The Ouija Board, Séances, ... They formed Kennard Novelty Company in 1890 along with other investors like William H.A. Maupin, Colonel Washington Bowie, and John F. Green.

THE OUIJA BOARD, in fact, ... But opening the gates of hell wasn’t on anyone’s mind when they started the Kennard Novelty Co., the first producers of the Ouija board; ...

First introduced in 1890 by the Kennard Novelty Company as a “wonderful talking board,” the simple piece of cardboard is marked with letters, numbers, and the words “yes,” “no,” and ...

The Ouija board, nothing more than a board embossed with letters and numbers, Skip to ... His factory, the Kennard Novelty Co., produced the first commercial line of the board.

The Ouija board, however, didn’t always have this sinister reputation. ... The design that most Americans know today was patented by the Kennard Novelty Company in 1891.

Perhaps the most infamous Ouija-generated book is "Jap Herron: A Novel Written From the Ouija Board." Published in 1917, the novel’s author is Mark Twain — or, rather, the ghost of Mark Twain.

Conjured up out of America's obsession with spiritualism in the 19th century, "Ouija, the Wonderful Talking Board" was created in 1891 by entrepreneur Charles Kennard and attorney Elijah Bond, and ...

This piece originally appeared 10/24/17. It’s widely accepted by scientists that the Ouija board works through the ideomotor effect. The people whose hands hover over the little pointer that ...

In 1986, I went with a group of friends to the local movie theater to see a horror flick called "Witch Board." With '80s icons like Tawny Kitaen and Stephen Nichols in lead roles, and a good scare ...

THE OUIJA BOARD, in fact, ... But opening the gates of hell wasn't on anyone's mind when they started the Kennard Novelty Co., the first producers of the Ouija board; in fact, ...

The Ouija Board, Séances, ... They formed Kennard Novelty Company in 1890 along with other investors like William H.A. Maupin, Colonel Washington Bowie, and John F. Green.