Oddities (2010–…): Season 5, Episode 6 - Head Shrinking 101 with Ryan - full transcript

WELCOME TO THE WEIRD WORLD
OF "ODDITIES."

I BROUGHT THIS THING BACK TO MY
GIRLFRIEND, AND SHE WAS TERRIFIED.

LET'S SEE IT, MAN.

HERE SHE IS.

WOW.
WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING?

WE JUST MOVED TO SALEM.

WE'RE LIVING IN AN OLD JAIL
OVER THERE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT WOULD
BE UNCOMFORTABLE AND TERRIBLE.

VERY HOMEY.

IF HE'S A SERIOUS CUSTOMER,
I HAVE A PIECE OVER HERE.

YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER ONE.



THAT IS NICE.

OBSCURA AIN'T
YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S ANTIQUE SHOP.

WHOA!

WELL, UNLESS YOUR GRANDMA'S
A BIT OF A KOOK.

IS THAT A STRAITJACKET?

I'M MIKE.

AND I'M EVAN.

WE'VE SPENT OUR ENTIRE LIVES... COLLECTING
AND DEALING... HUNTING AND PICKING...

TO GET THIS BUSINESS...
DOWN TO A SCIENCE.

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

HEY, WHAT'S UP, DUDE?
HEY, BROTHER.

WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN?
WHAT'S HAPPENING, MAN?

GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.

WHAT BRINGS YOU
TO MY NECK OF THE WOODS?



I GOT SOMETHING CRAZY
I WANT YOU TO SEE.

OKAY. WHAT IS IT?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

I WAS IN MY HOMETOWN
OF ST. LOUIS RECENTLY.

THIS GUY HAD A CRAZY
MEDICAL COLLECTION.

THERE WAS A LOT OF CRAZY STUFF
IN JARS, YOU KNOW,

STUFF THAT I SEE AT YOUR PLACE
ALL THE TIME...

TEETH, SKULLS, AND ARMS
AND WEIRD APPENDAGES.

AND SO I PICKED UP ONE PIECE THAT
REALLY KIND OF STRUCK MY CURIOSITY.

SOME FOLKS CALL ME
"DADDY LONG LEGS."

I'M A ROCK 'N' ROLL OUTLAW.
I KNOW RYAN.

WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS
FOR A LONG TIME.

WE USED TO PLAY
IN ROCK 'N' ROLL BANDS TOGETHER.

I CAME ACROSS THIS ONE PIECE,

AND I THOUGHT IF ANYBODY COULD TELL
ME ANYTHING ABOUT IT, IT'D BE HIM.

LET'S SEE IT, MAN.

HERE SHE IS.

WOW.
WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING?

I DON'T KNOW.

CAN I CHECK IT OUT
REAL QUICK?

ABSOLUTELY.

I THOUGHT OF MY GIRLFRIEND, 'CAUSE
IT REMINDED ME OF A FLOWER.

I WAS LIKE, "I WANT TO GET HER A
PRESENT WHILE I'M OUT OF TOWN."

SO I BROUGHT THIS THING BACK.
AND SHE WAS TERRIFIED OF IT.

SHE ABSOLUTELY HATED THE THING.

SO I THOUGHT I SHOULD
JUST BRING IT DOWN TO YOU

AND SEE IF YOU COULD TELL ME ANYTHING
ABOUT IT OR IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN IT.

I MEAN, THIS IS
MOST CERTAINLY MEDICAL.

THIS ONE IS SEALED UP,
WHICH IS FUNNY,

BECAUSE THIS IS SOME KIND
OF HUMAN, DRY SPECIMEN.

DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY KIND OF
INFORMATION ALONG WITH IT, OR...

THEY HAD NOTHING
TO TELL ME.

NOTHING AT ALL?
YEAH.

IT LOOKS AS THOUGH
IT'S BEEN DISSECTED.

RIGHT. YEAH.

THIS ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A BILE DUCT, AND
THEN IT'S GOT ANOTHER LITTLE BRANCH

COMING OFF THE SIDE OF IT.

THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANS
THAT COULD HAVE THAT.

I HAVE TO ADMIT, I'M KIND OF
STUMPED AS TO WHAT EXACTLY IT IS.

I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, I
COULD JUST SPLIT, YOU KNOW? OH, NO, NO, NO.

I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN IT.
IT CLEARLY LOOKS MEDICAL.

