OUIJA!
How this American Anomaly Became More than Just Fun and Games
19 min readMay 12, 2020
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(This article was among my first forays into chronicling occult history. Originally published in 2006 in the arts journal Esopus, OUIJA! has been widely reprinted, though in adapted forms, and appears here in its unexpurgated creepiness. — MH)
Ouija. For some the rectangular board evokes memories of late-night sleepover…