The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 15: Waxing Dramatic

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 15: Waxing Dramatic

S03E15: Madame Tussaud and her famed museum of lifelike wax figures, and Grand Guignol, a pioneering theater at the forefront of shockingly realistic body horror.

Marie Tussaud’s exceptional talent brought a spark of (kind of creepy) life to the art and craft of creating wax portraiture, inviting the public to mingle with likenesses of the famous. The masterful craftspeople at Grand Guignol, by contrast, brought a truly dramatic spark of death–and an in-house doctor–to audiences looking for a different kind of thrill.

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 54: October Auction Oddities

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 54: October Auction Oddities

September auction oddities: A confusing nun and a clown that *probably* isn’t trying to take you apart with power tools.

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 14: There’s No Place Like Utopia

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 14: There’s No Place Like Utopia

S03E14: Celebration, Florida and Arcosanti, Arizona: Two very different approaches to building a (mostly failed) utopia.

Learning how to almost successfully thrive in the desert, and why we wouldn’t want Disney in charge of our HOAs.

Patreon Exclusive Episode: The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 13: Teddy Girls and Dueling Princesses: Our Super-Hot Historical Girlfriends

Patreon Exclusive Episode: The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 13: Teddy Girls and Dueling Princesses: Our Super-Hot Historical Girlfriends

S03E13: The Legendary 1892 Topless Duel between Princess Pauline von Metternich of Vienna and Countess Anastasia Kielmansegg, and the Teddy Girls (who got a bad rap).

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 54: October Auction Oddities

Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 52: September Auction Oddities

September auction oddities: A confusing nun and a clown that *probably* isn’t trying to take you apart with power tools.

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 12: Professionally Sneaking

The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 12: Professionally Sneaking

S03E12: The spy gadgets of WWII and a married couple–Jonna and Antonio Mendez–who were very real masters of disguise.

Spy craft meets spy crafts with lipstick compasses, pencil daggers, and a truly ingenious use of foot powder.