The BEST episodes of Oddities

Every episode of Oddities ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Oddities!

ODDITIES dives into the weird world of strange and extraordinary science artifacts through the eyes of the proprietors of Manhattan's Obscura Antiques & Oddities.

Last Updated: 2/4/2024Network: Science ChannelStatus: Ended
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Obscura is Loved to Death
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10.00
1 votes

#1 - Obscura is Loved to Death

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/13/2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities, Mike encounters a customer who loves blowing his own horn and Evan gets a little heartburn in the shop with Dr. Dave. Meanwhile, Audra & Wednesday of Loved to Death, stop by to get help finding an Egyptian item for a client

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Black Magic Woman
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9.50
2 votes

#2 - Black Magic Woman

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/2012

Mike considers buying a bizarre baboon that begs; a customer is looking to unload a creepy cauldron used in the practice of black magic; Ryan feels the heat when a performer nearly lights the shop on fire.

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Mummy's Private Collection
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9.17
6 votes

#3 - Mummy's Private Collection

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/4/2012

A customer brings in what appears to be an unexpected appendage from a Mummy, but is it the real deal? Then, a customer gets a crack to the skull when he tries out restraints made for a child, and a man stares Ryan down with a one eyed pig.

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Love Stones
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8.83
6 votes

#4 - Love Stones

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/11/2011

While on the hunt for items for Obscura Antiques and Oddities, Mike locates an old plasticized piece of human anatomy, and finds it to be more of an eye-popping experience than he expected. Then, Mike’s wife Kris recruits Evan and Ryan to find the perfect birthday gift for Mike. Later, Actress Chloe Sevigny wanders in, and finds a lewd old-time gag that she gets a rise out of.

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Vampires of PhilaHELLphia
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8.75
4 votes

#5 - Vampires of PhilaHELLphia

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/15/2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities Laura gets the shop scouring Philadelphia to decorate her vampire themed party. Then Mike & Evan meet a strange ventriloquist, a coffin dealing couple & experience what it was like to sit on Al Capone's porcelain throne.

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A Bugs Afterlife
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8.71
7 votes

#6 - A Bugs Afterlife

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/11/2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities Mike bugs out seeking the ultimate insect for a customer's diorama project. Then Evan & Ryan pitch a TV host items that'll leave his audience cringing with glee & Ryan gives a steampunk captain a window to nether regions.

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The Bulb Cruncher
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8.60
5 votes

#7 - The Bulb Cruncher

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/9/2011

Thinking it's bound in human skin, a seller offers Obscura a bizarre book, which Mike excitedly brings it to a DNA lab to find out if it's the real deal. Upon arriving at a huge oddity collection downtown, Mike and Evan find that the prices are higher than they had anticipated, leading to some debate over the items each want to purchase. Later, an intriguing carnival performer offers to do a cutting-edge stunt with a light bulb for a store discount.

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The Arsenic Avenger
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8.50
4 votes

#8 - The Arsenic Avenger

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/18/2012

Mike and Evan lend a hand to legendary Toxic Avenger director, Lloyd Kaufman. Later, a chainsaw wielding performer flips out on the team, and a customer reveals a taboo piercing kit that isn't used to put holes in ears.

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The Power of a Grey Skull
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8.50
4 votes

#9 - The Power of a Grey Skull

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/25/2012

Evan and Ryan must locate a body modification item for a tattoo shop. Then, Mike and Evan get drilled by a blockhead looking for a piece to stick up his nose, and a traveling museum finds a WWII parachute that didn't drop troops.

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Heads or Fails
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8.50
2 votes

#10 - Heads or Fails

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/2012

A beautiful woman brings in bizarre jewelry made from some not so precious stones. Then Mike and Evan hunt for a mummified human body part, and a horror producer straps on an item made to stop her from eating her own hair.

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Tongue Tied
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8.44
9 votes

#11 - Tongue Tied

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2014

A customer tries to sell a baby he found while dumpster diving and a wrestler wants something to intimidate his opponents, so Mike goes on the hunt for an item so disturbing it leaves his customer tongue-tied.

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Taking Life by the Ears, Nose & Throat
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8.38
8 votes

#12 - Taking Life by the Ears, Nose & Throat

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/9/2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities an urban elf seeks a ouija board for her celluloid séance. Then Mike & Evan try to obtain an ear, nose & throat for a doctor who saved their customer's life, and Ryan learns why you don't stick your tongue out at strangers.

