Notable users

Brandon Flowers, lead singer of The Killers, used a Ouija board and gained a fear of the number 621. This number also happens to be his birthday, June 21. He is convinced he is going to die on that day. He said: "It's just stupid, it is not a way to live. Once I had to fly to Glastonbury on my birthday; that was a real mess."

GK Chesterton used a Ouija board. Around 1893 he had gone through a crisis of skepticism and depression, and during this period Chesterton experimented with the Ouija board and grew fascinated with the occult.

Alice Cooper claims that a Ouija board suggested that he was the reincarnation of a 17th century witch with the name Alice Cooper, and thus the band's name "Alice Cooper".

Aleister Crowley advocated the use of Ouija boards, and they played a major role in many of his magickal workings.

Poet James Merrill used a Ouija board for years, and even encouraged entrance of spirits into his body. He wrote the poem "The Changing Light at Sandover" with the help of a Ouija board. Before he died, he recommended people not use Ouija boards.

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi held a séance in 1978 with other professors at the University of Bologna in which a Ouija board spelled the word Gradoli. This turned out to be the name of a street in Rome where a Red Brigades safe house was located.


Bill Wilson the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous used the Ouija Board to contact spirits. His wife said that he would get messages directly without even using the board.For a while, his participation in A.A was deeply affected by his involvement with the Ouija board. Wilson claimed that he received the twelve step method directly from a spirit without the board and wrote it down.

The investigators of Most Haunted have been known to use Ouija Boards.

Gerard Way, the lead vocals of My Chemical Romance, has claimed to have had strange encounters with Ouija boards.

Famed Jack-of-all-trades MacGyver once used a Ouija board to decode the encryption of a digital bomb.

Razorlight singer Johnny Borrell is said to have used an Ouija board to help him write songs, particularly "Keep the Right Profile" and "Hold On".

During sleepovers with her friends, Amy Carter would use an Ouija board to get into contact with Abraham Lincoln, who is believed to be in the Lincoln Bedroom.

Hip Hop group Bone Thugs N Harmony were famous users of Ouija boards. They claim to have used these boards when they were children. They made a song called "Mr. Ouija" and "Mr. Ouija 2". The group has said that they quit using the Ouija board.

80s hair metal band Cheap Trick got its name from an Ouija board. They asked it what was for dinner, and it replied, "Cheap trick."


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