The Oddities Department
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.
The Oddities Department
Latest Episodes
The Sirius Problem, Dorothy Eady, Ötzi the Iceman & MK-ULTRA
This 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 stories from the stranger corners of science, history, mystery, an...
Great Lakes Mysteries, Elmer McCurdy, Vodou & A Real Life Oddity
This 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 stranger corners of history. Firs...
Mammoth Cave, The Bone Wars, Paul the Octopus & Balloon Animal Mania
This 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 stories from the stranger corners of science, ...
Nuns Gone Wild, Idaho's Beaver Drop, Ogoh-Ogoh & Nyepi, The Newport Sex Scandal
This 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 true stories from the stranger corners of his...
King Ferdinand’s Royal Rooster, Prehistoric Trees, Unusual Body Disposal Methods & Tobacco Smoke Enemas
This 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 the worst medical ideas humanity ever committed to paper....
