Delightful Creatures Dying Pig – "the most laughable novelty yet produced" Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird Beyond the Dark Veil – beautifully macabre collection of Victorian post-mortem photography Gareth Branwyn

art Top 25 weirdest and most inappropriate children's books of all time Mitch O'Connell

Vintage Weird 1893 solution to bicycle-chasing dogs Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird Model for a “Creeping Baby Doll” patented in 1871 Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird The greatest toy ever made Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird We Have No Names Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird An awesome 1917 patent for adding dialogue to silent movies Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird 40 outrageously offensive vintage ads Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird The Joker goes surfing Mark Frauenfelder

robots Radio Man walks, talks, and yodels Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird The Real Mermaids of San Marcos, Texas Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird Wegee photo of a man about to be executed wearing a hood with a Westinghouse logo on it Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird Gallery of "terrifying beauty treatments" Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird Vintage plaster and chalk nude statuettes Mark Frauenfelder

Vintage Weird Odd and inappropriate Valentine's cards of yesteryear Mark Frauenfelder

Science What is this bizarre Indian "health gadget" from 1950s Bombay? Xeni Jardin

Vintage Weird Then 'Lady Life Guards' of 1940s Brooklyn Xeni Jardin

Vintage Weird Chicken hotdogs and garters for boys who want to be manly Mark Frauenfelder