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Mounting Tensions
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8.33
3 votes

#13 - Mounting Tensions

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/16/2012

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities tensions mount as Ryan and Mike compete head-to-head in an annual taxidermy contest. Then, Judah Friedlander stops by and finds his calling with Mike & Evan. Later, a huge customer starts ripping things apart in the store.

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Return to Holly-Odd
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8.30
10 votes

#14 - Return to Holly-Odd

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/9/2013

Mike, Evan and Ryan journey to Los Angeles where they uncover the weird side of the city and meet with a unique variety of clientele; highlights include a piece of expert bird taxidermy, the world's fastest talking man and a bunny museum.

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Holiday Bizarre #2
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8.29
14 votes

#15 - Holiday Bizarre #2

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/22/2012

Mike and Ryan conspire with Evan’s husband Johnny and a wax-working artist to bring a surprise twist to their Holiday Solstice party. Then, a tattoo fan needs a scary Secret Santa gift and Evan gets tongue-tied by an Evil Santa.

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The Mummy Phallus Returns
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8.25
8 votes

#16 - The Mummy Phallus Returns

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/8/2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities, a patron who tried selling a fake mummy phallus returns claiming now he has the real thing. A customer discovers her 9-banded armadillo is missing some bands. Ryan is confronted with a test of strength.

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Bat Man & Ryan
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8.20
5 votes

#17 - Bat Man & Ryan

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/15/2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities a quirky couple with a jaded collecting appetite hires Mike to recover something so rare it's extinct. Then Evan & Ryan join a real life batman's wildlife preservation fight, and Evan gets a dose of therapy from a microwave.

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Blood Suckers & Brain Eaters
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8.17
6 votes

#18 - Blood Suckers & Brain Eaters

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/20/2013

At Obscura lizards run wild when a reptile specialist adopts a new pet. Then Mike & Evan are hired by a TV producer to breathe life into the undead for his zombie hunter series and a customer gets a token for his friend's parasite of an ex-wife.

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Skull in the City & A Two-Headed Kitty
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8.14
7 votes

#19 - Skull in the City & A Two-Headed Kitty

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/8/2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities Ryan's artistic protégé seeks the biggest skull he can find. Then Mike & Evan brace for the end of the world when a customer forces them to break out emergency supplies and another proves that a two-headed cat is real.

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Seeing Scars
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8.00
5 votes

#20 - Seeing Scars

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/11/2012

A burlesque performer has Mike and Evan seeing scars when she asks them to find a very special item. Then, Evan tests out a rare glass mortician table, and Ryan finds his inner Buddha when he hears the sweet sound of a human skull drum.

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Head Shrinking 101 with Ryan
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8.00
5 votes

#21 - Head Shrinking 101 with Ryan

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2014

Ryan cooks up an alternative recipe to make a shrunken head replica. Then Mike gets the shock of a lifetime when he sticks his pencil where it doesn’t belong, and a couple tries to sell Evan an antique skin grafter.

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Slim Goodbody's Anatomical Adventure
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8.00
4 votes

#22 - Slim Goodbody's Anatomical Adventure

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/18/2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities, anatomical blast from the past Slim Goodbody enlists Mike & Evan to find him an awesome educational prop. Then eyes pop when a customer seeks ocular inspiration, and Ryan braces for trouble as he meets a village idiot.

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March of Pangolin
star
8.00
9 votes

#23 - March of Pangolin

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/27/2013

At Obscura Antiques & Oddities bar and taxidermy owner Nic hires Mike & Evan to find him a unique stuffed animal. Then a patron goes nuts after realizing he did not grab the bull by its horns, and a customer catches Ryan's ear while playing with saws.

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Skull Camera Obscura
star
8.00
9 votes

#24 - Skull Camera Obscura

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/2/2013

An odd flower vase is pitched to Ryan. Also: A photographer wants to use a skull-camera hybrid to shoot Mike and Evan.

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Mutant Mascot
star
8.00
8 votes

#25 - Mutant Mascot

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/16/2013

Mike, Evan and Ryan search for a centerpiece that is weird enough to celebrate their new space. Also: psychedelic medicine; a reanimating baby.

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