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30 Morbid Minutes

The Ouija Board’s Dark History

30 Morbid Minutes

30 Morbid Minutes

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8731 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We explore the history of the Ouija Board; how it evolved from an otherworldly communication tool of Spiritualists and mediums, to a Hollywood phenomenon, to a bright pink party toy. Plus, we examine homicide cases where the Ouija Board has been used as a defense, and how the board actually works. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp. Go to http://babbel.com/30MM to get 60% off your subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is a roosterteeth production.

0:35.2

Are Ouija and Spirit Boards harmless parlor tricks or real tools that can speak to the dead, or even demons?

0:42.3

Welcome to 30 Morbin Minutes. This is the podcast where we take 30 minutes, give or take to explore topics of a morbid, macab, dark and downright grisly nature.

1:07.8

I'm Elise Willems.

1:08.9

And I'm Jessica Vasami.

1:10.3

And it can get a little bit heavy, so we'll

1:12.2

sometimes have fun with it. And Jess has to be able to sleep at night. Yeah, God. I am not prepared for this one.

1:18.6

But why don't you kick it off for us, Jess? Oh, God. Here we go. On March 6th, 1930,

1:25.6

Ms. Cloutiel de Marchand was found dead in her home in Buffalo, New York.

1:31.1

Their murder weapon?

1:32.4

A Ouija board.

1:33.7

Hmm.

1:34.7

Clotilde's husband was having an affair with another woman by the name of Lila Jimerson.

1:39.7

Fearing that Clotilde was onto the affair, Jimerson reached out to Nancy Bowen, her friend, and used a Ouija board to convince her friend that Clotilde was onto the affair, Jimerson reached out to Nancy Bowen, her friend, and

1:45.0

used a Ouija board to convince her friend that Clotilde was a witch. And this was the cause

1:50.4

of Bowen's husband's death and that she was next. Bowen, who didn't even know how to read,

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