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Antiques Freaks

Two freaks explore antiques every week. Updates Wednesday.

Episodes

Total: 333

090 Bitters Bottles

2019/10/2

Just a spoonful of bitters makes the alcohol technically medicine! Join us in learning about this hi

089 Frozen Charlotte

2019/9/25

In 19th century Germany, porcelain baby dolls are made. In 19th century America, a dubious newspaper

088 The Goldfinch (2019)

2019/9/18

25% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes! Slavic androgynous Bette Davis! But most important of all, how are the

087 Danger! Corsets

2019/9/11

Cons: permanent warping of ribcage and spine, increased risk of pneumonia, aggravated gastro-intesti

1891. We return, once again, to Mrs. J. E. H. Gordon's fantastical book, Decorative Electricity (wit

085 Hepplewhite

2019/8/28

It's our very first antiques cryptid! George Hepplewhite, the mothman of cabinet-makers. Alice Heppl

Explosions! Drugs! Art theft! But most importantly, antiques! It's all there in this 2014 Pulitzer p

083 Sad Irons

2019/8/14

Turn that frown upside-down and learn how these irons got so danged sad. It probably has something t

It's the one that's not Sotheby's. Behold the fifty-five slide Powerpoint presentation of the Offici

081 Cast Iron Banks

2019/7/31

You wanna know where the real money is? BANKS! From Tammany Hall to Bill Cypher and everywhere in be

Behold the glorious solarpunk futurepast! Urban gardening flourishes in 19th century England. We've

079 Souvenir Spoons

2019/7/17

What do the Salem witchcraft trials, Route 66, and the economic crises of the 1890s have in common?

078 The Green Man

2019/7/10

A listener suggestion sends us down a rabbit hole of arcane rites and mysterious symbols. What bring

077 Griswold Cast Iron

2019/7/3

You deserve the best, most buttery-soft cast iron available. You will find it in the Griswold family

Once upon a time, ancient Romans began the tradition of catching their tears in tiny glass bottles,

075 Cast Iron Pans

2019/6/19

Put the spider on the cross. Cleanse your sins with fire and lye. The time has come to join the Cast

What do the Red Barn Murder, the Murders at Stanfield Hall, the Bermondsey Horror, and the Prince of

073 Neon Signs

2019/6/5

A bubble that will never burst! Enter the realm of the tube-benders, and join the noble gases on the

072 Lesbian Pulp Fiction

2019/5/29

I Am A Woman (In Love With a Woman - Must Society Reject Me?) and other fantastical tales from the I

Antiques Roadshow stars behaving badly! Twins bidding against each other! Auction fever blazing! Wha