The Oddities Department
Welcome to The Oddities Department, the podcast where history gets weird, science gets weirder, and Gavin and Suzi gleefully drag you into the strangest corners of the universe. Every episode dives into 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.
Podcasting since 2025 • 13 episodes
The Oddities Department
Latest Episodes
The Mississippi Scheme, Princess Caraboo, The Corpse Queen, The Berners St. Hoax, Bizarre Animal Mating & Diogenes The Cynic
Episode 13 of The Oddities Department takes us way in the back of the museum, and it gets weirder by the minute. This week’s crate contains six stories that history couldn't keep locked up. We start with The Mi...
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Episode 13
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1:39:32
A Naked Medium, A King & His Nerds, Bavarian Beer Riots, 10 Unusual Deaths, Retrograde Menstruation & A Tumor + A Surprise
EPISODE 12: Welcome back to The Oddities Department, where the paperwork is optional and the back halls are absolutely not OSHA-compliant.This week’s unauthorized tour proves, once again, that history is j...
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Episode 12
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1:43:14
An Edible Zoo, The RMS Carmania, Booty Bombs, Henrietta Lacks, A Tank Drivin' Baddie, & The Radium Girls
EPISODE 11 — The Oddities DepartmentThis week… history and modern history fully loses its mind.Suzi and Gavin crack open six case files that feel less like real events and more like something a sleep-deprived historian made...
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Episode 11
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1:25:21
Haunted Film Sets, William Buckland, The Joplin Tornado, The Invention Of The X-Ray, Mad Morticians & The Hairy Frog
Welcome back to the staff-only basement of the museum… where the lights flicker for reasons we don’t investigate anymore.In Episode 10, we open a crate packed with cursed productions, scientific lunatics, catastrophic weather, medical br...
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Episode 10
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1:44:27
A Mystic, An Alien, Pope Francis, A Dove, A Dolphin, Olga Of Kiev, & A Headless Chicken
We’ve unpacked cosmic delusion, bird violence, ethically bankrupt science, peak female rage, and one of the most profitable headless animals in American history.📂 IN THIS EPISODE:Case File #48: Madame Vesta La Viesta. Gavin introd...
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Episode 9
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1:23:02
