Antiques Freaks

By popular demand, Dee has tracked down the elusive author Sebastian Nothwell for an interview about drawing inspiration from antiques and history. Content Warning for discussion of historical surgery and industrial accidents. Sebastian Nothwell is the author of queer historical romance novels such as Mr Warren's Profession, Hold Fast, and The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall, as well as the queer hi...

Wherein Varney's dastardly co-conspirator is revealed! Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian audience would do for the authentic 1840s coffeehouse experience. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

Slather yourself in grease and break out your best butter-carving spoon for this, our butter molds episode, brought to you by Return to Cranford (aka The Cranford Christmas Special).

We discover Dee’s true Personality Quotient score at last, and along the way learn the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of middle school gin rummy tournaments.

Wherein Chillingworth is a miserable pile of secrets. Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian audience would do for the authentic 1840s coffeehouse experience. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

The Antiques Freaks take a vintage quiz to determine our Personality Quotient, or PQ. Plus! Unsolicited opinions on Cats the Musical.

It’s like we always say: get hot and get glued.

Can you feel at ease when there is a slight pause in the conversation? Can you get in a “party mood” with last year’s best dress for this year’s big date? And what are your feelings on Hedy Lamarr? The Antiques Freaks dive into mid-century ephemera and take a vintage quiz to determine our Personality Quotient, or PQ.

And I said, "What about... breakfast at Varney's?" Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian audience would do for the authentic 1840s coffeehouse experience. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

This week, Dee tells all about the Arts and Crafts ceramics artist that revived ancient glazing practices to create the longest-continually-operating pottery in America—plus, unsolicited financial advice.

From phone books to Civil War letters to ancient Kraft macaroni, Elizabeth McLeod of the Auction Waves podcast takes the Antiques Freaks on a journey through ephemera. Watch out for alligators. Elizabeth McLeod brings to Auction Waves over forty years of experience as an author, editor, journalist, broadcaster, audio producer, researcher, and collector, with a specialty in American culture of the...

Wherein Jack Pringle's true strength is revealed! Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian audience would do for the authentic 1840s coffeehouse experience. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

What are the most obnoxious reseller habits? How do we feel about “mantiques”? And is anyone ever truly Kenough? This week the Antiques Freaks answer burning questions from listeners just like you!

Discover astonishing truths about yourself through The Devil Wears Prada fanfiction and more in this tome of Edwardian university advice!

Our friends Daniel and Jon join us for a chapter wherein Jack Pringle arrives drunk. Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian audience would do for the authentic 1840s coffeehouse experience. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

From beloved baby boomer dolls of the 1960s to the 1990s revival millennials adored, it’s the Liddle Kiddle dolls!

Our friend Tarra rejoins us for a chapter wherein Admiral Bell and Mr. Chillingworth are left alone to watch over the abandoned Bannerworth Hall. Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian audience would do for the authentic 1840s coffeehouse experience. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our...

From Netflix’s Bridgerton to Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, the Antiques Freaks tell all about the rare antique that Dee won’t eat.

An Unwarranted Market Prediction brought to you by Antiques Freaks, featuring clinch covers, bodice rippers, and a very particular brand of mass-market pulp paperback oft overlooked by vintage and antiquarian booksellers.

Emerald Fennell has thoroughly Wuthered our Heights. Let's get into it.

How to make friends and influence people? Consider sitting down and shutting up! All this and more in this tome of Edwardian university advice.

Our friend Olivia rejoins us for the chapter wherein the Bannerworths FINALLY LEAVE THE DAMN HALL! (Except for George, who is left behind Home Alone style.) Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian audience would do for the authentic 1840s coffeehouse experience. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), ch...

To stiff peaks, you say? (Alternatively, “Archimedes screw? I ‘ardly know ‘er!”)

Wanted: beetle hunk available for 24/7 free use, $20/day. It’s another wild story from the author of Sherlock Holmes, read aloud with commentary from our friends Chris and Paris of Terrible Book Club!

Do you really need to do all the assigned reading? How about performance enhancers in an academic setting? And what becomes of those students who fail to devote themselves to learning? Find out all that and more in this tome of Edwardian university advice!