I was alone in the house, it was a warm summer evening, and I was reading a book called DarkLore, volume 1. The particular chapter I was reading was called ‘Ouija!’ by Mitch Horowitz. The author goes into much detail about the origin of the Ouija board, its association with the occult, and how popular it became (did you know at the height of it’s popularity during the sixties and seventies, it outsold the game Monopoly?)

I was particularly interested in the part where he described the communication of the messages as coming from the users subconscious, instead of some outside metaphysical force. To me, that meant that I was the source, and I could control the messages and the information that was provided to me. I started thinking about how I could test whether it was me or ‘someone else’.

Now bear in mind that I was only reading about Ouija board usage, I do not own one and was not using one that night.

I was preparing for bed, so I put down the book and sat on the edge of the bed. Feeling cocky, I thought I’d test the spirits, just to see if anyone was listening… In a loud voice I said “Fuck you! If you’re out there, show me what you can do!” It took about ten seconds and I got an answer. WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM, five knocks as loud as hammer blows shook the whole house. It sounded as though someone was pounding on the outside wall of my house. I was petrified.I sat there for what seemed like forever, waiting for someone to try the door, breaking glass, whatever, but nothing else happened. I finally got the courage to go outside with a flashlight and a mechanics breaker bar and nothing was amiss. Everything was normal, no marks on the wall that I could see, or anything like that. I guess it was just the spirits, providing an example of what they were capable of.

okay so me and my friend took a piece of paper and wrote letters and numbers on it, like in the ouija board, and we used it. we talked to a spirit who said was 7, but we had to say goodbye early cause lunch was ready (we closed it properly and said goodbye). lated we used it again and talked to the same spirit. we asked if he was mad that we said goodbye early and he said yes, then we apologized and went on and everything was okay. later we asked us to play a game and we accepted, he told me to choose a number. i choose 73, and when he tried to guess he said 12. i told him it wasn’t the right answer, but he told me it was. then he wrote on the board “angry” and when we tried to say sorry he moved it on goodbye. later we tried it again, trying to contact the same spirit. it didn’t work, but we talked to another one and asked him if he knew the previous one. she said yes, so we asked if he was still angry. he said first no and then yes, and later we asked if he could hurt us and she first said no and then yes. so i wanted to know, can we actually be in danger? cause we closed the ouija board properly, but we’re still not sure.

Hi, I have a few questions about the Ouija board:

- Does it work with any board?
- Do you absolutely have to have candles nearby?
- How do you play alone?

I was at my cousins staying all night and we got bored I'm into creepy stuff and they just want fun so me and my older cousin decide to make an Ouija board we looked it up has to be cardboard or wood so we got cardboard made wrote what needed to be on it taped it to a wooden box she had of random shit inside- jewelry/junk) she made the planchette not sure how but she did used pencils for it to go across, we get started asking questions like "if there is something here would you like to communicate" and so on after about 4 mins it moves. No I don't f*ck with shit like that. I ask my little cousin and tell her to stop she swears it's not her and is a little upset that I think it's her.. I ask my older cousin and she swears we lift our fingers up..it's still going. I felt pressure on my back like I was being squeezed from behind wasn't scared but got teary eyed when we stopped then i got scared. I have chills even typing it, PS don't recommend.

Hey guys! I’m new to posting, but would like some feedback. Three of my friends and I have used my friend (who the spirit board referred to as 1)’s Ouija Board twice now. Both times, which were almost a month apart, we continuously got the word Zamb spelled out. 1 put it into a cypher, and it no joke came out as STFU. It later gave us another set of letters that when put through the same cypher gave us a couple of options, the most prominent being Vilimii, which we looked up. Google said it was a “plant of many names”. These letters were given after we asked its name. When we asked, the spirit, who we started calling Zamb for simplicity’s sake, claimed to be attached to the board. Today we used it again, a month later, and still we’re getting Zamb consistently. Wondering if anyone knew what Zamb could mean other than STFU, but it also claimed that Zamb was its way of referring to us. No of our real names start with any of these letters. Should we look into buying a spirit box, or other instruments to communicate? Thank you!

I did a ouijia board and I’m pretty sure I was contacted by a djinn; a few hours after I was out late at night and this guy walked past me seething so angrily I can’t even explain- the next morning I found this… what do

My partner and done it. Nothing happened. I asked who my bio dad, it went to a then I asked if I was gonna be famous it said yes. Honestly, folks move the planchette.

