Horror Stories about Ouija Boards. Should people use them?
Article by Craig Hamilton-Parker. Is it dangerous to use the Ouija board? I get so many emails and letters with horror stories about Ouija Boards. Isn’t it about time that people realised that if you approach the spirit world looking for frights then it is likely that you’ll not only frighten yourself but there may be long term consequences.
One person wrote to say: “I have been using the glass and letter circle and have been told that I have an Indian guide called Qooqtor. I have been told some remarkable things that have come true and that I should look to join a circle.
“Through the glass I was told that a family member would become pregnant but the person they would marry would not be the father. Three months later this came to pass. My grandmother also communicated and spoke of a twin son, named Robert, who she had lost a few weeks after his birth. No one living knew his name so I checked at the department of Records. To my surprise there it was in black and white: Robert!”
Many of the objections to spirit communication are that the medium may be telepathically reading the minds of the sitters. As no one living knew of Robert it goes a long way in demonstrating that that this person contact people in the after-life and there are of course lots of cases on record where the Ouija Board has been used in a responsible way to contact the dead. If people use it properly then there would be far fewer horror stories about Ouija Boards.
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Here are a few more recent questions that people have sent me via my newspaper columns.
“Many years ago when I was a teenager, some friends and I, started playing about with the Ouija board. when we ‘made contact’ we took turns to ask the spirit some questions, and, when it came to my turn, I stupidly asked the spirit when , and how I would die. It answered through the board that I would die at 65 and it would be in a plane crash.
“Now much older and wiser, I realise that dabbling in these things can be dangerous. However, I would like to know if the spirit could have been right, or if (as I have read in a book ) spirits don’t have access to this information. You will appreciate that this is causing me some anxiety.”
In reply I wrote: The time and manner of our death is not accessible through any form of clairvoyance. Many of the phenomena displayed through Ouija boards come from a collective, telepathy and the messages can reflect our own inner fears.
It is clear that many people get quite upset by predictions made by the Ouija Board and death predictions are of course the source of most horror stories about Ouija Boards.
The fears that Ouija Board create may last a lifetime. One person wrote to me to say: “Years ago, when I was a young woman, I played with the Ouija board on my own for fun. A few years later, my mother and I both began to experience constant bad luck. This was accompanied by a feeling of an evil presence and disturbances around the house. This continued in all three houses we moved to. I believe that bad luck still follows me. Can this curse be broken?”
I replied: Frankly, I think your bad luck is caused by negative thinking habits. The Ouija board probably has nothing to do with what has happened to you. Whatever the cause, you need to think more positively. That upon what you focus your attention grows stronger. If you focus on bad luck, things will only get worse. Instead, start counting your blessings, however few, and look forward to better times ahead. This will inevitably draw good luck your way.
See also: The Real Horrors predicted by Edgar Allan Poe
An Ouija Board Horror Story of a different kind
IS IT RIGHT TO SUMMON SPIRITS USING A OUIJA BOARD ANYWAY?
My Spiritualist friend Vi added that it is part of Spiritualist philosophy that we should not summon spirits. When asked about horror stories about Ouija Boards and whether people should summon spirits she said: “The short answer is: NO! Definitely not! It is not possible to demand that people in this life be at your beck and call and for them to do as you wish, so why should it be any different in the Spirit World. The whole thrust of the messages which come back to us through the agency of mediumship is that people do not change when they move into the Spirit World. They have now left their physical body behind which was only a vehicle of expression for the spirit while living in a physical world. It certainly is not required in the Spirit World.
“If the personality of the person who has now returned to the Spirit World is the same as it was on earth then a stubborn, obstinate person will ignore any ‘calls’ or ‘summonses’ from people living on this earth. Mediums do not have any extraordinary power which would facilitate such an event. Any mediums who promise that they are capable of bringing forward a designated spirit person is not only fooling the people wishing to hear from loved ones in the Spirit World, but they are also fooling themselves.
“It must be said, however, that family and friends now living in Spirit are aware of how much we love and miss them and will do everything within their power to make contact when they can, but it will always be their choice. There are also a few requirements for a contact to be made. The medium must be developed to a level where they can link into the vibrations of the Spirit World; conditions, such as negativity and scepticism can create barriers to communication as can depleted energy levels; these conditions can cause interference so any message will not be clear.
“You must always remember that you don’t need a medium to talk to your family in Spirit. They are only ever a thought away – send out your thoughts to them and they will be received. You may require the services of a medium to receive their thoughts but do not let that fact detract you from speaking to them – love can be passed between the two worlds of being without the help of mediumship.”
