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Ouija boards explained
Back in 1967, commercial Ouija boards were so popular that they outsold Monopoly in the United States. But what is the history of these alphabet-marked panels which some believe can open a portal to the valley of death?
CNN visited the world’s first Ouija board museum in 2023 – in the fittingly witchy location of Salem, Massachusetts – to talk to owner John Kozik about the history of the paranormal parlor game and what drew people to it.
“The spiritualist movement in America really st
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