Talking Board Historical Society

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The Talking Board Historical Society (TBHS) researches, preserves, and celebrates the history and lore of talking boards. Commonly known by the name "Ouija," talking boards have captured the public's imagination since the 1890s as popular parlor games. Early predecessors date to the birth of Modern Spiritualism in 1848. The Talking Board Historical Society began in 2008 as a loose affiliation of enthusiasts who joined to promote a fuller understanding of the Ouija's significance in popular culture. In that year, the group assembled and raised funds to erect a headstone at the unmarked grave of Ouija patentee Elijah Bond in Baltimore’s historic Green Mount Cemetery. The TBHS has also worked with the city of Baltimore to bring landmark status to Ouija factories and has staged major talking board exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, at Ouijacon 2015, and at the San Francisco Airport. TBHS.org