Nothing happened when playing the ouija

So I read up on ouija. I know while playing it, it be you moving the playing check but from the predictions made have any come true? Serious answers only. What came true while playing ouija?

FIRST TIME OUIJA BOARD. i simply started with a "is there anybody here?"... YES. Then i asked (with a friend) "what is your name?"... TOM. "when did you die?"... 1241... realy strange... after that i was scared af, i asked "can we leave now?"... NO. We see each other dead in the eye, "why are you here?" Asked my friend... FOOD... then he let us leave.

WTF. Pls tell me what just happened 🙏🙏🙏

Hi, this is going to be my first time playing with a Ouija. Could someone give me some advice or tell me about their experience? Just so I know what to do and what not. I've looked up some stuff on Google, but they usually say pretty ridiculous things that sound like they're straight out of a movie. I'd like to hear from someone who knows what they're talking about.

I was biking on a forest near my house with my brother and we found a freaking ouija board laying on the ground we bring it at our house im 14 btw should we play

Curious if anyone else encountered a spirit by the name BC.. sometimes Abby? When I was in elementary my sister and friends played with an ouija board every chance we got and we always would talk to BC. She was very friendly and kind, and said she would protect us. I’m almost 30 now and just so curious if anyone else encountered a similar spirit. I’m too scared with my fully developed frontal lobe to try again. Or at least… why would we have the same spirit every time? Was she trying to “guard” us?

Hi, my friend and her other friend used a make-shift Ouija board some years ago and encountered Zozo. At the time, she didn't know what it was and kept engaging with it. It said it was a child and then her friend seemed to have gotten possessed and whispered "you're going to die" to her. She ran away after that and didn't close the portal. Only a few months later did she learn what Zozo is.

She's described hearing noises on her ceiling, footsteps that would walk up her stairs and stop outside her bedroom door, faint knocking on the door, voices mimicking people she knows calling her, cabinets opening and closing and shadow people. As far as I know, her friend also experiences hauntings, such as an incident of a doll moving from the top of the stairs to the bottom facing them after the entered the upstairs bathroom. Her friend doesn't remember anything from the Ouija board incident.

My friend gave a name to the spirit/entity following her, which I don't know if that makes it worse. She got blessed by a priest and it stopped for two days before continuing. She's already reaching out to a spiritual healer to see if they can try and detach the entity from her, but I read you're supposed to return to the Ouija board to contact Zozo again and close the portal. Any advice on what to actually do would be helpful

Ever since I was little, I've always felt energies and had paranormal experiences. A year ago, I started using a Ouija board, Of course, I made sure to properly close the session, to be with people I trusted, in short, I followed the procedure. Since I started using Ouija boards, I feel like my senses are more developed. I sense changes in atmosphere, and I'm the one acting as a "bridge" between spirits and the people I do it with.

I would therefore like to have your opinion, is there any connection with the Ouija board ?

Is this something that can be explained scientifically or not?

Recently bought a house and finally unpacked my beauties and got them on display. At my old place they were just stacked so you couldn't see the box art. I love that I have more space to display them now 🥰

So I read up on ouija. I know while playing it, it be you moving the playing check but from the predictions made have any come true? Serious answers only. What came true while playing ouija?

Hi!

I have never visited here but I wanted to share an experience that I had when I was 12.

My best friend and I (still to this day) pulled his Ouija board out one day and had a very real experience that we mention to each other every few years. I do not practice magic, and I am in no way in to the paranormal so I wanted to just mention this.

The experience started like any other 12 year old skater kids would probably begin. We were talking shit, lighting candles around the board, trying to scare each other, laughing, you name it.

I can not remember if it was ‘Tess’ or ‘Tessa’ but that’s who we met. I believe we asked to show that she was there, and she answered.

The mirrors flew off of the wall, the candles went out, and the lights continuously went on and off very quickly. This all happened simultaneously. I can’t remember if we said goodbye, but we ran out of the room. I don’t even recall how my friend disposed of the board.

25 years later, and I still think about that. I rarely see the name of our visitor but when I do, I’m immediately transported back to that moment.

My best friend even married into my family but got heavily into drugs and ended up getting 45 years in prison! This was overturned and he was then 5 in, 5 out(probation).

I have had a wonderful life but there have been moments that I have looked over my shoulder. Not out of fear but I think you understand what I mean. Anyway thanks for hearing me out.

-C