US EditionThe death-themed board game that outsold Monopoly
The Ouija board's peak popularity in 1967 reflects the lasting influence of America's mid-1800s spiritualist movement, linked to Civil War mortality, according to museum curator John Kozik.
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel news round-up this week: Nevada’s haunted clown motel, Rome’s crypt adorned with the bones of 4,000 friars, plus Seoul’s legendary honky-tonk bar. 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 th…
The death-themed board game that outsold Monopoly
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel news round-up this week: Nevada’s haunted clown motel, Rome’s crypt adorned with the bones of 4,000 friars, plus Seoul’s legendary honky-tonk bar. 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 th…
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