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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 Stephi Wild - July 09, 2018

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by Tori Hartshorn - March 29, 2018

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by Christina Mancuso - March 27, 2017

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by Caryn Robbins - March 07, 2017

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by A.A. Cristi - December 05, 2016

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by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2016

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by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2018

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by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2017

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by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2017

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by BWW News Desk - January 03, 2017

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by Michael Rabice - May 05, 2017

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by Christina Mancuso - March 29, 2017

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