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Siamese Duck

An enthused customer brings Obscura his two-bodied duck, only to find out his taxidermied item is a fake.

Playlists

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  • Play Oddities: Web Exclusives
    11 Clips Playlist Web Exclusives

    Oddities (18:15)

    Enter the world of weird and wonderful science artifacts, courtesy of Obscura Antiques and Oddities.
  • Play Oddities: Most Viewed
    10 Clips Playlist Most Popular

    Oddities (12:45)

    Watch this week's most popular Oddities video!
  • Play Oddities: The Living Dead
    17 Clips Playlist The Living Dead

    Oddities (29:11)

    Visit our collection of Oddities clips that celebrate the formerly living.
  • Play Oddities: Sneak Peek
    6 Clips Playlist Sneak Peek

    Oddities (10:48)

    Watch clips from upcoming episodes of Oddities!

Discovery Channel Clips

  • Play Oddities: Siamese Duck
    Siamese Duck

    Oddities (02:23)

    An enthused customer brings Obscura his two-bodied duck, only to find out his taxidermied item is a fake.
  • Play Auction Kings: Toe the Line
    Toe the Line

    Auction Kings (01:41)

    At Gallery 63, the father of a 14-year-old girl buys a toe-traction/torture device that is SURE to keep her boyfriends in line. See what that set him back.
  • Play Oddities: Scaranormal Activity
    Scaranormal Activity

    Oddities (00:54)

    An Obscura customer who bought a spider to scare his girlfriend succeeds ... and succeeds. See the footage you didn't see on the show.
  • Play Oddities: Post-Mortem Model
    Post-Mortem Model

    Oddities (01:54)

    A hopeful seller brings Evan Michelson a likely post-mortem medical model of a hand and arm that experienced a high-voltage electrical burn.
  • Play Oddities: Relaxicise!
    Relaxicise!

    Oddities (03:19)

    While shopping at Obscura, Erik from the Howard Stern Show becomes intrigued by a machine that will allow him exercise and eat at the SAME time!
  • Play Oddities: Human Leather?
    Human Leather?

    Oddities (02:02)

    Mike Zohn examines a book whose leather may just be made out of human skin, judging from the size of its pores.
  • Play Oddities: Beastly Lamp
    Beastly Lamp

    Oddities (02:26)

    A writer comes to Obscura seeking an "unusual, animalistic, hairy, scary, edible" lamp. See what slaughter-house leftover went home with him.
  • Play Oddities: Is That a Straightjacket?
    Is That a Straightjacket?

    Oddities (02:30)

    When playwright and store regular Edgar comes treasure-hunting at Obscura Antiques and Oddities, co-owner Evan Michelson knows she's in for a treat -- and so are you.
  • Play Oddities: Mummy's Home
    Mummy's Home

    Oddities (01:03)

    Where exactly DO you display a mummified kitty in a specialty store? Witness Mike Zohn and Ersan Barams' great debate.
  • Play Oddities: Chomper Grinder
    Chomper Grinder

    Oddities (02:00)

    In search of the perfect gift for a customer's dentist, Evan and Mike review a rare machine that demonstrates the dangers of teeth grinding.
  • Play Oddities: Post-Embalming Table
    Post-Embalming Table

    Oddities (02:17)

    Obscura's Evan and Ryan bring their find -- a "cooling" table for bodies used after embalming -- to the eclectic home of their mortician client.
  • Play Oddities: Pustule Peel
    Pustule Peel

    Oddities (01:05)

    Obscura's Evan Michelson shows Mike Zohn her latest find: a 1890s medical model -- potentially cast from a real person -- of a face ravaged by smallpox.
 

New York City's Obscura Antiques & Oddities ain't your grandmother's antique shop ... unless your grandmother is an eccentric. ODDITIES follows this unique store as it deals in the strange and the bizarre, item-wise and client-wise

 
 

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