Antiques Freaks

In today's episode we give you blood, blood gallons of the stuff, and share a little on why you would take the blood out, and with what! Warning for the obvious presence of blood. Gallons of the stuff.

What do you get when you turn a 19th century textile mill into an antiques shop? GHOSTS! We kick off the month of Halloween with haunted antiques--and special guest Olivia!

Follow Olivia on Twitter! @obfvscate

...and watch out for her book Lord of Thundertown coming soon from NineStar Press!

Not gallant glass, but GOOFUS GLASS! Long thought to be a prank, now we know it's the Next Big Thing in collectible glassware. Also, notoriously ugly.

BOOKS! How can you recognize a first edition in the wild? How many first editions are hiding in your house RIGHT NOW? And which rare first edition has the most inappropriate price tag? All this and more as we dive into the wonderful world of collectible literature.

Cameos! The ultimate souvenir for the distinguished Victorian tourist. See also: sardonyx, the sarcastic cousin of onyx. And just how much is Lance Bass worth?

Antiques Freaks chat about some fine equines as we delve into the magical retro world of My Little Pony! What is "pony cancer" and how can you prevent it from destroying your mint-condition Minty? How is a plastic pony like a glass bottle? And just who are these horses for, anyway? (EVERYONE!)

What are you doing with all that hair collected in your hairbrush? Just throwing it away? WASTEFUL! The Antiques Freaks tell you how to put that hair to better use, through the cunning contraption of the HAIR RECEIVER! Other Victorian nonsense covered includes Crimson Peak wingfic and phrenology.

Once upon a time, in a world before electronic-mail, we had stamps. From the penny black to the pony express, Antiques Freaks will tell you which stamps are hot, which stamps are not, and which stamps might be secret pro-Lincoln-assassination propoganda. Allegedly.

Don't forget to check out our guest episode on the Terrible Book Club podcast! We talk about Johnny Tremain and how gay we all are for Rab.

Start sunning purple with the Antiques Freaks as we tell a tale of beauty and deception. Sun-purpled glass, an innocent aesthetic alteration, or a plague of fraud and lies? You decide!

From batteries to casseroles, Pyrex has got your back. In this listener-suggested episode, we learn about literally the only antique you can put in your oven. We swear this isn't a prank.