About this podcast
Welcome to The Oddities Department, an IMDb Listed podcast where history gets weird, science gets weirder, and Gavin and his museum crew gleefully drag you into the strangest corners of the universe. Every episode takes you on a tour full of bizarre true stories, cursed artifacts, questionable science experiments, forgotten folklore, and so many “wait… WHAT?” moments. If you love learning things that make you clutch your pearls, laugh, or rethink reality, you are in the right place.
Episodes
- The Haunted Museum Tour Week 2: VVitches · 2 h 4 min · Episode 30For centuries, humanity has been fascinated by witches. We've feared them, hunted them, blamed them for everything from failed harvests to mysterious illnesses, and developed…
- The Odditorium: Ep 1 · 1 h 25 min · Episode 29The regular museum tours have wrapped up for the evening, but there's still plenty happening behind the scenes. Welcome to THE ODDITORIUM, the brand-new after-hours variety show…
- The Haunted Museum Tour Week 1: The Ghosts of the Davenport Hotel & The RMS Queen Mary · 1 h 29 min · Episode 28Some places have a history so dark that even death doesn't seem to empty the rooms. This week, The Oddities Department kicks off four weeks of spooky tours with THE HAUNTED…
- Technologia Tour: Alan Turing, Artificial Intelligence, Cyborg Data Centers "The Meat Cloud" · 1 h 56 min · Episode 27Technology has always had a strange habit of outrunning the people who build it. This week, The Oddities Department is diving into two stories about machines, intelligence, and…
- Strange Cures & Questionable Remedies Tour: Graham Crackers, Orgone Energy & Dog Poop Medicine · 2 h 14 min · Episode 26Welcome back to The Oddities Department, where history gets strange, science gets stranger, and questionable medicine has apparently been trying to kill us for centuries. In…
- The Relationship Between Pussy Cats & Humans, The Cloacal Kiss, Sheela-na-Gig & History's Biggest Mystery: The Holy Foreskin · 2 h 47 min · Episode 25Welcome back to The Oddities Department, where history gets strange, science gets stranger, and humanity continues proving that absolutely nothing is too weird to document. In…
- Bat Bombs, Military Penguins, The Lead Mask Mystery, and the Blue People of Kentucky · 2 h 8 min · Episode 24Welcome back to The Oddities Department, where history gets strange, science gets stranger, and humanity once again proves it cannot be trusted with animals, paperwork, or a…
- The Sirius Problem, Dorothy Eady, Ötzi the Iceman & MK-ULTRA · 2 h 11 min · Episode 23This week on The Oddities Department, history gets cosmic, reincarnated, frozen, and deeply classified. In Episode 23, Gavin and Lindsay take you through four bizarre true…
- Great Lakes Mysteries, Elmer McCurdy, Vodou & A Real Life Oddity · 1 h 38 min · Episode 22This week on The Oddities Department, history gets wet, explosive, misrepresented, and unclaimed. In Episode 22, Gavin and Lindsay take you through four bizarre oddities from the…
- Mammoth Cave, The Bone Wars, Paul the Octopus & Balloon Animal Mania · 1 h 52 min · Episode 21This week on The Oddities Department, history gets underground, overconfident, tentacled, and fully airborne. In Episode 21, Gavin and Lindsay take you through four bizarre true…
- Nuns Gone Wild, Idaho's Beaver Drop, Ogoh-Ogoh & Nyepi, The Newport Sex Scandal · 1 h 14 min · Episode 20This week on The Oddities Department, history gets feral, airborne, spiritually cleansed, and deeply inappropriate. In Episode 20, Gavin and Lindsay take you through four bizarre…
- King Ferdinand’s Royal Rooster, Prehistoric Trees, Unusual Body Disposal Methods & Tobacco Smoke Enemas · 1 h 21 min · Episode 19This week on The Oddities Department, Gavin and Lindsay drag you through four exhibits that somehow connect royal anatomy, prehistoric swamp forests, death rituals, and one of…
- Nellie Bly, The King Of Sting, Dildos, Casanova, Oysters, The Cadaver Synod & Operation Cat Drop · 2 h 0 min · Episode 15Episode 15 of The Oddities Department cracks open another tour of historical chaos. This week’s tour contains six stories that are equal parts fascinating, horrifying, and…