AVOIDING HORROR STORIES ABOUT OUIJA BOARDS
But of course people will insist on using the Ouija Board and in most instances it leads to problems it is clearly important to Ouija board responsibly. So should people use the Ouija Board? The simple answer is: Don’t do it “I advise you strongly not to use a Ouija board,” says Craig. “When they work they’re like an open door to all emotions and feelings, so our own thoughts can effect it and it can be very deceiving.
Any fears you have can be reflected right back at you, which is very frightening.”
But if you really are determined…
- Be serious about it, but cheerful at the same time.
- Do it with good intent – don’t try to deceive or insult anyone with it.
- Don’t ask it questions about the future, because the spirit world can’t tell you about the future.
- Make sure all the people you do it with are calm and have no emotional or mental problems, and make sure they have the same good intent as you.
- Drink water, because that can help clear negative energy. Definitely don’t have any alcohol.
- Do it in the daytime rather than at night, so you’re less likely to get jumpy.
Ask the spirit world or God – however you want to put it – for protection before you do it.
Do you know of Horror Stories about Ouija Boards? Please post them here on this page and I’ll give my opinion about the most interesting, well written cases.
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Craig Hamilton-Parker – who has written 238 posts on .
CRAIG HAMILTON-PARKER is a celebrated U.K. medium who has confounded skeptics by the uncanny accuracy of his readings. Craig and his wife, Jane, have demonstrated mediumship to millions of television viewers worldwide. They have had their own TV shows in the UK and USA including 'The Spirit of Princess Diana'. In 2003 the BBC made a documentary series about their work. Craig is the author of 15 books published mainly by Barnes & Noble USA and also writes articles and columns for international newspapers.
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Matthew Whelan
June 18, 2012 at 2:46 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
How interesting. I am currently re-reading The Psychic Casebook. Just about 24 hours ago I got done reading the section of Evil Spirits chapter with the story of what can happen with the misuse of Ouija Boards. Now THERE is a synchronicity!
Craig
June 18, 2012 at 10:27 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
It’s an odd thing how synchronicity happens with spiritual work – and maybe also when people use Ouija Boards too. You got the message about this page when this post was seen on social networks. When I approved your post I was just editing the section on this site about strange coincidences.
Matthew Whelan
June 19, 2012 at 4:24 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I told you Craig I had another synchronicity while re-reading The Psychic Casebook. While it doesn’t relate to Ouija boards directly, it nevertheless happened at about the same time. On Saturday morning, this past weekend, I was on my bike and nearly collided with another bicyclist. He reacted harshly and called me a name and kept on riding. I managed to brush it off-thanks to spiritual thinking-and rode home. That day I opened your book and read several pages starting with the chapter Encounters With Spirits… I found it coincidental in that I read what must have been three cases of you making contact with a spirit that departed from a motorbike accident. It just seemed the word “motorbike” jumped out at me each time. On page 90 it talks about a woman who dreams of a departed loved one “on his bike”.
It doesn’t end there. That same evening I ran into an acquaintance at a weekly meeting I attend. I had wondered about him because he wasn’t there the previous Saturday. I could see why. His entire left arm was in a cast from shoulder to wrist complete with a sling. He had a brace for a sprain on his right wrist. He told me it happened last weekend-in a biking accident!
While I am glad nobody in my end was killed or seriously maimed it certainly is a notable coincidence. Let’s hope not an omen for what’s coming my way.
Craig
June 21, 2012 at 4:26 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
We are running off topic from Ouija Boards here but it is interesting that when you posted this I was working on an article about coincidences here. Take a look as it will make your blood run cold.
Tom
June 20, 2012 at 4:23 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
The secret – before any attempt to contact spirits, pray for only the highest and best to come through.
That’s it.
Craig
June 20, 2012 at 10:19 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I think this applies in all of life and in particular to spiritual work. Right intent is everything.
Ouija board horror stories occur often because people jump in looking for sensational experiences and to be frightened. And the Ouija Board delivers!
Rainnelor
June 30, 2012 at 1:14 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
The stories about ouija board experiences have reached the height of ‘urban legend’. These stories are repeated again and again, but when you ask the ‘teller’ if they themselves have had such an experience, the answer is most often, “no…but”
I work with the spirit realm as a medium, and I know that ANYTHING is open to misuse, but face it…the ouija board is a TOOL just like many other tools that are used: tarot cards, pendulums, crystal balls, and the like. The ‘tools’ are not evil or dangerous in and of themselves. One does not need a ouija board to get on the wrong side of the paranormal. There are plenty of earthbound spirits around us all the time who would be more than willing to disrupt our lives. That being said, ASK FOR WHO YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH!!!! Just throwing the door open to “anybody who wants to talk to us” is not so much dangerous as it is POINTLESS.
Janet
June 30, 2012 at 2:23 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
The Ouija board does work but be careful of those who seek to deceive.
