Aug 27, 2026 · 58 min
Ouija stories turn family hauntings into a warning
Encounters x346 - Why Not to Use a Ouija Board
The episode examines recurring accounts in which Ouija sessions allegedly precede escalating hauntings, attacks, illness, and disturbances that resist disposal.
- 1Listener accounts connect Ouija sessions with mimics, sleep attacks, illness, and recurring haunted objects.
- 2Abigail’s alleged appearances shift from family-member impersonations to suffocation and repeated attacks during sleep.
- 3Several stories frame cleansing, protective relatives, and discarding the board as uncertain defenses against persistent activity.
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A listener describes a Ouija board returning intact after being discarded, buried, and burned.
The brief
Sabrina and Corinne open with listener accounts built around one question: why do frightening experiences so often begin after a Ouija board session?
Rashaun’s Halloween-party story introduces Zozo, while the hosts debate whether the recurring entity reflects a genuine presence or a spirit prank.
Margo’s account of Abigail escalates from bed shaking and scratches to family-member mimics, voice impersonation, and an alleged suffocation during a thunderstorm.
Other stories add a creature under the bed, mysterious illness, a deceased grandfather’s apparent visitation, and a bathroom presence after carefully regulated sessions.
The clearest pattern arrives when a board repeatedly returns after being discarded, buried, or burned, reinforcing the hosts’ warning against spirit boards.
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