Dead Letter Department.
We keep all of our reader mail in the archives and post new items on an irregular basis. Some emails are poignant and some are interesting. Some pose thoughtful questions. There are the others which are just plain scary and/or bizarre. I just adore the latter.
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You were warned
BR: is BlackRaven's
answer.
Hi. Well, last night my friend and I made our own Ouija board, and it worked. We contacted several people weather it was the person we wanted or not. One in particular, was we tried to contact Aaliyah, and we asked where she died, and it said Malibu, which I dont think is true,
and then my friend told her that she babysat her sister, and we got the answer not Kalia, then I asked if it was really Aaliyah, and it said no, then we asked, why it was here if they werent Aaliyah, and it said because I want to kill you.
Another person we tried to contact was Anne Frank and I dont remember all of the questions we asked, but one I do is we asked if where Hitler was now, and it gave us the answer Kentucky
-Alicia Struck
BR: Hmmm. We're pretty sure that Kentucky has stricter immigration laws.
Evil. Just pure evil. I will pray for the outpouring of the holy spirit in your organization and that you too will become saved.
Mario Smith
BR: Mom stop writing to me. The phony name doesn't fool anyone.
my friend was drunk so he played with the board all of a sudden he jumped back , and his fingers were burnt, he ask who was the master of the board . please help if you can ?
Kelly Herbert
BR:
Dear Kelly,
What were you thinking using your real name and email address? For future reference, I am the Master of the Board.
is it possible to make your own ouija board from paper or card, please reply asap. Thanks.
Paul
BR: Making your own talking board can be very easy and quite effective. We don't recommend it though since WE SELL THEM TO MAKE A LIVING. Geez.
Hi ya, Can bad spirits actually do anything bad to you, can any spirit do anything bad to you at all. Is there a way of getting rid of bad spirits? Thanks,
Paul
BR:
Dear Paul,
Bad spirits can be a serious danger! Always check the label to make sure that
you are working with a decent vintage. If it is bad, then pour the contents down the drain immediately!
A Note of Caution: Many people attempting to get rid of bad spirits have had the spirits return. Letters
tell of throwing the vessel away, only to have it reappear in the house the next day. Some instances
reveal how the bad spirits burst into flame when their owners attempted to burn them.
Once again: NEVER DRINK AND DIVINE
could you please send me my e mail address back as i dont know it yet.
cheryl the medium
BR:
Dear Cheryl
It's time to choose a new line of work.
What do the four corners of the ouija board on your web page represent?
Jennifer
BR:The traditional William Fuld/Parker Brothers
board shows the sun in the top left corner, and the waning moon in the top right corner.
In most Western metaphysical teachings (such as the Tarot)
the Sun signifies a positive (YES) answer and the Moon a negative
(NO) answer. The two illustrations at the bottom corners show a seance
in progress. Note the disembodied head being channeled by the
medium. Kinda 1940's cute, isn't it?
Ouija boards dating from the 1920's until the 1940's showed a Full Moon
for YES and the Waxing Moon for NO.
March 27th, 2004 around 2 in the early morning.
It was my friends Sara, Danielle and I, and we were using the ouija board. We lit three candles and put them around the board. We got another one and there were 4 shadows.. and only 3 of us really there in the dark. We were trying to get Kurt Cobain.. but obviously it wasn’t him. As it continued to answer our simple questions like what is your name.. the candle flames were being pulled to the center of the board. The last thing I asked it was “How old were you when you died” and then things went crazy. It went down towards the numbers and stopped moving the slider and started to move hour hands. We couldn’t stop it. I closed my eyes and they started to shake really fast and I couldn’t open them. Then I started to fall over and it felt like I was being pushed into the ground and I couldn’t stop it. I couldn’t breathe it was pushing so hard my shoulder hurt and I was yelling Danielle make it stop and I heard my wrist crack. And then the last thing I remember yelling” Sara, blow out the candles!!” and then I was pushed against the ground. They said that I was breathing really heavy and that it wasn’t me. They said that I wasn’t answering them. They were screaming my name and I couldn’t move. I remember opening my eyes and seeing my hair. We ran into my room as fast as we could and Danielle and I were shaking so hard.
I don’t know why it happened but I want answers.
