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Toy or spiritual conduit? Learn about the history of Ouija boards and how you’re supposed to use one safely.

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Debczak, Michele. “Ouija Board History: From Spiritualist Tool to Children's Toy.” Mental Floss, 29 October 2018, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/560433/how-ouija-boards-went-spiritualist-tool-childrens-toy

Debczak, Michele. “The Spooky Science Behind Ouija Boards.”

Mental Floss, 28 September 2015, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/69059/spooky-science-behind-ouija-boards

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Ikenson, Ben. Patents: Bubblewrap, Bottlecaps, Barbed Wire, and Other Ingenious Inventions. Running Press, 2004. Internet Archive.

Museum of Talking Boards: An Online Museum of Ouija Boards, https://museumoftalkingboards.com/.

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