Museum of the Weird - Austin, TX

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  • čas přidán 13. 04. 2021
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Komentáře • 238

  • @OurShowOurStory
    @OurShowOurStory Před 3 lety +86

    When you are in the middle of a Carpet bagger video, and get a notification of a new Carpet bagger video, you know it's gonna be a good day!

  • @Guessnought
    @Guessnought Před 3 lety +49

    As an oddity collector, these videos never fail to make me supremely envious.

    • @thestudio66
      @thestudio66 Před 3 lety +4

      YUP, or proud whenever I own a similar/equivalent item haha

    • @Lilmissdangerous
      @Lilmissdangerous Před 6 měsíci

      Agreed!!!

    • @Lilmissdangerous
      @Lilmissdangerous Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@thestudio66 I will check your channel out.... Weird is up my alley 🤪

  • @adamtaylor9270
    @adamtaylor9270 Před 3 lety +7

    I work nextdoor to the Museum of Weird. I love those people

  • @Lilaa86
    @Lilaa86 Před 3 lety +18

    Please Jacob, never change your channel, your videos are always different and interesting. I once liked also adam channel a lot too, but now it only makes disney videos, or disney resort videos. stay like this and don't change 👏🏼

  • @Sujthroughs
    @Sujthroughs Před 3 lety +46

    Do you plan on returning to Meow Wolf's, "House Of Eternal Return"? They added updates to it.

  • @simonvanderwerf
    @simonvanderwerf Před 3 lety +44

    Jacob your the only man that tells His wife "I'm going to go get some strange" and she has no worries and looks forward to what you bring home.

    • @thestudio66
      @thestudio66 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm someone who's done that with my ex, and I can tell you - it is possible, there just aren't many people out there that have a genuine interest in this stuff without being super weird about it. We would preserve wet-specimens together and all. A dream, I tell you.

    • @thestudio66
      @thestudio66 Před 3 lety

      @Annihilator X we were, and we're friends, but he's unique, and I don't think he'd ever reconsider me that way - even though it's been 2 years since we've dated. I feel like he's always searching for the next step, and I mean going backwards - which I respect.

  • @sammyb1929
    @sammyb1929 Před 3 lety +5

    Jacob King Tut was buried in a rush because he died so Suddently, Rumour has it the Death mask was meant for his Mother/Step Mother Nefertiti. His tomb was in the Valley of the Kings but well hidden as the General who took over from him didn't approve of Tut or his Fathers Regime. His tomb prepared and sealed in such a hurry the Paint was still wet and the Tomb is covered in Mould!
    His mummification was rushed too hence why he looks like burnt Beef jerky, But in a way wiping him off the face of the earth preserved his tomb forever and made him the most famous. Another tip for spotting Royal mummies a lot of them have an Overbite.
    He died aged 18/19 but he was plagued with many health Issues like Spinal problems, Club foot etc.
    Loving the Channel Jacob you've kept us all sane during lockdown and I'm sure if you had a Queen as Ruler she'd Knight you haha!
    Regards
    Your Pal Dr.What

  • @bartplays3392
    @bartplays3392 Před 3 lety +23

    Yesss the man with the carpetbag is back at a museum!

  • @erikgriffith8857
    @erikgriffith8857 Před 3 lety +5

    The Jeremy Bentham head is a facsimile. Jeremy Bentham was an nineteenth century British philosopher who is credited with creating utilitarian ethics. His entire mummified body is kept in a glass case and wheeled out at the annual meeting of the philosophy society he founded.

  • @Ebbsos
    @Ebbsos Před 6 měsíci

    Hey Jacob! Hope you're well. I absolutely love coming back to watch old videos like this one, they're my comfort videos 😍 Your content makes so many people happy ☺️

  • @thom8418
    @thom8418 Před 3 lety +5

    Get one of those parking spaces in front of the museum. There is a homeless shelter next to the parking lot with the Janis Joplin and Willie Nelson painting on the building. There was a bunch of drama going on while we walked to the museum.