Amanda
BR:
Dear Amanda,
Thanks for taking the time to write. Interesting story.
My suggestion is that you stay away from Ouija boards for at least 7 years. Teenagers seem to have experiences such as yours quite frequently. Maybe it's hormonal.
Hello....I was thinking of buying an ouija but my friend come in the other day saying this guy came to her house giving her an ouija board. We used it and we were scared of it because the day after everything happend that the board said. For one reason I want it because I beleive it tells the future one reason I don't want it is because she tried to burn But it would not burn!(It was made from wood) Can you tell me whether I should buy it or not?
David--
BR: Dear David,
You should definitely buy the Ouija. After you attempt to light it and it does catch fire then you can purchase a new one from us.
I have never played or bought an ouija but, I have a question: Is it true that the ouija can mess up your soul and bring bad luck to everyone you know?
Eugenio Albarca
BR:
My Soul was seriously messed up, but after listening to Aretha Franklin my Soul is as good as new.
The bad luck part is true also. I am doomed to forever reside in a rural area surviving as a retailer. Oh the horror.
I asked the Ouija board will I have a baby boy. the ouija pointed to the number three. I asked again with the same result. two years later I had triplets that were chinese. which was weird cause I'm black....spooky
Alex Gucwa
BR: huhhhhhhh?
I am a senior in high school and have been very interested in Ouija Boards since I was a child. My mother always tells me of stories from when I was a little child - namely the ones when I would mention something I never could have known anything about. Because of all the things I told my mom when I was younger she will not allow me to be near a Ouija Board - and she especially prohibits bringing one anywhere near our home. I tried playing with one when I was younger - but I got no result, probably because of the lugs in the room. Now I am even more drawn to it and a friend of mine has one. I want to use it in a very serious setting and she wont bring it up out of her basement. My question is - could I play with it by myself? I have read tons about that being a bad idea - but nonetheless I am curious and obviously desperate. Please send me some feedback! Thanks
Amanda Klock
BR: Dear Amanda
Most folks are simply unable to get good results when using a board by themselves. There is nothing inherently dangerous though. Unless you are mentally unstable
to begin with. You're not are you?
The original Ouija directions published in 1891 recommend that two persons use the board to produce good results. The claptrap
and moronic idea that using a board by yourself is dangerous was invented by horror novels (The Exorcist) and films (Witchboard).
I do recommend that you keep a Ouija board out of your house. Not because it's dangerous, but because your mom
will get seriously angry since she told you not to.
Hiya, me and my friends have had a few sleepovers since purchesing a ouija board over ebay. We have used the board maybe upto 5 times or more in a night! We have lukily had nothing bad ever happen to us. If your nice to the spirits and treat them with respect why would they have a reason to be nasty to you? the spirits that have visited us have blown out candles and made us cold to prove their presence, really cool!!!!!!! And no lie!!! My hairs stood on end and everything. Also it blew an empty chocolate wrapper of my sofa in the living room, there was absolutely NO draft whatsoever!!! Just play carefully and everything goes well. DONT ask questions you dont want them to answer as my friend asked when he was going to die and (as told) he died the next day after being rushed to hospital because of being in a car crash,wooooo. Oh p.s dont really believe EVERYTHING it tells u. It told me i was going to get with a really fit guy and it never happened!!!
Lauren, Leeds
BR: Dear Lauren
You are the monthly winner of "My friend asked the Ouija when he would die and it answered in a car accident soon and HE DID" contest.
Each month we receive at least 10 emails which detail this same basic story. Guess what? There has never been a verifiable instance of this actually happening.
Woooooo!!! No lie!!!
There are many good sites now on the web dealing with talking boards and Ouija. The original, and best, is
The Museum of Talking Boards.
Unfortunately,
You will also find pages and pages of trash written by the ignorant,gullible and naive. As stated before, just use common sense when
delving into your research.
Talking board is the generic term for any Ouija type board. There have been hundreds of
different talking boards manufactured since the early 1900's. The most famous of which is Ouija. In my collection
are boards with Witches, Swamis, Egyptian Gods, and many other motifs. Naturally, the boards with Witches pictured were known as Witch boards.
In the 1940's the witch depicted on many of these boards was a dead ringer for the Snow White witch.
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