Antiques Freaks

21/08/2024

Please enjoy this chapter from our Varney vaults, wherein Charles Holland writes three letters - OR DOES HE!?

Please enjoy this chapter from our Varney vaults, wherein Charles Holland writes three letters - OR DOES HE!? To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

14/08/2024

New episode up! Dee and Ken demonstrate a troubling lack of moral fiber in this fascinating tale of high art fraud. Once upon a time there was a truly excellent printmaker whose woodblock carvings and illustrations made viewers weep for their beauty. Unfortunately good art doesn’t pay. You know what does? Crime. Never apologize for your art.

Dee and Ken demonstrate a troubling lack of moral fiber in this fascinating tale of high art fraud! Once upon a time there was a truly excellent printmaker whose woodblock carvings and illustrations made viewers weep for their beauty. Unfortunately good art doesn’t pay. You know what does? Crime. ...

07/08/2024

We've got a terrifying and/or terrific episode for you today! Our old shipmate Hannah Haverkamp returns to regale us with the historical inspiration behind the costumes of The Terror! For all your age of sail, nautical, polar exploration, Victorian, historical-fiction-with-a-supernatural-twist needs. Featuring Royal Navy uniforms (and their lack of uniformity), Inuit engineering, and the thematic tragedy of Carnivale.

Our old shipmate Hannah Haverkamp returns to regale us with the historical inspiration behind the costumes of The Terror! For all your age of sail, nautical, polar exploration, Victorian, historical-fiction-with-a-supernatural-twist needs. Featuring Royal Navy uniforms (and their lack of uniformity)...

24/07/2024

Back in MY day (read: 18th and 19th century) we had to make our OWN Netflix! Uphill! Both ways! With hand-painted frame-by-frame animations spinning around an open flame! Kids these days don’t know how good they have it, or how shockingly affordable these handcrafted works of mechanical art have become on the secondary market.

Back in MY day (read: 18th and 19th century) we had to make our OWN Netflix! Uphill! Both ways! With hand-painted frame-by-frame animations spinning around an open flame! Kids these days don’t know how good they have it, or how shockingly affordable these handcrafted works of mechanical art have b...

03/07/2024

When is a dough box not a dough box? Learn to tell the dough boxes from the doughn’t boxes with the Antiques Freaks!

When is a dough box not a dough box? Learn to tell the dough boxes from the doughn’t boxes with the Antiques Freaks!

19/06/2024

Jack Pringle returns! Admiral Bell meets Sir Francis Varney face-to-face! The Hollandaise are disbanded (again)! All this and more in the twenty-third chapter of Varney the Vampire!

Jack Pringle returns! Admiral Bell meets Sir Francis Varney face-to-face! The Hollandaise are disbanded (again)! All this and more in the twenty-third chapter of Varney the Vampire! To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon!

12/06/2024

New episode up! Happy June, everybody. The Antiques Freaks delve into the weird, wild, and wonderful world of vintage and antique produce crate labels to emerge from a twisted game with shocking treasures.

Happy June, everybody. The Antiques Freaks delve into the weird, wild, and wonderful world of vintage and antique produce crate labels to emerge from a twisted game with shocking treasures.

05/06/2024

You asked ‘em, we answered ‘em! Our listener questions episode covers such diverse topics as coastal grandpa, art glass, The Lighthouse, which antiques would be best for desert island survival, what item from today’s trash will become tomorrow’s treasure, how not to become a hoarder, which antiques trends surprised us, our antiques white whales, and where to find the best antiques in New England this summer!

You asked ‘em, we answered ‘em! Our listener questions episode covers such diverse topics as coastal grandpa, art glass, The Lighthouse, which antiques would be best for desert island survival, what item from today’s trash will become tomorrow’s treasure, how not to become a hoarder, which a...

29/05/2024

New episode up - the burglar’s horror! If you’ve ever wanted to trap Tinkerbell in your own home, we have the Victorian glassware for you.

The burglar’s horror! If you’ve ever wanted to trap Tinkerbell in your own home, we have the Victorian glassware for you.

22/05/2024

There's a new Varney chapter up on the Patreon!

22/05/2024

There's a new chapter of Varney the Vampire up on the main feed!

All we're saying is that nobody has ever seen Chillingworth and Jack Pringle in the same place at the same time.

All we're saying is that nobody has ever seen Chillingworth and Jack Pringle in the same place at the same time. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon!

15/05/2024

All hail the aluminum knight, defender of nutrition!

All hail the aluminum knight, defender of nutrition!

08/05/2024

New episode up! What is a lobster? We just don’t know. But we’re pretty sure we know how to prevent scurvy with one weird trick that doctors don’t want you to know about. Keep a weather eye out for Beef Hardtack!

What is a lobster? We just don’t know. But we’re pretty sure we know how to prevent scurvy with one weird trick that doctors don’t want you to know about. Keep a weather eye out for Beef Hardtack!

01/05/2024

A new chapter of Varney the Vampire is up on the main Antiques Freaks podcast feed - wherein is foreshadowed the return of Chillingworth!

Wherein is foreshadowed the return of Chillingworth! To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon!

24/04/2024

Consider a variety of texture viewpoints in this controversial episode exploring both mold-blown and art glass. Or as we like to call it, Danger Play-Doh.

Consider a variety of texture viewpoints in this controversial episode exploring both mold-blown and art glass. Or as we like to call it, Danger Play-Doh.

17/04/2024

The greatest bookshelf ever invented! Perfect for lawyers and laypeople alike. And uniquely suited for apartment-dwellers and folks who live on the go. You want modular storage solutions with style? You want a barrister bookcase. Join us, won’t you? Thank you.

