For more than a decade, the East Village's iconic Obscura Antiques & Oddities shop has been New York City's foremost destination for one-of-a-kind, bizarre-and often shocking-artifacts. Since becoming the focus of SCIENCE's hit series, ODDITIES, the Big Apple's epicenter of the eccentric has become pop culture's Mecca of the macabre.
This season of ODDITIES turns up the volume for eleven ridiculously entertaining episodes that redefine the notion of "freak chic." The merchandise has never been more memorable, with notable highlights including a two-headed pig, a mummified "member," an occupied coffin, a prostate warmer, and a preserved heart full of bullet holes. However, at Obscura, the people are even more eccentric than the products.
This season of ODDITIES turns up the volume for eleven ridiculously entertaining episodes that redefine the notion of "freak chic." The merchandise has never been more memorable, with notable highlights including a two-headed pig, a mummified "member," an occupied coffin, a prostate warmer, and a preserved heart full of bullet holes. However, at Obscura, the people are even more eccentric than the products.
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by Tyler Peterson - March 08, 2016
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by Caryn Robbins - February 24, 2016
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by Tyler Peterson - February 04, 2016
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by Christina Mancuso - January 29, 2016
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by Tyler Peterson - January 21, 2016
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by Tyler Peterson - January 15, 2016
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by Tyler Peterson - January 15, 2016
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by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2016
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by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2016
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by BWW News Desk - December 30, 2015
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by BWW News Desk - December 30, 2015
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by BWW News Desk - December 23, 2015
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by BWW News Desk - December 23, 2015
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by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2015
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