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Stuff You Should Know

SYSK Selects: How Ouija Boards Work

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Although most people who've used Ouija boards don't think they're communicating with the beyond, there is something mysterious about how it works. Learn the ins and outs of the popular parlor game that sprang directly from the 19th-century spiritualism movement in this classic episode.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:31.3

Hello friends.

0:32.1

I hope you're having a creepy Saturday afternoon or morning or night.

0:35.7

I would recommend saving this stuff you should know select episode until tonight.

0:39.9

When you can break out your Ouija board and learn about Ouija as you play Ouija and realize

0:46.5

that Ouija is just bunk and completely made up.

0:51.3

From October 2013, how Ouija boards work right here right now.

0:59.1

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.

1:09.1

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

1:10.6

I'm Josh Clark.

1:12.4

There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.

1:14.8

Jerry's kind of here.

1:16.8

And this is Stuff You Should Know.

1:19.1

Yeah, this is the last podcast these two today that we're recording in the infamous murder

1:25.5

room.

1:26.5

Oh yeah, it's right.

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