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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 Society1 week ago

Join TBHS Director Karen A Dahlman as she talks all things Ouija with HAPRC (Haunted Antiques Paranormal Research Centre)

Streaming live on Tuesday 13th April at 1:00pm PST / 4:00pm EST / 9:00 GMT

https://www.facebook.com/hauntedresearch

The show also broadcasts simultaneously on YouTube @Haunted Connections TV

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCposaCGWpMTDpLQBbXth6lw

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Talking Board Historical Society1 week ago

Hello Everyone! 🌞🌛
This is the fifth and FINAL episode of a mini series about the Ouija Board that group member, Gene Orlando and I recently recorded about this enigmatic tool, the Talking Board.
In this episode we discuss Evil/Spooky Ouija!
If you missed any of the other episodes, you can catch them all by following this link to this episode.

Evil, Spooky Ouija: Part 5 of 5

Karen A. Dahlman, host of Creative Visions TV, welcomes the Man Behind the Curtain, the one who collects, researches, explores and owns the world's largest o...

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Talking Board Historical Society3 weeks ago

This French postcard from the 1920s has something interesting to say. Have a awesome day everyone! TBHS Vice Pres. Rick Schreck

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Talking Board Historical Society3 weeks ago

Hey Everyone! 👻
If you have been following this mini series we did, episode four is up and ready for viewing. Please join us on YouTube and if you enjoy the video, Subscribe and hit the like button. Thanks!
(Catch the other episodes in this series on YouTube as well!)

Anatomy of the Ouija Board: Part 4 of 5

Karen A. Dahlman, host of Creative Visions TV, welcomes the Man Behind the Curtain, the one who collects, researches, explores and owns the world's largest o...

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Talking Board Historical Society1 month ago

It's been a long time since these two OuijaManiacs have done an interview together! Listen in as our President and Vice President, Robert Murch and Rick Schreck chat about talking boards and other spooky stuff on, yep you guessed it The Spooky Stuff with Alex Matsou.

https://www.facebook.com/TheSpookyStuff/photos/a.831915803505064/4254686594561284/

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Talking Board Historical Society2 months ago

Hello Everyone!
This is the third episode of a mini series about the Ouija Board that group member, Gene Orlando and I recently recorded about this enigmatic tool, the Talking Board.
In this episode we discuss Using the Board.
And, stay tuned for all five parts of this series.
This is Part 3...
https://youtu.be/7kQlfC44rjs

Using the Ouija Board: Part 3 of 5

Karen A. Dahlman, host of Creative Visions TV, welcomes the Man Behind the Curtain, the one who collects, researches, explores and owns the world's largest o...

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TBHS @TalkingBoardHS

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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2 years 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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2 years 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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2 years 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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