IT'S COOL, BUT IF I KNEW
WHAT THIS ACTUAL PIECE WAS,

I COULD GIVE YOU A BETTER GUESS
AS TO WHAT IT MIGHT BE WORTH.

IT COULD BE WORTH A LOT.

RIGHT ON.

IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, I
HAVE A FRIEND WHO DEALS IN PATHOLOGY.

WE COULD SHOW IT TO HER,
SEE WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT IT,

AND THEN MAYBE I CAN
MAKE AN OFFER TO YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

LET'S DO IT.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.

HEY, GUYS. HOW'S IT GOING.

HOW ARE YOU?
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

YEAH, GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.
BEEN A WHILE.

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
HOW ARE YOU? GREAT.

HOW IS THE DENTAL PHANTOM
TREATING YOU?

THE DENTAL PHANTOM'S GREAT...
A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PIECE.

I'M SO GLAD YOU GOT IT FOR ME.
OH, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

SO, WHAT BRINGS YOU IN TODAY?

I'M HERE FOR A FEW REASONS,
ACTUALLY.

BUT FIRST,
I REALLY WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS.

WOW.
OH, COOL.

WHAT IS THAT?
YEAH, WHAT IS IT?

IT'S A NICE,
LITTLE TOY HERE.

OH. THAT'S THE GIVEAWAY.

YEAH,
A LITTLE GIVEAWAY THERE.

YEAH, THAT PROBE RIGHT THERE,
RIGHT?

THIS IS A BEAUTY.

IT'S AN ENEMA MACHINE.

I'VE BEEN SHOPPING AT OBSCURA
FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.

I REALLY LOVE TORTURE-CHAMBER-LIKE ITEMS,
OLD SURGICAL AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT...

ANYTHING THAT'S TABOO
AND NASTY AND GRISLY.

IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE
A BICYCLE-PUMP... STYLE OF ENEMA.

AND, OF COURSE, THIS WOULD BE
A SELF-ADMINISTERED ENEMA.

RIGHT.

WELL, THIS ONE, IT SEEMS LIKE
IT'S LONG ENOUGH.

I GUESS YOU'D DEPLOY IT AND SIT
UPON IT AND PUMP AWAY AND...

UH, YEAH, PUMP AWAY, SURE.

AND LET THE FUN BEGIN.

AND, YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE FILLED THIS
WITH MEDICATION OR EVEN JUST SOAP.

WELL, THIS IS CLEARLY
A RICH PERSON'S ENEMA.

SURE.
IT'S AN ELITE ENEMA.

YEAH, THIS IS SOMEONE WITH SOME MONEY
AND, YOU KNOW, UH... RECTAL PROBLEMS.

RIGHT.

I MEAN,
I AM LOOKING TO SELL IT.

OH!
OH, OKAY.

THIS IS A GORGEOUS ENEMA.

I MEAN, WHY WOULD YOU
WANT TO PART WITH IT?

WELL,
WE JUST MOVED TO SALEM.

MASSACHUSETTS?
OH.

YEAH, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.
CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE'RE LIVING IN AN OLD JAIL
OVER THERE.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

VERY HISTORIC PLACE.

THEY HANGED OVER
221 PEOPLE THERE.

OH, LOVELY.
THAT'S PERFECT FOR YOU.

THE THING IS, IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR SOME INTERESTING ITEMS

MAYBE TO FIT, YOU KNOW,
THE WHOLE FEEL.

RIGHT, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING
WITH AN ENEMA MOTIF SO MUCH.

NO, BECAUSE AS MUCH AS
I LOVE THE AESTHETIC,
IT'S NOT WHAT I'M FOND OF.

PRISON... PRISON,
SHACKLES, TORTURE, SPIKY.

PUNISHMENT.

YEAH. PUNISHMENT.
SURE. YEAH.

ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE
UNCOMFORTABLE AND TERRIBLE.

VERY HOMEY.

YEAH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
IN THE STORE RIGHT NOW, OR...?

WELL,
NOT MUCH IN THE SHOP NOW.

HOWEVER,
WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY GO

TO THIS REALLY BIG ANTIQUE FLEA
MARKET, BRIMFIELD MASSACHUSETTS.

SO WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR YOU,
MAYBE DO, LIKE, A TRADE OR SOMETHING.

YEAH. SURE.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT.

