Ive used a ouija board many times through high school..
I dont believe that it is crap.. I think something is going on that is a little wacked out.. Who/whatever we were communicating with knew stuff about some of us that nobody else would know..
maybe its a collective unconsious or something.. I also noticed that with "slow" people or nuts people, people with a couple sandwiches short of a picnic, that whatever we were talking to wasnt as clear..
we used to make our own ouija boards with cardboard and a broken 3.5" floppy disk..
some friends of mine, twins, got so freaked out using a ouija board that they burned the board they had and would leave the house whenever anyone would talk about using one..