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Yearning for a Gurney

A sculptor and metalsmith who creates art with found objects has a vintage gurney that intrigue Mike and Evan.

Playlists

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  • Play Oddities Season 3: A Gurney for Grandpa
    3 Clips Playlist Oddities: A Gurney for Grandpa

    Oddities (05:47)

    A human pincushion shows Ryan his holey side; a vintage gurney has Evan on a roll, and an old mummified head has Mike and Evan reaching for their checkbook.
  • Play Oddities Season 3: Meat Mastodon
    3 Clips Playlist Oddities: Meat Mastodon

    Oddities (06:54)

    Mike and Evan deliver a fresh batch of eyeballs to an artist; a hand model needs an unusual prop for a photoshoot.
  • Play Oddities Season 3: The Power of a Grey Skull
    3 Clips Playlist Oddities: The Power of a Grey...

    Oddities (07:02)

    Mike and Evan get drilled by a blockhead looking for a piece to stick up his nose; a traveling museum finds a WWII parachute that didn't drop troops.
  • Play Oddities Season 3: Holly-Odd
    2 Clips Playlist Oddities: Holly-Odd

    Oddities (04:12)

    Mike & Evan are commissioned to find a macabre item for The Mistress of Darkness; Ryan finds out that you can actually buy a brain.

The Science Channel Clips

  • Play Oddities: Get to the Point
    Get to the Point

    Oddities (01:33)

    A sideshow performer checkd out some sharp, pointy, and painful objects for his act, and shows Ryan one of his death-defying stunts. Don't try this at home!
  • Play Oddities: Alligator Boy
    Alligator Boy

    Oddities (01:45)

    An Obscura customer brings in a curious object: a conjoined alligator boy. But is it the real deal?
  • Play Oddities: Yearning for a Gurney
    Yearning for a Gurney

    Oddities (02:06)

    A sculptor and metalsmith who creates art with found objects has a vintage gurney that intrigue Mike and Evan.
  • Play Oddities: A Bargain with Bite
    A Bargain with Bite

    Oddities (02:08)

    It's not that easy to find the perfect "creepy dental piece" for a customer, but Mike and Evan have found it: a steampunk-inspired machine that stuns their client! Will they take vampire fangs in trade?
  • Play Oddities: Giraffe Lamp
    Giraffe Lamp

    Oddities (01:25)

    Obscura customer Eric, brings in a lamp made from a giraffe's leg. Mike is impressed, and wants to buy it, but can they make a deal on this long-legged light fixture?
  • Play Oddities: IV Kit
    IV Kit

    Oddities (01:32)

    A customer who bought a vintage drafting kit at a flea market found that his purchase actually contained an antique IV medical kit. Can he convince Mike and Evan to take it off his hands?
  • Play Oddities: Too Weird For Us
    Too Weird For Us

    Oddities (02:00)

    A customer who brought in what may be one of the weirdest antiques the store has ever seen. Find out what Mike and Evan found out when they had a lab investigate the object. Is there great evil inside?
  • Play Oddities: Monkey Hands
    Monkey Hands

    Oddities (01:32)

    A tattoo artist tries to sell a unique pair of "monkey hands," and Mike explains the super-strength of monkeys and apes. Will the price be right?
  • Play Oddities: Cow-Eyed Flower
    Cow-Eyed Flower

    Oddities (02:46)

    Mike and Evan make a home delivery to a new customer that interested in a specimen jar full of cow eyeballs. Watch this clip to find out what she will use them for!
  • Play Oddities: Big Top Candy Shop
    Big Top Candy Shop

    Oddities (02:43)

    Mike and Evan visit a unique candy shop that is inspired the sideshow world; a performer known as the "Black Scorpion" demonstrates a super-sweet finger smashing trick.
  • Play Oddities: Judah Friedlander
    Judah Friedlander

    Oddities (02:41)

    Judah Friedlander, Martial Arts World Champion, does more than just browse when he visits Obscura. But is he cut out to work behind the counter?
  • Play Oddities: Mistress of The Dark
    Mistress of The Dark

    Oddities (02:23)

    Mike, Ryan and Evan find a great piece for special client: Cassandra Peterson, aka "Elvira, Mistress of The Dark". Will she like the piece they found for her, or did the Obscura team blow it on a future buyer?
 

ODDITIES dives into the weird world of strange and extraordinary science artifacts through the eyes of the proprietors of Manhattan's Obscura Antiques & Oddities.

 
 

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