The greatest bookshelf ever invented! Perfect for lawyers and laypeople alike. And uniquely suited for apartment-dwellers and folks who live on the go. You want modular storage solutions with style? You want a barrister bookcase. Join us, won’t you? Thank you.

11/04/2024

There's a new Varney chapter up on the Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/ch-160-varney-or-102142964/

10/04/2024

New episode up! Wherein the Antiques Freaks come into possession of a curious little book and recite the scintillating tale of Dinorah.

Wherein the Antiques Freaks come into possession of a curious little book and recite the scintillating tale of Dinorah.

03/04/2024

New episode up! It’s frog weather, y’all. Join us on our voyage to discover the root of scarcity.

It’s frog weather, y’all. Join us on our voyage to discover the root of scarcity.

27/03/2024

Tarra (wellntruly) joins the Antiques Freaks for a very early draft of Interview with the Vampire.

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

Tarra (wellntruly) joins the Antiques Freaks for a very early draft of Interview with the Vampire. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon!

20/03/2024

New episode up! Pie safes. Or as we like to call ‘em, the No-Rat Box. (Patent pending.) Tune in to learn all about this Pennsylvania Dutch and/or Mennonite and/or Amish handmade furniture classic.

(Rivalry ENDED with Martha Stewart! Now PIONEER WOMAN is our new nemesis.)

Or as we like to call ‘em, the No-Rat Box. (Patent pending.) Tune in to learn all about this Pennsylvania Dutch and/or Mennonite and/or Amish handmade furniture classic. (Rivalry ENDED with Martha Stewart! Now PIONEER WOMAN is our new nemesis.)

13/03/2024

Orlop. Over-boyed. To open lower deckers. Out-licker. Special guest Hannah Haverkamp joins the Antiques Freaks to help define all these nautical terms and more!

(Press-Ganged into His Majesty's Royal Navy by One Direction. 150k words, Chapter 1/?)

(Henry Peglar sails by either tack, pass it on.)

Orlop. Over-boyed. To open lower deckers. Out-licker. Special guest Hannah Haverkamp joins the Antiques Freaks to help define all these nautical terms and more! (Press-Ganged into His Majesty's Royal Navy by One Direction. 150k words, Chapter 1/?) (Henry Peglar sails by either tack, pass it on.)

06/03/2024

90s kids remember. 90s kids will always remember. 90s kids have tried to forget but nothing will scrub this toy commercial jingle from their heads.

With bonus valuations for vintage TV Guide magazines.

90s kids remember. 90s kids will always remember. 90s kids have tried to forget but nothing will scrub this toy commercial jingle from their heads. With bonus valuations for vintage TV Guide magazines.

28/02/2024

New episode up! Move over, pomanders - there’s a new stink in town.

Move over, pomanders - there’s a new stink in town!

21/02/2024

The Antiques Freaks are answering YOUR listener questions! From obscure blow molds to painful Victorian literature and everything between and beyond. What is Myrtle the Beetle and why is she so friend-shaped? What do Dee and Ken want buried with them when they die? What whimsical nonsense do they have planned for listeners in a post-Varney-the-Vampire podcasting landscape? Inquiring minds must know.

The Antiques Freaks are answering YOUR listener questions! From obscure blow molds to painful Victorian literature and everything between and beyond. What is Myrtle the Beetle and why is she so friend-shaped? What do Dee and Ken want buried with them when they die? What whimsical nonsense do they ha...

14/02/2024

While Dee recovers from surgery, please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults. Our friend Olivia rejoins us for Charles Holland's NaNoWriMo project, aka The Count of Monte Crisco.

Check out Olivia's short speculative fiction and essays at ofcieri.com, and buy her spooky novels LORD OF THUNDERTOWN and BACKMASK!

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

https://antiquesfreaks.podbean.com/e/317-ch-19-varney-the-vampire-or-the-feast-of-blood-1845/

While Dee recovers from surgery, please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults. Our friend Olivia rejoins us for Charles Holland's NaNoWriMo project, aka The Count of Monte Crisco. Check out Olivia's short speculative fiction and essays at ofcieri.com, and buy her spooky novels LORD OF THUNDERTOW...

07/02/2024

New episode up! Dee puts Ken in the torment nexus to teach him all about mid-century mod art glass. Someone free him. Please.

Dee puts Ken in the torment nexus to teach him all about mid-century mod art glass. Someone free him. Please.

31/01/2024

New episode up! Nancy Dawson. Neptune’s goblets. North-West Passage. Nuts of an anchor. All these nautical terms and more defined at long last in this, the Nth chapter of the Sailor’s Word Book! With special guest Hannah Haverkamp

Nancy Dawson. Neptune’s goblets. North-West Passage.Nuts of an anchor. All these nautical terms and more defined at long last in this, the Nth chapter of the Sailor’s Word Book! (With special guest Hannah Haverkamp.)

24/01/2024

New episode up! You're not wamping high enough. You need to wamphigher.

Our friends Chris and Paris from the Terrible Book Club podcast join us for the arrival of Admiral Bell and Jack Pringle at Bannerworth Hall and a wild ride through the particulars of Charles Holland's inheritance.

You're not wamping high enough. You need to wamphigher. Our friends Chris and Paris from the Terrible Book Club podcast join us for the arrival of Admiral Bell and Jack Pringle at Bannerworth Hall and a wild ride through the particulars of Charles Holland's inheritance. To instantly unlock a hundred...

17/01/2024

Our most contentious episode yet! Does your kitty, ferret, or hedgehog require a fancy lil dish for their fancy lil dinner? Consider, the humble butter pat.

Our most contentious episode yet! Does your kitty, ferret, or hedgehog require a fancy lil dish for their fancy lil dinner? Consider, the humble butter pat.