298 Ch. 15 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)

A ship in a bottle is just the tip of the iceberg. Consider: an entire coal-mining enterprise bottled up, complete with miniature town celebrating industry atop whilst workers toil away below. Intrigued? Let’s get eensy-weensy with antique folk art.

Please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults. Friendship ended with CHARLES HOLLAND. Now SIR FRANCIS VARNEY is our best friend. To instantly unlock a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

Before Puppy Surprise, before Glow Worm, and well before Five Nights at Freddy’s, there were still more horrific plush toys with molded rubber faces. Dee loves ‘em! Ken hates ‘em! It’s time to delve into the strange Edwardian to mid-century kitsch of the Rushton Rubber Face Doll.

Wood that is not wood. Regency that is not Regency. Particleboard and yet mold-injected. And Victorian? What the heck happened over at the Syracuse Ornamental Company? The Antiques Freaks are on the case!

Please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults, wherein we rejoin Charles Holland and Flora Bannerworth in the garden of the manor for an "affecting" scene. But what effect will it have on the Antiques Freaks? To instantly unlock a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

A mystery no more! The Antiques Freaks chat silver hallmarks with Carolyn Law. Carolyn is a personal property appraiser with a specialization in silver, English, Irish, American Colonial and Federal; a collector of 18th century English silver, particularly by women silversmiths; an author of articles on silver and appraisal practice in Silver Magazine; and a member of the UK Silver Society.  You can learn more about Carolyn and her work at CarolynLawAntiques.com

Come for the frank discussion of mid-century modern Scandinavian home goods, stay for tips on keeping your cats entertained and important reasons to not drink cadmium.

Land-shark. Loblolly-boy. Lubber’s hole. All these nautical terms and more defined in this thrilling chapter of The Sailor’s Word Book!

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In the spirit of spooky season, please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults! Our friend Tarra (wellntruly) joins us in uncovering the most unexpected development yet in the Varney case. Charles Holland has two gay uncles. And they've arrived to answer the all-important question: "Who the devil is Josiah Crinkles?" 
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