  • @OldMovieRob
    @OldMovieRob Před 3 lety +18

    You always find the coolest, weirdest places

  • @Sumermak
    @Sumermak Před 3 lety +3

    The music in the wax museum sounded like the theme music from Dracula (Winona rider one).

  • @CactusAtlas
    @CactusAtlas Před 3 lety +5

    Of all the years I lived in that city, I still never managed to go in that museum. Guess that's how you know who is local. 🤣 Would have liked to have gone though.

  • @ruthannkizakavich3325
    @ruthannkizakavich3325 Před 3 lety +3

    I could look at this place for hours! Some really cool items!

  • @dragonosx
    @dragonosx Před 3 lety +2

    I like the artistic take on the feejee mermaid at 20:50, showing what they would have looked like if "alive." Cool sculpture!

  • @robg6672
    @robg6672 Před 3 lety +4

    You can visit the Museum of the Mummies of Guanajuato in Mexico. There is also a the famous Luchador movie “Santo and the Mummies of Guanajuato” 🇲🇽

  • @MeaganG08
    @MeaganG08 Před 3 lety +1

    If you head back through Beaumont, check out our Gator Sanctuary at Gator County! There's one that's over 80 years old and they'll take a picture for you with your phone practically inside a gator's mouth. Sweet people and a great place.

  • @darkhorse8413
    @darkhorse8413 Před 3 lety +1

    Tod Browning's Freaks is a great movie!

  • @peruprofundodance
    @peruprofundodance Před 3 lety +4

    Kinda like a ripleys! Nice! 👍

  • @mcwatersd
    @mcwatersd Před 3 lety +3

    Awesome museum.Enjoyed the tour. Keep Safe❤Keep Well ❤

  • @RetroRaeTv
    @RetroRaeTv Před rokem

    I used to live in Austin back in 07/08 in my early 20's, man I loved that place! Austin is like no other city that's for sure! Keep Austin weird!!!!👽👾💛

  • @APhillaTHun
    @APhillaTHun Před 3 lety +3

    This place is amazing! Love the Bram Stoker's Dracula music in the background. Definitely added to my bucket list. Thanks for this video.

  • @abbyho9717
    @abbyho9717 Před 3 lety +2

    Omg! You’re in my city! Welcome to Austin! I hope you are enjoying your stay in the city

  • @kimsilcox1160
    @kimsilcox1160 Před 3 lety +2

    Yes there can be a two-headed chicken because I have broken eggs and I found two yolks in there at the same time.

    • @shannonnichols3415
      @shannonnichols3415 Před 3 lety

      That’s a reasonable theory. I think there can be 2 headed anything because stuff happens sometimes & gets mixed up. (Note: I do believe this can occur, IDK if that one is real or they created it.) Sometimes it was supposed to be twins & didn’t quite get there-whatever. But idk if that supports double yolk eggs...I suppose it could but they became breakfast so we’ll never know! Idk! I just like your theory! Have a blessed day!

  • @emmamae9043
    @emmamae9043 Před 3 lety +1

    The “ sea devil” is a dried up sting ray lol

  • @bitchenboutique6953
    @bitchenboutique6953 Před 2 lety +1

    I SO appreciate that you filmed the museum… I was just there yesterday and didn’t take any photos. I was so thrilled by every display, especially the Cottingley Fairies photo, which I’d seen in a book when I was a kid… couldn’t believe I was in the presence of the real thing!

  • @melanietroutman3905
    @melanietroutman3905 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice! There's so much to see in there. 👍

  • @victoriajohnson4420
    @victoriajohnson4420 Před 2 lety

    "Creature in Ice" is the Minnesota Iceman, which was sold as a gaff on ebay in 2013 to the Museum of the Weird. You can Google photos of it if you wish. It is an historic real gaff..

  • @deniseconaway701
    @deniseconaway701 Před 3 lety +4

    A place of the strange, unusual and the wierd love it x

  • @XxItalianVampPrinces
    @XxItalianVampPrinces Před 3 lety +1

    Chang and Ang Bunker did have it to where If one of them dies then they where to be separated to save the other. Sadly the surgeon didn’t make it there in time and both Chang and Ang died within minutes of each other.

