{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/621cc5a140c0770013581ceb/641c65ce2424c3001114a8cb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ouija Board","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621cc5a140c0770013581ceb/1647353366383-f2f1db1c89f28176b418dca0906055fd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Ouija Board was patented in 1890. But in did not appear out of thin air. It was only one in a long, long line of devices attempting to pierce the veil between this world and the next.</p><p><br></p><p>Come with us, if you dare, on a journey through the Spiritualism that rocked America in the 19th century and the wild world of inventions the movement spawned.</p><p><br></p><p>Dallas’s guest today is the wonderful Brandon Hodge, expert on all things talking board. Find out more at Brandon’s website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.mysteriousplanchette.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mysteriousplanchette.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Edited by Stuart Beckwith, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.</p>","author_name":"History Hit"}