oddities Archive
The Woman Who Gave Her Old Lover the Finger
A Sideshow Star with the World’s Longest Female Beard. Rest in Peace, Vivian Wheeler.
The Book Written by the Ghost of Mark Twain is Back from the Dead
He Woke Up From the Dead and was Fined Five Bucks
Bold and Bleak Predictions from 1913 About the Future of Humanity
Alexandre Patty: The Man Who Walked on His Head and Headed Straight for Global Fame
Oscar Wilde Goes Wild from the Afterlife
Goat Has An Explosive Appetite, Freaks Out Entire Town
The Strangest Book on Earth: Take a Peek Behind the Sideshow Curtain with Showman C. M. Christ
The Strange Case of the One-Legged Man Who Assaulted a One-Armed Man with a Three-Legged Stool
Cults, Cryptids, and Cursed Objects: One Quirk Author Interviews Another
Did Aliens Leave Their Elongated Skulls Behind?
Meet Thomas Inglefield: A Peek into the Pages of “Kirby’s Wonderful and Eccentric Museum”
Swallowing Swords and Loaded Guns: The Key to a Happy Marriage
Selections from The Book of Wonderful Characters
Appetite for Intestinal Destruction: The Man Who Ate Glass, Nails, Tacks, and Frogs
Remembering the Forgotten Georgia Wonder: Mattie Lee Price
A Strange Ouija Board Prediction and the Stranger Lives of the Blazek Sisters
Sylvester, the Mummy of the West
The Time the Clock-Eyed Boy Had His Fifteen Minutes of Fame
For Sale: All the Things You Didn’t Know You Needed at Anastacia’s Antiques
Reminiscences of the Elephant Man, Now Available
The Woman Who Laughed at Death: A Chat About Evatima Tardo with Bess Lovejoy
Thomas Schweicker, the Calligrapher Who Didn’t Need Hands or Arms
A Few Not-So-Odd Questions for Freeman and Fugate Oddities.
Alfred Pilgrim: The Boy Who Lived without Arms and Legs
Circus Posters, an Electric Chair, and Other Ways to Make Your Home More Interesting
Anatomy Takes on All Forms at Amsterdam’s Museum Vrolik
Looking for a 19th-Century Anatomical Model or a Ceramic Poppyseed Bagel? The Doyle Oddities Auction Has It All.
Where to Find a 19th-Century Anatomical Model of a Horse and Other Things You Didn’t Know You Needed to Have
A Few Curious Tales of Human Tails
The Sacred Hairy Family of Burma, Lobster Boy’s Hand, and Other Oddities from The Freakatorium That Could Be Yours
George the Giant’s Strange Museum of Oddities and Wonders Will Creep You Out
Freaky Fish Collections in the 1930s
After 92 Years, A Two-Headed Calf Get Its Own Festival
Stone-Eaters: A Hard Way to Make An Easy Buck
The Unfortunate Case of the Two-Headed Sparrow
History’s Most Unusual Gift: A Table Made of Brains, Ears, a Foot and Other Preserved Body Parts
Matthew Buchinger: The Most Wonderful Character in The Book of Wonderful Characters
