Antiques Freaks

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The Edward Gorey House Jun 04, 2025

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Meet the mind behind the PBS Mystery—Coco Raymond and Freya Weil of the Edward Gorey House in Yarmouth, Massachusetts join the Antiques Freaks to tell all about the delightfully strange and weirdly cozy world of the (in)famous American collector, author, illustrator, playwright, set and costume designer.

The Marital Rating Scale (1930s) May 28, 2025

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Have you ever wondered what it might be like to wed an Antiques Freak? Wonder no more, as Ken and Dee take the Marital Rating Scale test developed in the 1930s by George W. Crane (Ph.D., M.D.), cofounder of the Scientific Marriage Foundation. Shout out to QuestionableAdvice on tumblr for this incredible, baffling, and incredibly baffling quiz.

Blue Mountain Pottery May 21, 2025

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This time for real and true! From ski lodge to angel fish, they’ve got it all—yes, it’s Blue Mountain Pottery, the mid-century modern ceramics sensation.

Ch. 44 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845) May 14, 2025

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Waggles has arrived!

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 Patreon.

Ch. 41, 42, and 43 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845) May 14, 2025

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The interesting thing about the forty-first, forty-second, and forty-third chapters of Varney the Vampire is that they don't exist.

To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

The Zube Tube May 07, 2025

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It’s the hottest toy of the 1989 Christmas season and a retro sensation that’s sweeping the nation—the Ultimate Cosmic Sound Machine TM has landed on the podcast, leaving the Antiques Freaks frightened and confused. Where did it come from? What does it want? How did you find this? Who sent you?

T - The Sailor’s Word Book (1867) with Hannah Apr 30, 2025

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Tap the admiral. Timber-taster. Tom Astoners. Tumble up. All these nautical terms and more defined in this, the twentieth chapter of The Sailor’s Word-Book.

Ch. 40 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845) Apr 23, 2025

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Our friend James Wake joins us for an action-packed episode of mob violence against a vampyre!

Check out James's cyberpunk novel THE SAPPHIRE SHADOW, available now wherever fine books are found.

To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

The New York Antiquarian Book Fair Apr 16, 2025

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The Antiques Freaks have ventured out into the wider world and returned with tales of wonder, including the most ironic possible book for sale, the most charming bookseller disclaimer, the smuggest item listing we’ve ever seen, and why you should always write your shop name on your price tag.

Revenge of the Horse of the Invisible - Carnacki the Ghost-Finder with Terrible Book Club Apr 09, 2025

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Once upon a time in April of 2020 we read our first Carnacki story - but we did not read it on air. Now the Horse of the Invisible has returned to wreak its revenge, and only Chris and Paris of the Terrible Book Club podcast can rescue the Antiques Freaks from its horrible haunting.

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