Podcast Episodes

Mammoth Cave, The Bone Wars, Paul the Octopus & Balloon Animal Mania

Episode 21

This week on The Oddities Department, history gets underground, overconfident, tentacled, and fully airborne.

In Episode 21, Gavin and Lindsay take yo…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Nuns Gone Wild, Idaho's Beaver Drop, Ogoh-Ogoh & Nyepi, The Newport Sex Scandal

Episode 20

This week on The Oddities Department, history gets feral, airborne, spiritually cleansed, and deeply inappropriate.

In Episode 20, Gavin and Lindsay t…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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King Ferdinand’s Royal Rooster, Prehistoric Trees, Unusual Body Disposal Methods & Tobacco Smoke Enemas

Episode 19

This week on The Oddities Department, Gavin and Lindsay drag you through four exhibits that somehow connect royal anatomy, prehistoric swamp forests,…

5 months ago

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The Silent Twins, Defenestration, The Gympie Gympie Tree, The Duality Of A Spy, Booty Hole Eel & Tarrare

Episode 17

Episode 17 of The Oddities Department is what happens when the museum staff quits, the exhibits get hostile, and absolutely no one is left in charge.…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Horrific History of Beauty, Ann Hodges & The Meteorite, Mary Toft & The Rabbit Births, Johan de Witt, The Black Death "Cures"

Episode 16

In Episode 16, we explore a collection of unbelievable historical moments that will keep you on your toes...

• The Great Molasses Flood of 1919, one o…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Nellie Bly, The King Of Sting, Dildos, Casanova, Oysters, The Cadaver Synod & Operation Cat Drop

Episode 15

Episode 15 of The Oddities Department cracks open another tour of historical chaos.

This week’s tour contains six stories that are equal parts fascina…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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