  • @dakotahetrick1306
    @dakotahetrick1306 Před 3 lety +1

    Gremlins is one of my favorites too! Such a cinematic masterpiece!

  • @iamprivate18
    @iamprivate18 Před 3 lety

    The perfect stomping ground for the carpetbagger!

  • @tommielovette1684
    @tommielovette1684 Před 3 lety +1

    Yes sir that's the retro puppet master replica that you seen next to the cyclops skull 🤗

  • @brentwilson3836
    @brentwilson3836 Před 3 lety +2

    Got to visit the Museum of the Weird a few years ago. I still wear my "creature in ice" t shirt😆

  • @Snakesnarl
    @Snakesnarl Před 3 lety +8

    Oddities was my favorite shooooow. I’m still sad about it being cancelled. Ten years later

  • @TheAnchorArmsChad
    @TheAnchorArmsChad Před 3 lety +1

    @The Carpetbagger
    6:21
    You are correct, that IS one of the Puppet Master puppets

  • @rickimartin1136
    @rickimartin1136 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for uploading! I was in Austin this past weekend and it was closed I was so sad! I am so glad this video exists!

  • @maureendesquitado9894
    @maureendesquitado9894 Před 3 lety +1

    I love Shrunken Heads💓💓💓💓

  • @NOLADEEJ
    @NOLADEEJ Před 3 lety +2

    Love that museum!!! Never been, but it's definitely on my list

  • @invader4life36
    @invader4life36 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this place!!! I went here a year ago! By far my favorite part of Austin!!! Love your channel! Shows me places to try out and it’s fun/informative to watch!

  • @zanetaylor5639
    @zanetaylor5639 Před 3 lety +1

    That museum looks epic. If there is a museum in America dedicated to oddities I bet that the Carpetbagger has visited.

  • @theskipperone
    @theskipperone Před rokem

    The creature in ice is a gaff that was purchased off of Ebay and is on display there. 😂

  • @tpm4life
    @tpm4life Před 3 měsíci

    New bucket list. Thanks.

  • @orsonboggs7753
    @orsonboggs7753 Před 3 lety +1

    11:07 the mystery sphere was solved when it was found to be a big ball out of a check valve made by Bell&Howell Corp. mystery solved...but hey...you gotta admit it makes a good conversation piece : )

  • @andrewr9826
    @andrewr9826 Před 3 lety +2

    Jacob don't take this wrong man but your voice always relaxed me man this is like my version of asmr lol

    • @Ajjeskey
      @Ajjeskey Před 3 lety

      Same here I always watch then listen while I’m trying to sleep..They’re relaxing

  • @briesthoughts2261
    @briesthoughts2261 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this virtual tour!

  • @agerven
    @agerven Před 3 lety +1

    "Freaking oddity history", that's nicely put. P.T. Barnum was a spirit brother of Ripley to be sure.
    Very nice museum Jacob, thank you!

  • @bentstrider
    @bentstrider Před 3 lety

    All those times I went to the Jackalope after a Thursday Night Social Ride in years past and never noticed this spot. On the other hand, there's actually a "Jackalope #2" on the other side of the river!! Both are some killer spots, even for someone who doesn't frequent bar culture like myself.

  • @jennyjaime8738
    @jennyjaime8738 Před 3 lety

    Born and raised in Austin,Texas never heard of this place must be new.I will have to check it out looks awesome.

  • @Melscreativearts
    @Melscreativearts Před 3 lety

    Austinyte here! Yesss

  • @alliekuma4234
    @alliekuma4234 Před 3 lety +1

    Omg Gingee is super adorable♥ I feel like that two-headed chicken might be fake but I feel they absolutely can exist since other species have that occur as well.

  • @artificialham
    @artificialham Před 3 lety

    I just went here and it was pretty cool! I would've never knew about it if I didn't see this video thank you !!

