Bones and Bobbins

22/02/2024

Take a look at this absolutely ✨pristine✨ 1970s sofa from our February Auction oddities. Definitely fresh out of the plastic cover, right?

22/02/2024

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 68: February Auction Oddities:
Hello, Patrons! Welcome to February Auction Oddities!! Today, we’ll fall in love with a presumably-departed couple with couches that were definitely covered with plastic until moments before the photos were taken, then we’ll get mad at the absolutely horrifying misuse of an oddities url (and then take a look at the real deal)! https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2024/02/14/patreon-dispatches-season-5-num-68/

15/02/2024

Stay away from those love potions today, deal?

06/02/2024

As long as there have been people, there have been love spells. They’re sometimes beautiful, frequently h***y, and nearly always ethically questionable. They also might make you want to hide your fingernails, put off buying supplies for that candle-making project, and never buy stick pins again. Which is all to say that love spells are messy. Just like emotions, and just like all of us. https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2024/02/05/season-5-episode-02/

05/02/2024

Natali's Aunt Diane, whose brutal murder was recently solved through the persistence of her family, the diligent efforts of law enforcement, and the scientific advancements made in genetic genealogy. You can listen to her story on the Bones & Bobbins Patreon.

05/02/2024

We all have our how-we-came-to-true-crime origin stories. But, unlike most of us, Natali actually grew up being a family member connected to a brutal cold case. In this exclusive Patreon episode, for the first time, Natali tells the full story of her aunt’s horrifying murder, how it impacted (and continues to impact) her family, how genetic genealogy eventually played a role, and what happens when a potential serial killer is finally identified. https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2024/01/29/patreon-dispatches-season-5-num-67/

29/01/2024

Do you know who made your grandma’s favorite silverware? We do!

Listen to our newest episode to find out and learn why this ad is so funny!

23/01/2024

Hi, Creepy Crafters! We’re back, somewhat rested, and ready to kick off Season 5!

Ever wonder if your silverware was once in a questionable cult? No? Just us?

The Oneida Cult had some truly ahead-of-its-time views on s*x and s*xuality. And, if their community hadn’t also included a dark shadow of appalling abuse towards its teenage members, this could have been a very different podcast episode. (Alas, no.) But, it may surprise you to know that, even today, this strange cult’s legacy continues to live on in a very unexpected place: our cutlery drawers. https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2024/01/22/season-5-episode-01/

21/12/2023

12/10/2023

Hey, creepy crafters! Patreon early access is live!
Join our Patreon today to listen early.

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25/08/2023

Welcome to August Auction Oddities, where we ask the perennial questions: * Why so many doll heads? * Is Twitter selling a barn? * How’d you get to be so fancy?...

Welcome to August Auction Oddities, where we ask the perennial questions: * Why so many doll heads? * Is Twitter selling a barn? * How’d you get to be so fancy?

24/08/2023

S04E07: American islands that never lost their British accents (from the 16 and 1700s) and the unnatural origins of the Transatlantic Accent....

S04E07: American islands that never lost their British accents (from the 16 and 1700s) and the unnatural origins of the Transatlantic Accent.

28/06/2023

It was all going just fine: Radium glass! Creepy old dolls! Questionable decor! But then, Haley found herself listed in photo 199......

It was all going just fine: Radium glass! Creepy old dolls! Questionable decor! But then, Haley found herself listed in photo 199…

14/06/2023

S04E06: The USS Recruit (1917), the dreadnought in Union Square, and the Unsinkable Molly Brown...

S04E06: The USS Recruit (1917), the dreadnought in Union Square, and the Unsinkable Molly Brown

27/05/2023

Today, we attempt to answer the age-old question: “Can I eat this?” The answer: “Um, maybe?”...

Today, we attempt to answer the age-old question: “Can I eat this?” The answer: “Um, maybe?”

15/05/2023

S04E05: Metal detecting, geocaching, and digging up stuff in your own backyard! It’s digging in the dirt and tromping through the woods season! Come along with us while Haley contemplates metal detecting, breaking the law, and digging up her basement, and Natali goes on a fantastic geocaching and letterboxing adventure (and also partakes in some light botanical thievery)....

S04E05: Metal detecting, geocaching, and digging up stuff in your own backyard! It’s digging in the dirt and tromping through the woods season! Come along with us while Haley contemplates metal det…

05/05/2023

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 62: April Auction Oddities (in May): Hello, Patrons! Welcome to April Auction Oddities (in May)!

