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Join us as we visit little-known museums with the most unusual or oddly specific collections, from Soviet missiles to insane-asylum mummies and beyond.

Emily Morman: History Buff and Trivia Expert


    • May 16, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 15m AVG DURATION
    • 8 EPISODES


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    The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2018 13:42


    Join us in Washington, D.C., as we tour the office where Clara Barton and her colleagues helped discover the fates of thousands of Civil War soldiers. After the office closed, the building's significance was lost in time until a contractor noticed an envelope poking through a ceiling more than 100 years later. 

    Episode 6: The Appalachian Trail Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017 17:09


    We take a walk in the woods to visit the Appalachian Trail Museum in Pennsylvania's Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Join us as we hear Grandma Gatewood's legendary story, learn what to do if you run into a bear, and "hike" the entire AT. 

    Episode 5: The King Barn Dairy Mooseum

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017 18:54


    We visit the moo-tiful people at a dairy heritage museum in Boyds, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. At the King Barn Dairy Mooseum, kids "milk" a cow, we learn about the hottest bull in the bovine world and more.

    Episode 4: The Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2017 17:37


    Like deer? How about deer, chainsaws and antique farming equipment? We explore them all -- and get up close and personal with Bambi's cousins -- at the Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum.

    Episode 3: The Didusch Center for Urologic History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2017 26:23


    If you've ever wanted to see a 10-pound kidney stone or learn what a "prostate punch" is, urine luck! We're visiting the William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History in Maryland. 

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    Episode 2: The Barbour County Historical Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2017 14:09


    We visit the Barbour County Historical Museum in Philippi, West Virginia. The big draw? 1880s-era mummies from a local asylum.

    Episode 1: The Cold War Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2017 17:19


    We visit the Cold War Museum in Warrenton, Virginia, where we encounter a Soviet missile, get the truth behind flying saucers and hear about the man who saved the world.

    Welcome to Effing Weird Museums

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2017 2:20


    Welcome to Effing Weird Museums, the show where we find little-known museums with the most oddly specific or unusual collections and take you inside. 

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