Your finger should stay in the same position on the glass when it moves. If your finger is twisted around then one of the players is moving the glass to spell out what he/she wants to say. For example, if the letter she/he wants the glass to point to is in front of her/him then he/she has to move the glass around and then push from the opposite side.
However, I have experienced a true connection using a Ouija board and the glass controlled by the spirit moves by itself; – if you do make contact with some one you know then close your eyes and ask direct questions that Only you will know the answers too. Do not be satisfied with general answers.
Good luck on your journey of discovery. I personally have had plenty of personal experiences and it has made me a more confident person in life and in death.
Ace
August 28, 2012 at 11:03 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I believe people should have knowledge about the occult before attempting to use a talking board. I use the world occult for what it really means, and that is “knowledge of what is hidden.” To have an understanding about the hidden aspects of life and death. Spirituality, and the world around us. Once someone is mature enough, and has enough knowledge in occult art, then I’m all for using a talking board. Keep positive in everything you do. Ive used them…Ive never had one ounce of trouble. Sadly Hollywood films have made the Ouija board an evil thing just like they turned the word Occult to mean satanism in many films today sadly to say. I believe most children or teens should not use them because for the most part they probably wont or don’t take the whole concept serious and their imaginations might run a little wild at that age. Someone who fears them should not use them, and someone whom has little knowledge of Occult Esoteric understandings should not use them. I laugh (not laughing at them, but laughing at the concept) when I read someone claim they used an Ouija board just once and are then possessed by the devil. Probably in their subconscious mind or they excepted something bad to happen to the point their mind manifested it in a form of a delusion.
mary carell
October 4, 2012 at 4:22 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
RE: Ouija Board Horror Stories: We have used the Ouija Board and the Psychic Circle several times in the past. You get good and bad. One time our grandpa came in without asking for him or even thinking of him. He named the close family in our life that was close to him and everything he said made sense. But we also had bad events. My younger daughter because terrified one time. Somehow the board wouldn’t work unless she was on it. A spirit kept saying “Theresa see Renay” over and over, pulling us very fast around the board. We had a hard time getting it to say goodbye. My daughter Theresa was in tears and very upset. We were afraid if we just let go and didn’t say good-bye it would enter the household. She (my daughter Theresa) is the only child in the family who wasn’t baptized. I thought that had something to do with it but she disagrees and also she still refuses to get baptized. I think what happened is from an incident a long time ago. I went into a psychic’s house (who dealt with spirits) and not thinking, I brought my daughter in her stroller. When I came in the lady panicked and said oh no, no, don’t bring a child in here! A spirit can enter her! We hoped that wasn’t true, but maybe it did. Incidentally, I have never met a psychic with that situation ever again. Those boards are dangerous if you do not know what you are doing and you don’t say a good protection prayer before and after.
Mat
November 3, 2012 at 7:29 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I think the Ouija Board is not a object for telling the future but creating it. If you ask a bad spirit when will you die then they will technically lie. You see there not telling you when you were going to die there telling you when there planning to kill you so never ask a spirit about the future
chell
December 9, 2012 at 5:21 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I have been communicating with someone/something that states his name is X. It first showed up about 13 yrs ago. My last time in contact was 10 yrs ago. I bought a Ouija Board recently and low and behold X began talking. I knew it was X because when he was finished talking he would return to the letter X. The thing that interests me the most, is the Ouija board is moving very fast, and strong. It talks in abbreviations or gives just the first letter.
About an hour into the session it began spelling very well, in full. Asking it questions nobody using the board knew answers to, it was still right on. I am very curious how this thing really works. It was so funny during the last session. For example, I said out loud to the board users I was going to use the bathroom, and the board spelled out ” go p”.
The Ouija board did state it was a boy named Adam that was a twin to my 13 year old daughter that died during gestation. He said he was 13, and while, its been freaking me out, I think that would be impossible. He never mentioned this info during my first interaction with him 13 or so years ago.
It is quite fascinating, and I don’t feel threatened. I use rosary beads in the area of play. My question is this: is it possible that asking the board a question while just being in the room, that the players don’t know the answer to, and it answers correctly. Am I the one using mental telepathy? It’s such a mystery.
lewis
January 3, 2013 at 6:06 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I’ve used the ouija board and its been fine every time but me – and a few mates – it said that one of the girls was pregnant. Then started saying it wanted to kill one of us. It was horrible and we said: “Why and are you playing?” It said ‘yes’ and we said: “Are you sorry?”
Then we asked it to blow the candle. It didn’t but to our horror set off a alarm. We then we asked the Ouija Board if that’s was it. It said yes, so we said “Can you blow the candle out?” Whatever it was then started pulling my hair, so we stopped.
