TalkingBoards
Joined Atlas Obscura in 2014
Robert Murch is the world’s foremost collector, historian, and expert on Ouija® and Talking Boards and serves as the “Chairman of the Board” for the Talking Board Historical Society which he founded. Murch has traveled the world to uncover the truth behind the Mystifying Oracle® often collaborating with Hasbro, Winning Moves, USAopoly, TCG Toys, and ToyCo (producers of the Ouija board today) and on various films, including: Ouija, Inherent Vice, What Lies Beneath, Sugar & Spice, and Drive-Thru. He has also consulted on or appeared in numerous TV programs featuring Ouija, including 30 Odd Minutes, TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles, A&E’s Storage Wars, Paranormal State, Travel Channel's Mysteries at the Museum and Ghost Adventures, Destination America’s Exorcism: Live!, Showtime's Bullshit!, Smithsonian Channel’s My Million Dollar Invention, HGTV’s Who’s Lived in my House?, and CBS Sunday Morning. The Smithsonian Magazine consulted Murch for a popular article on Ouija boards and featured him and his research on the topic while reddit tapped him to host an IAmA on all things Ouija. Murch is a frequent guest on Coast to Coast AM and an accomplished international lecturer, speaking at museums and conferences around the world. For more information, please visit RobertMurch.com and TBHS.org
