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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.



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by A.A. Cristi - April 15, 2019

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American Music Theatre Project Will Workshop Four New Works In 2018-2019 Season Photo American Music Theatre Project Will Workshop Four New Works In 2018-2019 Season
by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2018

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by Stephi Wild - August 26, 2018

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by A.A. Cristi - November 04, 2019

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by Sam Abney - October 25, 2018

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by A.A. Cristi - January 14, 2019

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by Andrew Child - October 25, 2020

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by Tori Hartshorn - February 19, 2019

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