The year 1886 was not only a big year for presidential matrimony, it was also the year W.S. Reed Toy and Manufacturing of Leominster came out with the Witch Board, a precursor to the Ouija Board.

John Kozik owns the museum, a testament to his 15-year pursuit collecting Ouija. The two-year-old museum houses a third of his personal collection of talking boards — around 100 at any given time.

Jimerson used a Ouija board to convince an associate, Nancy Bowen, that Marchand was a “witch” who caused Bowen’s husband’s death. Jimerson and Bowen later pled guilty to manslaughter.

O: The Ouija board is old. Various ancient cultures, including American Indians, employed versions of it. The philosopher Pythagoras, back in 540 B.C., used a "mystic table" on wheels that moved ...

To many, the Ouija board conjures stories of ghostly encounters and eerie warnings. Yet over a century ago, it was just a parlor game, offering lighthearted entertainment in Victorian homes.

Despite being around for more than 100 years, Ouija boards (a wooden board covered with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0-9 and the words “yes”, “no” and “goodbye”) continue ...

Jimerson used a Ouija board to convince an associate, Nancy Bowen, that Marchand was a “witch” who caused Bowen’s husband’s death. Jimerson and Bowen later pled guilty to manslaughter.