BEST WE COULD PROBABLY DO IS
AROUND, MAYBE, $700 ON THIS THING,

IF THAT WORKS
WITH YOUR BUDGET.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT PROBABLY SEEMS GOOD.

I MEAN, WE NEED NEW STUFF FOR THE PLACE,
AND WE COULD PROBABLY DO ABOUT $3,000.

WELL, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY
BE ABLE TO FIND YOU SOMETHING

AT THAT PRICE...
FIND YOU A FEW ITEMS.

I'LL STOP BY.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THE PLACE.

IT SOUNDS AMAZING.
WE LOVE OLD JAILS.

SURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAN.

THANKS, MIKE. THANKS, GUYS.
TAKE CARE. SEE YOU THEN.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE?

WELL... THEY WERE ACTUALLY USED
TO BEHEAD PEOPLE.

REALLY?

DADDY LONG LEGS BROUGHT IN
THIS REALLY COOL SPECIMEN.

I COULDN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT WAS.

I THINK THE SPECIMEN
GOES THIS WAY.

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

EVERY YEAR,
WE GO TO A BIG FLEA MARKET

IN BRIMFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS,
TO FIND COOL STUFF FOR THE SHOP.

THIS TIME, WE HAVE A CUSTOMER

WHO'S LIVING IN A CONVERTED JAIL
IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS,

AND HE'S LOOKING FOR ANYTHING TO DO WITH
IMPRISONMENT, TORTURE, AND EXECUTION.

HOW'S IT GOING?
HOW YOU DOING?

I SAW THE SKULL AND CROSSBONES.

YOU KNOW,
IT'S LIKE A BUG LIGHT TO US.

JUST HAD TO STOP.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE IS, WE HAVE A
CUSTOMER THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ITEMS FOR.

HE MOVED INTO A PLACE
THAT USED TO BE A PRISON.

AND HE'S KIND OF LOOKING FOR
PRISON, TORTURE KIND OF ITEMS.

I'VE BEEN DEALING IN ANTIQUES
FOR 15 YEARS.

BRIMFIELD, TO ME,
IS THE BEST OF ANY SHOW.

I THINK THERE'S JUST
A TREMENDOUS VARIETY
OF STUFF HERE.

YOU CAN FIND THAT SORT OF AMAZING
THING IN A PILE OF CRAP, YOU KNOW?

I DO HAVE THESE SPEARS.

THEY'RE FROM THE PHILIPPINES, AND
THEY WERE FROM THE IGURAT WARRIORS,

WHO WERE HEADHUNTERS.

THESE WOULD NOT BE
THE ACTUAL EXECUTION, THOUGH.

THESE WERE USED TO
WOUND THE VICTIM.

AND THEN THE VICTIM WAS ULTIMATELY,
UH, BEHEADED WITH AN AXE.

THE SPLAYED PART HERE
IS BASICALLY A FISHHOOK.

ONCE THAT GOES IN,
IT WON'T COME OUT.

IT WILL STICK AND NOT ENABLE THE
SPEAR TO BE PULLED OUT OF A WOUND.

EXACTLY.

I'M LIKING THESE.

THESE COULD WORK, ESPECIALLY IN
CONJUNCTION WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THESE?

WELL,
THESE ARE EXECUTIONER SWORDS.

WOW.
Wow.

THERE ARE TWO OF THEM.

THEY'RE BOTH FROM
THE BELGIAN CONGO.

THEY BOTH DATE
TO, LIKE, 1900, ROUGHLY.

AND THEY WERE NGULU SWORDS
THAT ARE FROM THE NGAMBE PEOPLE,

AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY
USED TO BEHEAD PEOPLE.

REALLY?

CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT?
ABSOLUTELY.

THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS A LITTLE DENTED
HERE, LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN USED.

MAYBE IT HIT
A LITTLE SPINE MATERIAL.

AND THE NEAT THING IS, YOU KNOW,
WITH THE SHAPE HERE, I MEAN,

THAT KIND OF CORRESPONDS
TO THE BACK OF YOUR NECK,

SO AS IT GOES THROUGH...
THIS WOULD BE THE BACK END...

IT JUST CUTS
ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

RIGHT. EXACTLY AS IT WOULD... ALTHOUGH,
IT'S SO HARD TO CUT OFF A HUMAN HEAD.

THE ANCIENT TRADITIONS OF THE NGAMBE AND
SEVERAL OTHER CENTRAL-AFRICAN TRIBES

ARE SLOWLY DYING OUT OVER TIME.