This episode was supposed to come out in April, but, well *gestures at everything* https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2023/05/05/patreon-dispatches-season-4-num-62/

13/04/2023

S04E04: Poisonous Plants and Drury Lane Gardens. Take a stroll around a garden so dangerous that just walking through it can cause you to faint, then scamper off to the world of London’s pocket parks for a wholesome reinvention of a place with a deadly past....

S04E04: Poisonous Plants and Drury Lane Gardens. Take a stroll around a garden so dangerous that just walking through it can cause you to faint, then scamper off to the world of London’s pocket par…

27/03/2023

Aradia, Goddess of Witches and The Morrigan, Goddess of…Possibly Everything...

Aradia, Goddess of Witches and The Morrigan, Goddess of…Possibly Everything

18/03/2023

The lore of black cats, crows, and ravens. Us, to literally every black cat or corvid we see: Who’re our good little witches’ familiars? Sweet baby omens of doom? The bestest spooky speakers of truth ever? Corvids and black cats: Us: YES YOU ARE!!...

The lore of black cats, crows, and ravens. Us, to literally every black cat or corvid we see: Who’re our good little witches’ familiars? Sweet baby omens of doom? The bestest spooky speakers of tru…

24/02/2023

February Auction Oddities, starring creepy chocolate broccoli men and adult content pint glasses....

February Auction Oddities, starring creepy chocolate broccoli men and adult content pint glasses.

10/12/2022

This season, don’t forget one of our most important rules.

01/12/2022

S03E17: It’s National Native American Heritage Month, so we’re talking about stone cold badass Madame Marie Dorion, and the many ways in which Native and Indigenous Americans have contributed to medicine and public health, from baby bottles, to pain killers, to early syringes!...

S03E17: It’s National Native American Heritage Month, so we’re talking about stone cold badass Madame Marie Dorion, and the many ways in which Native and Indigenous Americans have contributed to me…

14/11/2022

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 57: November Auction Oddities, Part 2:
We included our bonkers pre-show conversation in the recording, because nobody has their s**t together–except maybe the Count and/or Natali’s kid with a hotline to Jesus–but Haley did (probably) accidentally catch a ghost on video.

Then, once we reigned it in a bit, we explored the fascinating estate of a Harley Davidson shop owner turned fine art collector, and discovered that an entire house of Victorian antiques must have been made out of old fireplaces.
https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/11/13/patreon-dispatches-season-3-num-57/

01/11/2022

New Patreon episode! Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 56: Nearly November Auction Oddities:
We’re not saying it was a s*x dungeon, but it was a s*x dungeon. We’re also *pretty* sure we’ve uncovered a very real Miss Havisham situation.
https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/11/01/patreon-dispatches-season-3-num-56/

23/10/2022

S03E16: Victorian dress reform, the Rational Dress Society, and the history of bicycles. For Victorian women, bicycles usher in both a newfound freedom and a new wave in practical, flexible fashion: Pants!...

S03E16: Victorian dress reform, the Rational Dress Society, and the history of bicycles. For Victorian women, bicycles usher in both a newfound freedom and a new wave in practical, flexible fashion…

17/10/2022

New Patreon episode!
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 55: Behind the Curtain and the Skin
The chemistry, craftsmanship, and cringe behind wax figure making, Marie Tussauds Chamber of Horrors, and the early special effects makeup at the Grand Guignol. https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/10/17/patreon-dispatches-season-3-num-55/

03/10/2022

In the October edition of Auction Oddities, we find a bonus stash of vintage p**n, discover Haley's perfect mirror, and watch as Florida Man liquidates an estate.

https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/10/02/patreon-dispatches-season-3-num-54/

In the October edition of Auction Oddities, we find a bonus stash of vintage p**n, discover Haley's perfect mirror, and watch as Florida Man liquidates an estate.

26/09/2022

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 14: There’s No Place Like Utopia:
Celebration, Florida and Arcosanti, Arizona: Two very different approaches to building a (mostly failed) utopia.

Learning how to almost successfully thrive in the desert, and why we wouldn’t want Disney in charge of our HOAs.
https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/09/26/season-3-episode-14/

26/09/2022

S03E14: Celebration, Florida and Arcosanti, Arizona: Two very different approaches to building a (mostly failed) utopia.

Learning how to almost successfully thrive in the desert, and why we wouldn’t want Disney in charge of our HOAs.

https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/09/26/season-3-episode-14/

S03E14: Celebration, Florida and Arcosanti, Arizona: Two very different approaches to building a (mostly failed) utopia. Learning how to almost successfully thrive in the desert, and why we wouldn’t want Disney in charge of our HOAs.