The History of Ouija Boards

For 120 years, Ouija boards have been popular with the mainstream as a relatively harmless and meaningful way to engage in grief work. It isn't until 1973 when the movie The Exorcist comes out that the Ouija board starts to become affiliated with the occult and Satanism. Despite their dark history of being a tool for powerful people to manipulate the vulnerable, Nicole says they remain one of the most profound objects we have for attempting to know the unknown.