Now we are all very, very scared. Could this entity kill any of us ?
alex
January 9, 2013 at 7:29 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Dude when you use the Ouija Board your actually communicating with demons that lie to you faking to be one of your loved ones, don’t let them full you remember the enemy is a liar and wants to deceive us all and has many ways to make us stumble, we’re better off not messing with ouija boards.
Brittany
February 20, 2013 at 6:41 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Is it safe to use a Ouija board when your home alone??
matt
February 21, 2013 at 11:46 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I am an 18 year old male and me and my girlfriend and I where thinking of using a ouija board. Do you have any tips on how to block out evil? And does anyone know what ‘Theresa see Renay’ means – its not demonic language. I think it’s older.
Craig Hamilton-Parker
February 25, 2013 at 6:30 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Best way is to stop using the Ouija Board. If you would really like to know about the spirit world and its wonders then visit a Spiritualist demonstration where you will see real proof of spirit communication – without any of this demonic language nonsense.
A.D.39
February 25, 2013 at 1:14 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Perhaps Isaiah 8:19 says it all: “Should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?”
Did a Ouija board create the cosmos, and everything in it? Seriously!
Lisa
February 27, 2013 at 9:07 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I am a devout Christian and a Spiritual Director. Please listen to me. DO NOT play with Ouija boards. You are conjuring up demons. Even if the spirit talking to you says that it is a deceased relative of yours, it is actually a demon pretending to be a relative. People have had life long huntings because of only using the Ouija board for the first time.
Craig Hamilton-Parker
February 28, 2013 at 3:48 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I have abridged this post as it was too long. I agree with our friend here in saying it is best not to use Ouija Boards. The whole idea of spirits that impersonate people we know is foolish (See article about familiar spirits here) …. and demons may also have a psychological explanation or be religious fantasy. However the power of the mind to create these things including poltergeist activity is something to be reckoned with.
Monica
March 3, 2013 at 6:31 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
There is a spirit that likes to make me aware of him in a house we’re renting on Long Island. He at first just flickered lights, rattled things, pushed candles out of their holders on the wall. Then other things happened that were more aggressive and scary. It very obviously wants me to communicate with it. Last night it asked me for help. I won’t say how – you wouldn’t believe me if I told you. I am too scared to use a Ouija board but I kind of feel compelled to help it ! What should I do? PS I’m never going back to that house alone again. When I go with someone else, it is pretty quiet and leaves me alone.
Craig Hamilton-Parker
March 4, 2013 at 7:02 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Some spiritualist groups run what they call ‘Rescue Circles’ that sit with the objective of helping spirits that are still attached to the Earth plane. These are usually run by a group of well trained and powerful mediums. It is not something for an individual to take on without a lot of experience – and certainly not with a Ouija Board. If you would like to know a bit more about this topic, read a classic Spiritualist Book about this is called: Thirty Years Among the Dead by Dr. Carl A. Wickland, (1861-1945)
Don G
March 4, 2013 at 9:06 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
My mother and I used to use the Ouija board about one afternoon a week. Never had anything bad happen but it did give us messages. The one outstanding thing I remember is it told us to go to a bakery at a certain time and buy a white looking cake that had yellow frosting. It said the frosting was white and yellow. It also said that a crime would be committed involving hemp. At 13 years old I had no idea what that was back in the 1960′s.
Well we went to the bakery which we had not been to before, and asked if they had a cake that was white and yellow. Sure enough, there was a cake with yellow pudding as frosting, but it was covered in coconut so looked white, just as the Ouija board had said. Very odd. A year later the place was busted for being a drug front so the Ouija board got the time wrong but the event happened.
Maxine
March 13, 2013 at 4:47 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Shortly after the death of my lovely father, my mother became obsessed with contacting him via the Ouija board. She has now found herself surrounded by spirits day and night. Although at first they were pleasant and friendly in their communication, they became abusive and insulting. She no longer needs the board as they speak to her without. The spirits allege to be my father and his family. They have threatened to kill her. She has even sustained injuries she says they have inflicted on her. She sees lights like little flames around her. My mother is in her early seventies and sometimes sounds distraught. I live in another part of the country to her and have not witnessed any of this… although I can see how tormented she is when I visit her. I believe she has allowed demons into her life through the Ouija Board. I had believed they were conning my mum into thinking the family were communicating. The language they use is disgusting and not words my mum word ever have even been familiar with! I feel really sorry for her and I don’t know if she will ever be free now.
Samantha
March 26, 2013 at 9:52 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
My husband watched my daughters play with a Ouija board and it told them to look in a box where they could find a lock of his mother’s hair. They found it. Since then he has been on the board himself alone and I am finding writings to Heavenly father and Satan. He does not sleep and seems in a daze… any ideas?