Witch whistle made from a rat’s paw
A witch whistle made from carved bone and a rat’s paw in 19th century Belgium.
Categories: Curiosities, Museums • Tags: instrument, museum, rat, witch
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Terrifying turnips
A terrifying example of a traditional Irish jack-o’-lantern carved from a turnip around 1850
Categories: Curiosities, Museums, Unsettling Things • Tags: carving, creepy, face, folklore, halloween, vegetable
Magic hat covered in decayed teeth
A 19th century hat belonging to an itinerant London street dentist, covered with 88 decayed teeth from his former patients
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Coyote teeth dentures
A pair of homemade dentures made from coyote teeth and melted toothbrushes
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Marie Antoinette lost her shoe and then her head
The shoe that Marie Antoinette lost on her way to the guillotine.
Categories: Curiosities, history, Museums • Tags: fashion, guillotine, history, shoe
Witch in a bottle
Would you dare open this glass bottle, said to contain the spirit of a witch?
Categories: Curiosities, history, Museums • Tags: curiosities, magic, mystery, witch
Syrup jars for earthworm oil
A collection of apothecary jars for storing oil of earthworms, plus recipes for making your own disgusting worm syrup
Categories: Curiosities, history, Museums • Tags: apothecary, curiosities, drugs, medicine, science, worms
Two-faced death ring
Categories: Curiosities, history, Museums • Tags: 17th century, death, face, gold, history, jewelry, memento mori, museum, ring, skull, unsettling
The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things 