Antiques Freaks

Apr 02 2025 300 ep. 35 mins 514
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Two freaks explore antiques every week. Updates Wednesdays.

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Library Book Sale Haul

Apr 02 2025 30 mins  
Why do most antiquarian and rare booksellers avoid library book sales? And why do we think you should buck the trend and attend anyway? Also, what are the startling similarities between books and human flesh, and how does a hairdryer form the vital link? Tune in for our library book sale haul and find out!

Ch. 39 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

Mar 26 2025 60 mins  
Our friend Tarra joins us for another thrilling chapter - wherein the duel FINALLY ACTUALLY HAPPENS! Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patre

Questionable Advice and Vintage Etiquette

Mar 20 2025 35 mins  
The mind behind the tumblr Questionable Advice joins the Antiques Freaks for a rousing discussion on the social history hidden in books and ephemera, and what hilarious and poignant gems we can uncover for our modern age—such as, maybe eating a live spider will cure your flu? (Can’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it!) To read more questionable advice, check out the blog at: que

Ch. 38 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

Mar 12 2025 44 mins  
Wherein Jack Pringle and Chillingworth meet up with Varney to prepare for the OH GOD WHY IS MARCHDALE HERE!? Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out o

Little Golden Books

Mar 05 2025 29 mins  
Nothing gold can stay… except, of course, for Little Golden Books. Tune in to learn their origin story as literature for the youthful masses and where the deuce they hide that pesky edition number for The Pokey Little Puppy.

Ch. 37 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

Feb 25 2025 68 mins  
Our dear friend Olivia rejoins us for another thrilling chapter of Varney the Vampire! Wherein Varney attempts to seduce literally any man who shows up on his doorstep. Check out Olivia's spooky novels Lord of Thundertown and Backmask. Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for

How to Increase the Value of Antiques and Collectibles

Feb 18 2025 20 mins  
There are several tried-and-true methods. You’re not gonna like any of ‘em.

Blue Ridge Pottery

Feb 11 2025 32 mins  
Slightly to the left of a listener suggestion is an episode no one asked us for but we did it anyway! Come along with us for a wild ride through 20th century ceramics as we chronicle the rise, fall, and subsequent chaos of the Blue Ridge Pottery Company - the Most Dangerous Game of collecting in a haystack made entirely of needles.

S - The Sailor’s Word Book (1867) with special guest Hannah!

Feb 05 2025 45 mins  
Sailor’s pleasure. Serving out slops. Shotten herring. Spithead nightingales. All these nautical terms and more defined in this, the nineteenth chapter of The Sailor’s Word Book.

Ch. 36 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

Jan 29 2025 38 mins  
Wherein we are joined by our friend Chris from the Terrible Book Club podcast for Chapter XXXVI — The Consultation. — The Duel and its Results. Check out Chris and Paris's podcast Terrible Book Club wherever you find your favorite podcasts! Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience wou