November 18, 1933St. Johns, ArizonaErnest Turley is shot by his daughter who had supposedly been instructed by a Ouija board to kill him The Turley family owned a ranch near St. Johns, Arizona and Ernest was in the ranch’s corral when he was shot. His 15-year-old daughter Mattie shot him in the back with a…
The Ouija Board gets its patent
February 10, 1891 Washington, D.C., United States Elijah J. Bond's Ouija Board is granted its patent The Ouija Board, considered a "toy or game," at least for the sake of the patent, originally utilized a planchette with tall legs and a pointed end rather than the lower, heart-shaped version with a small window in which…
The Buffalo ouija murder
March 7, 1930 Buffalo, New York Police announce a ouija board was the catalyst for a murder According to the article, a “girl” (who was 35) supposedly summoned a Native American chief who communicated via the ouija board to suggest a woman was a witch who must be killed. The other person using the ouija…
