Two freaks explore antiques every week. Updates Wednesday.
Episodes
May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025
25 min
This time for real and true! From ski lodge to angel fish, they’ve got it all—yes, it’s Blue Mountain Pottery, the mid-century modern ceramics sensation.
May 14, 2025
May 14, 2025
41 min
Waggles has arrived!
Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience.
To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.
May 14, 2025
May 14, 2025
1 min
The interesting thing about the forty-first, forty-second, and forty-third chapters of Varney the Vampire is that they don't exist.
Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience.
To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.
May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025
34 min
It’s the hottest toy of the 1989 Christmas season and a retro sensation that’s sweeping the nation—the Ultimate Cosmic Sound Machine TM has landed on the podcast, leaving the Antiques Freaks frightened and confused. Where did it come from? What does it want? How did you find this? Who sent you?
Apr 30, 2025
Apr 30, 2025
35 min
Tap the admiral. Timber-taster. Tom Astoners. Tumble up. All these nautical terms and more defined in this, the twentieth chapter of The Sailor’s Word-Book.
Apr 23, 2025
Apr 23, 2025
1hr 25 min
Our friend James Wake joins us for an action-packed episode of mob violence against a vampyre!
Check out James's cyberpunk novel THE SAPPHIRE SHADOW, available now wherever fine books are found.
Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience.
To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.
Apr 16, 2025
Apr 16, 2025
32 min
The Antiques Freaks have ventured out into the wider world and returned with tales of wonder, including the most ironic possible book for sale, the most charming bookseller disclaimer, the smuggest item listing we’ve ever seen, and why you should always write your shop name on your price tag.
Apr 9, 2025
Apr 9, 2025
1hr 16 min
Once upon a time in April of 2020 we read our first Carnacki story - but we did not read it on air. Now the Horse of the Invisible has returned to wreak its revenge, and only Chris and Paris of the Terrible Book Club podcast can rescue the Antiques Freaks from its horrible haunting.
Apr 2, 2025
Apr 2, 2025
30 min
Why do most antiquarian and rare booksellers avoid library book sales? And why do we think you should buck the trend and attend anyway? Also, what are the startling similarities between books and human flesh, and how does a hairdryer form the vital link? Tune in for our library book sale haul and find out!
Mar 26, 2025
Mar 26, 2025
1hr 56 sec
Our friend Tarra joins us for another thrilling chapter - wherein the duel FINALLY ACTUALLY HAPPENS!
Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience.
To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.
Mar 20, 2025
Mar 20, 2025
35 min
The mind behind the tumblr Questionable Advice joins the Antiques Freaks for a rousing discussion on the social history hidden in books and ephemera, and what hilarious and poignant gems we can uncover for our modern age—such as, maybe eating a live spider will cure your flu? (Can’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it!) To read more questionable advice, check out the blog at: questionableadvice.tumblr.com
Mar 12, 2025
Mar 12, 2025
44 min
Wherein Jack Pringle and Chillingworth meet up with Varney to prepare for the OH GOD WHY IS MARCHDALE HERE!?
Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience.
To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.
Mar 5, 2025
Mar 5, 2025
29 min
Nothing gold can stay… except, of course, for Little Golden Books. Tune in to learn their origin story as literature for the youthful masses and where the deuce they hide that pesky edition number for The Pokey Little Puppy.
Feb 26, 2025
Feb 26, 2025
1hr 8 min
Our dear friend Olivia rejoins us for another thrilling chapter of Varney the Vampire! Wherein Varney attempts to seduce literally any man who shows up on his doorstep.
Check out Olivia's spooky novels Lord of Thundertown and Backmask.
Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience.
To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.
Feb 19, 2025
Feb 19, 2025
20 min
There are several tried-and-true methods. You’re not gonna like any of ‘em.
Feb 12, 2025
Feb 12, 2025
32 min
Slightly to the left of a listener suggestion is an episode no one asked us for but we did it anyway! Come along with us for a wild ride through 20th century ceramics as we chronicle the rise, fall, and subsequent chaos of the Blue Ridge Pottery Company - the Most Dangerous Game of collecting in a haystack made entirely of needles.
Feb 5, 2025
Feb 5, 2025
45 min
Sailor’s pleasure. Serving out slops. Shotten herring. Spithead nightingales. All these nautical terms and more defined in this, the nineteenth chapter of The Sailor’s Word Book.
Jan 29, 2025
Jan 29, 2025
38 min
Wherein we are joined by our friend Chris from the Terrible Book Club podcast for Chapter XXXVI — The Consultation. — The Duel and its Results. Check out Chris and Paris's podcast Terrible Book Club wherever you find your favorite podcasts!
Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience.
To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.
Jan 23, 2025
Jan 23, 2025
1hr 13 min
The Antiques Freaks are joined by illustrator Dan Warren to talk about collecting vintage and antique editions of the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, including the incredible attention to design detail evident from the very first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which film adaptation adheres closest to the original text, the weirdest characters you’ve never heard of, and hot tips for those seeking antique books in the wild. (Homestuck - the Oz of the modern age? Discuss.) Shout out to O F Cieri for bringing us to the Frankenstein exhibit.
You can watch Dan create gorgeous fantasy illustrations in real time on his YouTube channel @danwarren and check out his fantasy-comedy graphic novel at SteveLichman.com
Jan 14, 2025
Jan 14, 2025
17 min
Please join us for this special episode from our Varney vaults, wherein we endure The Explanation, Marchdale's Advice, The Projected Removal, and the Admiral's Anger.
Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience.
To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.