FOR INSTANCE, THEY BELIEVE
THAT THE HEAD CAN REMAIN

AWARE OF ITS SURROUNDINGS
FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER DEATH.

SO BEFORE SLICING, THEY STRAP THE HEAD
OF THE VICTIM TO A TIGHTLY BENT TREE,

CATAPULTING THE SEVERED HEAD
THROUGH THE JUNGLE,

AND GIVING IT THE ILLUSION
OF TRAVELING TOWARD HEAVEN.

EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE ETHNOGRAPHIC ITEMS...
THESE ARE FROM THE PHILIPPINES,

AND THOSE ARE FROM AFRICA,
YOU SAID...

I THINK IT MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK
WITH WHAT OUR CUSTOMER IS DOING.

WHAT ARE YOU ASKING
ON THESE?

THESE... I AM LOOKING
TO GET LIKE $450 RANGE.

EACH?
EACH. YEP.

HMM.

COULD YOU DO A PACKAGE PRICE FOR THE
SPEAR AND ONE OF THE BEHEADING?

OH... I COULD DO $700, WOULD BE THE
BEST FOR ONE SPEAR AND ONE SWORD.

I THINK SO.
ALL RIGHT.

GOT A DEAL THEN.
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

A BUDDY OF MINE CAME INTO THE
SHOP WITH A MEDICAL SPECIMEN

THAT HAS ME ABSOLUTELY STUMPED
AS TO WHAT IT MIGHT BE.

SO WE'RE PAYING A VISIT
TO A PATHOLOGIST.

SHE DEALS WITH DISEASES
AND WHAT CAUSES THEM.

AND SHE'S ACTUALLY DETERMINED A LOT
OF SPECIMENS FOR ME IN THE PAST.

- NICOLE?
- HEY, WHAT'S UP?

HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?

GOOD. THIS IS MY BUDDY
DADDY LONG LEGS.

HEY, DADDY LONG LEGS.
WHAT'S UP? HOW ARE YOU?

DADDY LONG LEGS BROUGHT IN
THIS REALLY COOL SPECIMEN.

HE SAID THAT IT CAME OUT OF THIS
MEDICAL COLLECTION IN ST. LOUIS.

OKAY.
I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE HUMAN.

I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE.

SO I THOUGHT
MAYBE YOU COULD LOOK AT IT,

SINCE YOU DEAL WITH PATHOLOGY
ALL THE TIME.

ALL RIGHT. LET ME TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS THING.

YEAH. I LOOKED AT IT
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

I COULDN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT WAS.

I DEFINITELY THINK
THAT IT IS HUMAN IN ORIGIN.

I THINK THE SPECIMEN
ACTUALLY GOES THIS WAY.

HUH. I THOUGHT
THE OTHER WAY, ACTUALLY.

NO.

I AM A PATHOLOGIST ASSISTANT.

I PRIMARILY AM INTERESTED
IN DEFORMED ORGANS WITH CANCER,

INFECTIONS, OSTEOPOROSIS,
AND ANYTHING THAT IS NOT GOOD.

I THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE
PROXIMAL PORTION OF THE STOMACH.

IT'S SMALL, THOUGH.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHY IT MIGHT BE SMALL?

WOW!
MY GOODNESS.

JUST LIKE LIVING IN PRISON,
WHICH EVERYONE WANTS TO BE.

THE NEXT THING WE GOT, THAT'S
THE THING THAT FITS RIGHT HERE.

OH, BOY.

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

DADDY LONG LEGS BROUGHT IN
THIS REALLY COOL SPECIMEN.

OKAY.

I THINK
THAT IT MIGHT BE HUMAN.

LET ME TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS THING.

DEFINITELY HUMAN
IN ORIGIN.

I THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE
PROXIMAL PORTION OF THE STOMACH.

IT'S SMALL, THOUGH.

THIS PREPARATION IS ACTUALLY FROM
AN AUTOPSY SPECIMEN OF A BABY.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE TRACHEA
AND A PART OF THE BRONCHIAL TREE,

WHICH IS COMING OFF
OF THE TRACHEA.

AND WHAT I ACTUALLY THINK IS GOING
ON HERE IS ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA.

ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA JUST MEANS THAT
THERE IS SOME PORTION OF THE ESOPHAGUS

THAT DIDN'T FORM
DURING CHILD BIRTH.

