In this episode I discuss the ouija board, it's history, it's rise to popularity, and strange stories of the wonderous talking board. Did Mark Twain communicate with a journalist to write a new book through the ouija board? Did Pearl Curran really speak with Patience Worth to write essays, poems and novels through the ouija board? Find out on this week's episode.

The Literary works of Patience Worth:
1.Telka
2.The Sorry Tale
3. Hope Trueblood
4.The Pot upon the Wheel
5. Samuel Wheaton
6. An Elizabethan Mask

The literary work of Emily Hutchings:
1.  Jap Herron: A Novel Written from the Ouija Board (1917)

Resources for this episode:
1. The New Yorker
2. Journalnews.com
3. The Smithsonian