Bones and Bobbins

Take a look at this absolutely ✨pristine✨ 1970s sofa from our February Auction oddities. Definitely fresh out of the plastic cover, right?

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 68: February Auction Oddities:
Hello, Patrons! Welcome to February Auction Oddities!! Today, we’ll fall in love with a presumably-departed couple with couches that were definitely covered with plastic until moments before the photos were taken, then we’ll get mad at the absolutely horrifying misuse of an oddities url (and then take a look at the real deal)! https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2024/02/14/patreon-dispatches-season-5-num-68/

Stay away from those love potions today, deal?

As long as there have been people, there have been love spells. They’re sometimes beautiful, frequently h***y, and nearly always ethically questionable. They also might make you want to hide your fingernails, put off buying supplies for that candle-making project, and never buy stick pins again. Which is all to say that love spells are messy. Just like emotions, and just like all of us. https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2024/02/05/season-5-episode-02/

Natali's Aunt Diane, whose brutal murder was recently solved through the persistence of her family, the diligent efforts of law enforcement, and the scientific advancements made in genetic genealogy. You can listen to her story on the Bones & Bobbins Patreon.

We all have our how-we-came-to-true-crime origin stories. But, unlike most of us, Natali actually grew up being a family member connected to a brutal cold case. In this exclusive Patreon episode, for the first time, Natali tells the full story of her aunt’s horrifying murder, how it impacted (and continues to impact) her family, how genetic genealogy eventually played a role, and what happens when a potential serial killer is finally identified. https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2024/01/29/patreon-dispatches-season-5-num-67/

Do you know who made your grandma’s favorite silverware? We do!

Listen to our newest episode to find out and learn why this ad is so funny!

Hi, Creepy Crafters! We’re back, somewhat rested, and ready to kick off Season 5!

Ever wonder if your silverware was once in a questionable cult? No? Just us?

The Oneida Cult had some truly ahead-of-its-time views on s*x and s*xuality. And, if their community hadn’t also included a dark shadow of appalling abuse towards its teenage members, this could have been a very different podcast episode. (Alas, no.) But, it may surprise you to know that, even today, this strange cult’s legacy continues to live on in a very unexpected place: our cutlery drawers. https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2024/01/22/season-5-episode-01/

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Join our Patreon today to listen early.

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Welcome to August Auction Oddities, where we ask the perennial questions: * Why so many doll heads? * Is Twitter selling a barn? * How’d you get to be so fancy?...

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 65: August Auction Oddities | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast Welcome to August Auction Oddities, where we ask the perennial questions: * Why so many doll heads? * Is Twitter selling a barn? * How’d you get to be so fancy?

S04E07: American islands that never lost their British accents (from the 16 and 1700s) and the unnatural origins of the Transatlantic Accent....

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 4, Episode 07: Wait. Where did YOU come from? | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast S04E07: American islands that never lost their British accents (from the 16 and 1700s) and the unnatural origins of the Transatlantic Accent.

It was all going just fine: Radium glass! Creepy old dolls! Questionable decor! But then, Haley found herself listed in photo 199......

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 64: June Auction Oddities | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast It was all going just fine: Radium glass! Creepy old dolls! Questionable decor! But then, Haley found herself listed in photo 199…

S04E06: The USS Recruit (1917), the dreadnought in Union Square, and the Unsinkable Molly Brown...

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 4, Episode 06: Dreadnought, Sink Not | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast S04E06: The USS Recruit (1917), the dreadnought in Union Square, and the Unsinkable Molly Brown

Today, we attempt to answer the age-old question: “Can I eat this?” The answer: “Um, maybe?”...

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 63: Can I eat that? Foraging! | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast Today, we attempt to answer the age-old question: “Can I eat this?” The answer: “Um, maybe?”

S04E05: Metal detecting, geocaching, and digging up stuff in your own backyard! It’s digging in the dirt and tromping through the woods season! Come along with us while Haley contemplates metal detecting, breaking the law, and digging up her basement, and Natali goes on a fantastic geocaching and letterboxing adventure (and also partakes in some light botanical thievery)....

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 4, Episode 05: Traysure! | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast S04E05: Metal detecting, geocaching, and digging up stuff in your own backyard! It’s digging in the dirt and tromping through the woods season! Come along with us while Haley contemplates metal det…

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 62: April Auction Oddities (in May): Hello, Patrons! Welcome to April Auction Oddities (in May)!

This episode was supposed to come out in April, but, well *gestures at everything* https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2023/05/05/patreon-dispatches-season-4-num-62/

S04E04: Poisonous Plants and Drury Lane Gardens. Take a stroll around a garden so dangerous that just walking through it can cause you to faint, then scamper off to the world of London’s pocket parks for a wholesome reinvention of a place with a deadly past....

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 4, Episode 04: The Deadly Garden | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast S04E04: Poisonous Plants and Drury Lane Gardens. Take a stroll around a garden so dangerous that just walking through it can cause you to faint, then scamper off to the world of London’s pocket par…

Aradia, Goddess of Witches and The Morrigan, Goddess of…Possibly Everything...

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 61: Cynthia, You’re My Moon Goddess | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast Aradia, Goddess of Witches and The Morrigan, Goddess of…Possibly Everything

The lore of black cats, crows, and ravens. Us, to literally every black cat or corvid we see: Who’re our good little witches’ familiars? Sweet baby omens of doom? The bestest spooky speakers of truth ever? Corvids and black cats: Us: YES YOU ARE!!...

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 4, Episode 03: Paws, Claws, and Caws: The Lore of Black Cats, Crows, and Ravens | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast The lore of black cats, crows, and ravens. Us, to literally every black cat or corvid we see: Who’re our good little witches’ familiars? Sweet baby omens of doom? The bestest spooky speakers of tru…

February Auction Oddities, starring creepy chocolate broccoli men and adult content pint glasses....

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 60: February Auction Oddities | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast February Auction Oddities, starring creepy chocolate broccoli men and adult content pint glasses.

This season, don’t forget one of our most important rules.

S03E17: It’s National Native American Heritage Month, so we’re talking about stone cold badass Madame Marie Dorion, and the many ways in which Native and Indigenous Americans have contributed to medicine and public health, from baby bottles, to pain killers, to early syringes!...

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 17: Indigenous Badassery | The Bones and Bobbins Podcast S03E17: It’s National Native American Heritage Month, so we’re talking about stone cold badass Madame Marie Dorion, and the many ways in which Native and Indigenous Americans have contributed to me…

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 57: November Auction Oddities, Part 2:
We included our bonkers pre-show conversation in the recording, because nobody has their s**t together–except maybe the Count and/or Natali’s kid with a hotline to Jesus–but Haley did (probably) accidentally catch a ghost on video.

Then, once we reigned it in a bit, we explored the fascinating estate of a Harley Davidson shop owner turned fine art collector, and discovered that an entire house of Victorian antiques must have been made out of old fireplaces.
https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/11/13/patreon-dispatches-season-3-num-57/

New Patreon episode! Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 56: Nearly November Auction Oddities:
We’re not saying it was a s*x dungeon, but it was a s*x dungeon. We’re also *pretty* sure we’ve uncovered a very real Miss Havisham situation.
https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/11/01/patreon-dispatches-season-3-num-56/