OKAY.

IN A NORMAL FETUS, FOOD GOES INTO THE
STOMACH, AND AIR GOES INTO THE LUNGS.

BUT IN THIS CASE, THE AIR IS ACTUALLY
ABLE TO GO INTO THE STOMACH,

AND THEN THE FOOD IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO
GO INTO THE TRACHEA, WHICH IS... BAD.

SO, BASICALLY,
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE
CAREFULLY DISSECTED OUT AT AUTOPSY,

AND THEN THEY MOUNTED IT
TO SHOW THE ANOMALY.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY RARE.

SO I'M DEFINITELY
INTERESTED IN IT.

OKAY, COOL.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT,
MAYBE, 100 BUCKS?

UM... HMM.

CAN YOU DO
A LITTLE BETTER?

SHE SAID IT WAS RARE,
YOU KNOW?

WHAT DO YOU THINK...
LIKE $125?

GOOD ENOUGH.
YEAH?

YEAH, MAN. ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT, BROTHER.

ALL RIGHT.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, NICOLE.

BYE.

WE'RE AT BRIMFIELD FLEA MARKET
LOOKING FOR A FEW ITEMS

TO ACCESSORIZE A CLIENT'S PRISON-TURNED-APARTMENT
IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

WHAT DO WE GOT?
MEMORY JUGS.

THEY STILL HAVE THE SPIRIT
OF THE DECEASED IN THEM.

AH. WE'RE LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING MORE SCIENTIFIC.

THIS CAME OUT OF THE LOUISIANA STATE PRISON
SYSTEM... FIVE SHIVS AND TWO ZIP GUNS.

NOT QUITE OLD ENOUGH
FOR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

WE FOUND SOME COOL ITEMS
FOR THE SHOP,

BUT WE STILL NEED TO FIND
THAT ONE AMAZING PIECE

FOR OUR CUSTOMER
WITH AN EYE FOR TORTURE.

- HEY.
- HEY, HOW YOU DOING?

HOW YOU DOING?
HOW'S EVERYTHING?

GOOD, GOOD. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A CUSTOMER
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ITEM FOR.

HE MOVED INTO A NEW APARTMENT,
WHICH IS ACTUALLY A FORMER PRISON.

IT'S SORT OF MODERNIZED NOW,
BUT HE WANTS TO KIND OF

RECAPTURE THAT PRISON FEEL
TO IT.

RIGHT.
YEAH. SOMETHING COZY...

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, EARLY FORMS
OF TORTURE, THAT SORT OF...

OKAY. WELL, YOU'RE IN LUCK, BECAUSE I JUST
BOUGHT A COLLECTION OF ARMS AND ARMOR.

AND IN THE COLLECTION, THERE
WERE A FEW TORTURE PIECES.

OH, OKAY.

I HAVE THIS PIECE HERE.

IT'S A SCOLD'S BRIDLE,
OR BRANKS.

OH, YEAH, YEAH.

THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE USED ON WOMEN
WHO WERE CONSIDERED "LOOSE-TONGUED,"

AS THEY USED TO SAY.

THE SCOLD'S BRIDLE IS A MEDIEVAL TORTURE
DEVICE THAT'S BASICALLY A HUMAN MUZZLE.

IT WAS USED ON WOMEN WHO WERE
THOUGHT TO BE WITCHES OR SHREWS.

THESE BRIDLES, OR BRANKS,
OFTEN HAD A SPIKED MOUTHPIECE

THAT FITTED
RIGHT OVER THE TONGUE.

AND IN ADDITION TO CAUSING GREAT
PAIN, THEY PREVENTED SPEECH.

THIS WAS CLEARLY MADE
FAIRLY RECENTLY.

I MEAN,
THESE AREN'T EVEN SHARP.

THAT'S KIND OF THE THING
WE'RE LOOKING FOR,

ALTHOUGH HE REALLY WANTS
SOMETHING AUTHENTIC.

IF HE'S A SERIOUS CUSTOMER,
I HAVE A PIECE OVER HERE.

YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER ONE.

OH.

OH,
THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL.

THAT IS NICE.

YEAH.

DON'T THEY CALL IT A PILLORY?
CORRECT.

THAT KIND OF WORKS PERFECT
FOR AN OLD PRISON.

YOU STICK YOUR HEAD
THROUGH THERE.

