 year ago
#Ouija #TalkingBoards #TBHS #CuriousGeorge #Halloween https://t.co/l1phIotr51

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1 year ago
Here’s a drone photo of #Ouijazilla! Thank you to @boston_camera for capturing it! #WorldsLargestOuija #RipleysBelieveItOrNot #SalemMA #Ouija #TBHS #HausOfSchreck https://t.co/gFGKRgZirU

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1 year ago
Here ya go... #Ouijazilla #RipleysBelieveItOrNot #RecordBreaker #SalemMA #WorldsLargestOuija #Ouija #TBHS https://t.co/4dH3Rg0isi https://t.co/Ygrosgd0iO

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Jeff Belanger @THEJeffBelanger
We’re gonna need a bigger planchette... #ouijazilla #Ouija #ouijaboard #salem #tbhs World’s largest Ouija board! https://t.co/oJ4kVlW0cg

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1 year ago
What's heavier than an #elephant, longer than a #brontosaurus, and large enough to park five, full-size eighteen-wheelers on? The World's Largest #Ouija Board, or as we like to call him, #OUIJAZILLA! Stay tuned over the next month for more tweets and information! https://t.co/CkOqVWqj9h

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Press Releases

Talking Board Historical Society to Honor “Mother” of the Ouija Board
The Talking Board Historical Society Issues A Warning to Ouija® & Talking Board Collectors
City of Baltimore to Recognize Ouija Board’s 125th Birthday at OUIJACON Event April 24th
Ouija® to Celebrate its 125th Anniversary at OUIJACON in Baltimore April 23-25

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