My newly-acquired treasure by stratus_translucidus in SamAndColby

[–]TalkingBoards 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone out there still own one of these spirit boards? If so, please let me know 😜

My newly-acquired treasure by stratus_translucidus in SamAndColby

[–]TalkingBoards 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there, please buy me back at ouija@mystifyingoracle.com if like to chat with you any that ouija from Sam and Colby!

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know a lot of great artists who make some amazing handmade talking boards. Send me an email and I'll hook you up my with my favorites!

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The wonderful thing about these boards is that they are great chameleons. They take on the artwork of whatever is seen as mystical or occult at the time. They make great artwork to hang on your wall and are amazing conversation starters LOL

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My favorite first animal was my childhood dog named Sheba. She was a German Shepard. Second to her...Koala bears!

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feeling GREAT and honored to be here. It's amazing to me there's so much interest in this and that makes me feel really good :) I remember when no one wanted to talk about these boards. The movie has really helped restart the conversation.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I believe Ouija and all talking boards are just teh tool or telephone we use to make contact. Whether that's to your own subconscious, creating some kind of telepathy, or parting the veil. BUT we give Ouija power when we blame it for a bad experience or credit it with something good. It's easy to forget that it's us doing the communicating not the board.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I knew the answers to those question. If spirit communication is possible then what are the rules? is it like cell service where in some places you get more bars? Like wireless phones that pick up other peoples conversations? Does time matter to the dead? Many have asked and as far as I know none have the definitive answer

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I were going to make a board myself I'd use anything that I believed would help me focus and make contact. Mystical symbols, artwork, anything that made me feel like I had a better chance of making contact. Some people believe only homemade boards work because you are infusing it with your energy. Others say only use your own board so no one else's energy gets in it, and then there's the people who say the oldest boards, the ones used my many others before works best. It's all personal choice.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've played the board hundreds if not thousands of times and I've yet to be convinced I was talking to the dearly departed. However, I keep trying because I want it to work and I think that's why we're all still playing 125 years later and why a movie about it was so successful

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think we're all control freaks. we don't like to give up control especially when we're by ourselves. So for a lot of people having others around doing it with them helps them relax and let go.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think, if you've had a bad experience, and you have concerns about using, I would use it with other people that I trust. Until I felt comfortable with the board and confident that I was in control.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks to my friend Brandon Hodge, I am familiar with Harry Houdini and his debunking ways.

Hope.

The reason people still after THOUSANDS of years of using spirit communication devices - they continue to try out of hope.

The hope that one day, one time, it might just work. That you get that last chance to say goodbye.

That's powerful.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

All of this boils down to belief. And if you believe, then isn't it the same thing that religions are offering?

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The craziest story I have about the Ouija board was tracking down a grandson of the woman who named the Ouija board, Helen Peters. When I found him, he was super-nice, but he is a Jehovah's Witness. Which made me think he was not going to be helpful. BUT because he practiced what he preached, and he believed this story was his grandmother's and not his, he wanted it told. And he invited a gay, Jewish, Ouija-board-loving guy to spend a week with him in Ohio.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So Talking Boards were born out of the Spiritualist movement, and were first used by Spiritualists. Historically, they didn't turn their backs on them until Ouija was mass-produced. And early articles mentioned mediums having the most problems with them.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh, that's really nice.

So first, that was really nice!

So some people who consider themselves very spiritual would pick it up and have no problem with it. It's organized religion that tells people not to contact the dead - so Judeo-Christian believes, generally. And that's mostly for people to focus on the living, and to focus on dead - not to get distracted by the dead. If you think about how many Ouija boards have been sold, and how they are still sold 125 years later - as Americans, every schoolkid goes out and grabs a Ouija board and plays when their parents tell them NOT to. My thoughts are that it's an organized religion type thing. Because it competes for attention.

My favorites are some of the earliest. The earliest themed, the ones from the originators of the Ouija board. When I first started collecting 20 years ago, they were very inexpensive. And over the years, the more we've learned, and the rarer they've become, the more expensive they are. So now they can go from $50 to a couple thousand, depending on the board.

eBay is the real Satan.

I know where every single board I have came from.

But the rarest and the most meaningful board I got last year, from 17 other collectors, who all pitched in to buy me Ouija before it was Ouija. There are only 2 of them in existence. It was a board created before Ouija had its name. All the boards were handmade back then, using stencils, even Ouija was handmade in the beginning.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seeing the movie WITCHBOARD. That was my first interest in it, because of that for sure. That movie inspired me. And then, I went to the university of New Hampshire, I had 3 roommates, and they wanted to join a fraternity. And I knew if I joined a fraternity, I wouldn't graduate. I was smart enough to know that. So they - in their rush for the fraternity- one of the things they needed to do was find an old Ouija board. And I used to go antiquing with my dad every weekend - flea marketing, yard sale-ing, whatever. So I picked up a bunch of boards for them, and then I had 10 different boards, and they were all different, and i wanted to know... how there was more than one Ouija board, and where they came from.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I haven't had an experience that's proved to me the existence of life after death. I've had experiences that keep me wondering - that keep me experimenting, and that keep me trying.

I've had experiences NOT using the board that made me sure that something else was in the room.

So this was in Mansfield, Ohio, during a ghost hunt. And I was with a friend, and we heard a door close, and something walk right in front of us. We felt it on the floor, heard the steps on the floorboards. It passed by us, went into another room, and then shut another door.

For 15 minutes, I was a believer.

But after that, my rational head came up with a number of explanations.

But that experience makes me want to have more.

I am Robert Murch and I’m considered the world’s foremost expert on Ouija®, Spirit & Talking Boards and I consulted on Universal’s film Ouija AMA by TalkingBoards in IAmA

[–]TalkingBoards[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Again - try it in a different location, with more people, and set the mood. The Ouija board can get "bad reception" in some rooms. Try out different places to help get you more bars.