YOU PUT YOUR HANDS THROUGH HERE,
WHICH ARE THEN HANDCUFFED.

THAT IS...
YOU WANT TO TRY THAT?

NO. GO AHEAD.

YOU CAN TRY IT.
YOU HAVE BIG HANDS.

I DON'T KNOW
IF THEY'LL GET THROUGH THERE.

BETTER YOU THAN ME.

THIS TORTURE DEVICE WAS
ACTUALLY WIDELY USED IN ENGLAND

FROM ABOUT THE 14th CENTURY
TO ABOUT THE MID-19th CENTURY.

THEY PROBABLY DID VERY LITTLE
TO REHABILITATE PEOPLE,

YOU KNOW,
BEING LOCKED IN THIS THING.

ACTUALLY NOWADAYS, THEY KNOW THAT
THIS SORT OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION

LEADS TO PARANOIA,
THOUGHTS OF REVENGE.

YEAH, THIS IS NUTS.

NOT A GOOD IDEA.

FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW,
"AAH! HELP!"

LOOK AT THAT!

THAT'S EXACTLY HOW
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO WORK.

AS YOU WALK THROUGH TOWN,
THEY THROW TOMATOES AT YOU.

YOU WERE KIND OF HELPLESS WHEN YOU WERE
IN THIS, AND THEY WOULD... KICK YOU.

YEAH. LET ME GET OUT
OF THIS THING, GUYS.

YEAH, I THINK I'VE HAD ENOUGH
OF THE... I'M INNOCENT, I SWEAR.

WHAT WOULD YOU NEED
ON THIS PIECE?

I THINK THIS IS KIND OF
JUST WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

THIS IS PERFECT.

I MEAN,
I WOULD VALUE IT AT $3,000.

I... YEAH.

PROBLEM IS, WE'RE KIND OF CLOSER TO
HIS BUDGET THAN WE'D LIKE TO BE.

IF WE COULD GO TO LIKE...
$2,500?

ALL RIGHT, MAKE IT $2,500,

BECAUSE I BOUGHT IT WITH A GROUP
OF THINGS, AND IT WORKS FOR ME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS PERFECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU'RE WELCOME.

GREAT. LET'S FIGURE OUT
HOW TO WRAP THAT UP.

OKAY.

THIS IS "ODDITIES."

A LONGTIME CUSTOMER,
CHRIS, CAME INTO THE SHOP

LOOKING FOR SOME PRISON-THEMED
ITEMS FOR HIS APARTMENT.

WE COMBED BRIMFIELD FLEA MARKET,
AND NOW THAT WE FOUND

THESE AWESOME TORTURE AND EXECUTION
DEVICES, WE'RE GONNA DELIVER THEM TO CHRIS

AT HIS JAILHOUSE APARTMENT
IN SALEM.

WE WENT A LITTLE OVER HIS BUDGET, SO I
SURE HOPE HE LIKES WHAT WE GOT HIM.

SALEM IS A REALLY UNIQUE PLACE.

OF COURSE, IT'S THE LOCATION OF THE
NOTORIOUS WITCH TRIALS OF THE 1690s.

THERE ARE MANY THEORIES
ABOUT JUST WHAT WAS GOING ON

DURING THIS TIME
WITH THE WITCH TRIALS.

SOME SAY IT WAS MASS HYSTERIA.

SOME SAY
IT WAS PURITANICAL PARANOIA.

SOME SAY IT WAS JUST SOME
TEENAGE GIRLS GOING WILD.

WOW.

OH, WOW.

MY GOODNESS.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SPACE.

THIS PLACE IS PRETTY COOL.

YEAH. JUST LIKE LIVING IN PRISON...
WHICH EVERYONE WANTS TO BE.

HEY, GUYS. HOW ARE YOU?

COME ON IN.
HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WOW!

BEAUTIFUL PLACE YOU HAVE.
HEY.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU REALLY
LIVE IN AN OLD PRISON.

YEAH. YOU GO THROUGH ALL THAT
DARK, YOU KNOW, CREEPY STUFF,

AND THEN YOU HAVE
A NICE, COMFORTING APARTMENT.

WE LIVE IN THE OLD SALEM JAIL
IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

IT WAS BUILT IN 1813.

IT IS ACTUALLY ON THE SITE OF
THE OLD DUNGEON FROM THE 1600s.

SO MANY PEOPLE WERE PUT TO DEATH HERE,
AND THAT'S JUST NICE AND COZY FOR US.

SO, ARE YOU GUYS READY?
I MEAN, WE GOT THE STUFF
OUT IN THE HALLWAY.

KIND OF THINK
YOU'LL LIKE IT.

ABSOLUTELY.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.

THIS IS THE FIRST THING
WE GOT FOR YOU, ACTUALLY.

THIS IS A... A
HEADHUNTER'S SPEAR.

WOW.

THE IGURAT PEOPLE
WERE HEADHUNTERS,

AND OFTEN, THE PERSON WHO THREW THE
FIRST SPEAR, THEY WOULD WANT HIS HEAD.

CUT HIS HEAD OFF,
SOMETIMES HANDS, FEET.

THEY WOULD CUT UP ALL SORTS
OF BITS AND PIECES.

VERY HUMANE.

THE NEXT PIECE WE GOT FOR YOU
IS FROM THE CONGO, IN AFRICA.

BUT IT IS A CEREMONIAL
EXECUTIONER'S SWORD.

WOW. OH, MAN, I LOVE IT.
YEAH, THEY GO GREAT TOGETHER.

IT WAS ACTUALLY USED
FOR THE BEHEADING OF SLAVES.

YEAH.
THAT'S A REALLY COOL PIECE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT NOTCH
IN THERE.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY HIT YOUR NECK
AND THEN JUST CUT OUT FROM THERE.

HOPEFULLY.

THE NEXT THING WE GOT, THAT'S
THE THING THAT FITS RIGHT HERE.

LET ME GO GET THAT FOR YOU.

THE FACT THAT THIS THING IS
STILL FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE

WAS, YOU KNOW,
QUITE SURPRISING.

OH, BOY!

THAT.

A PILLORY?

THIS GOES GREAT WITH SALEM.
THIS IS WONDERFUL.

NORMALLY A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS
ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS,

'CAUSE
THEY'RE SO WIDELY FAKED,

BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE
PRETTY GOOD SIGNS OF AGE HERE.

OH, RIGHT. YEAH.

PRETTY LONG TIME.

PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY
FAKE THESE EFFECTS,

BUT THIS ONE CERTAINLY
HAS A LOT OF AGE TO IT.

AND HAS A GREAT SMELL
TO IT, TOO.

THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD
SOME IN THE TOWN SQUARE HERE.

SURE. PUT YOU IN THERE,
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE BAD.

THAT'S WHERE YOU WENT.

PEOPLE THREW RUBBISH
AT YOUR HEAD. WHO KNOWS?

YEAH, VERY, VERY COOL.

SO, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

I MEAN,
WE FOUND THESE THINGS FIRST.

WE THOUGHT PRETTY MUCH FITS IN WITH
WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.

AND THEN WE FOUND THIS,
AND WE SORT OF KNEW WE HAD IT.

ALL OF IT'S VERY GNARLY
AND VERY KIND OF NASTY.

SO, YEAH,
YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CATCH.

WE DID GO A LITTLE
OVER BUDGET.

OKAY. UM...
HOW MUCH IS A LITTLE?

UH, EVERYTHING CAME OUT TO $4,200...
$4,200?

FOR ALL THE PIECES.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW,
MINUS THE CREDIT THAT
WE HAVE FROM THE SHOP

FROM THE PIECE YOU BROUGHT IN, IT
WOULD BRING IT DOWN TO $3,500.

AND HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT THAT?

YEAH?
I THINK SO.

IT'S A NICE LITTLE
TORTURE COLLECTION.

YEAH. IT'S A NICE
LITTLE GRISLY COLLECTION.

WE REALLY, REALLY LIKE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU GOT SOME INSTRUMENTS OF
TORTURE TO DO WITH AS YOU WISH.

WELL, THIS WAS DEFINITELY A VERY
PRODUCTIVE TRIP AT BRIMFIELD.

WE GOT TO SEE CHRIS AND AMY
AND THEIR CREEPY JAILHOUSE HOME.

THIS STUFF IS GONNA FIT IN
PERFECTLY WITH THEIR DECOR.

HOPEFULLY, IT WILL, YOU KNOW,
KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY...

OR, IN THIS CASE,
MAYBE EVEN LET THEM IN.

THIS WOULD LOOK REALLY COOL
ON THAT WALL OVER THERE.

SURE, YEAH.
IT'S KIND OF SCREAMING FOR IT.