  • @TreadwellJay
    @TreadwellJay Před 3 lety

    London After Midnight is one of the most famous lost films.

  • @alextheferret5674
    @alextheferret5674 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for commin' back down to Texas!

  • @videogeekin
    @videogeekin Před 3 lety +11

    “ Where does that possum reference come from...were you attacked while driving your car?”

  • @danawilliams2450
    @danawilliams2450 Před 3 lety

    Thank you so much for sharing this adventure with you.

  • @beng2427
    @beng2427 Před 3 lety +1

    I went to Obscura in NY before they closed and got a hat signed by the stars.

  • @lowrollerscraps2477
    @lowrollerscraps2477 Před 3 lety +1

    Didn't know Chang & Eng are in Mt. Airy, NC.

    • @spartanumismatics8165
      @spartanumismatics8165 Před 3 lety +1

      Yup. They married local north Carolina sisters and each had several kids each.

  • @mikaylahabina8867
    @mikaylahabina8867 Před 3 lety +1

    It’s Frankenstein’s monster!!! The doctor is Dr. Frankenstein!!

  • @CountryMamaintheSouth
    @CountryMamaintheSouth Před 3 lety +1

    So happy when I get notified of a new video😁

  • @adamburgess4618
    @adamburgess4618 Před 3 lety

    Didn’t expect a replica of Jeremy Bentham’s head.

  • @JamieEvansBooks
    @JamieEvansBooks Před 3 lety

    I have to go there! That looks like my kind of place.... Road trip!

  • @swampspire
    @swampspire Před 3 lety

    something about the doink of the camera against the glass and then the pause makes me laugh everytime

  • @josephnewadventure6758

    Happy greetings and best wishes to you and the family from Joseph .
    I really enjoyed this video .thanks for posting this.

  • @kalaharimeerkatfan
    @kalaharimeerkatfan Před 3 lety

    King Tut was indeed buried in a tomb in a location called the Valley of the Kings, which also contains tombs of other kings. The idea was that tomb robbers would be less able to rob their tomb, did not work.
    But if you could, I am curious about that voodoo place behind you.

  • @amytyrrell6010
    @amytyrrell6010 Před 3 lety

    Don’t know what I would do without your channel

  • @danawilliams2450
    @danawilliams2450 Před 3 lety

    I did not know they have that here in Austin I am defiantly going to have to check it out.

  • @_dmfd
    @_dmfd Před 3 lety

    It's always such a cool feeling when you click on a video & start watching in the same exact minute that it was uploaded by chance lol

  • @dianebusby7047
    @dianebusby7047 Před 9 měsíci

    Nice to see a collection of CLASSIC horror film icons, rather than yet another bunch of 'slashers'!

  • @Jivolt
    @Jivolt Před 3 lety +1

    16:50
    “No, it’s pronounced ‘Fronkensteen’.”
    - Dr. Frederick Frankenstein

  • @moonman9504
    @moonman9504 Před 3 lety +2

    So that’s who won the bid for that gremlins 2 set piece..

  • @jackiebrooks526
    @jackiebrooks526 Před 2 lety

    I loved watching the show Oddities! I would love to go to this museum.

  • @emilyt3377
    @emilyt3377 Před rokem

    My great grandmother had a miniature poodle named scruffy

  • @juanzapata492
    @juanzapata492 Před 3 lety +1

    Very interesting and weirdly interesting

  • @lorrainethepain
    @lorrainethepain Před 3 lety +1

    Zoltan looks like Uncle Fester...

  • @daleleibfried8648
    @daleleibfried8648 Před 3 lety +1

    The critter was cute

  • @queenmedesa
    @queenmedesa Před 2 lety

    Great museum! Love the waxworks !

  • @anneshields2010
    @anneshields2010 Před 3 lety +2

    I would never see Quasimodo as a monster maybe he looked scary but once you got to know him he had the most beautiful soul and was a gentle kind person and if you were kind to hIm he’d look after you Iv seen the live action versions of the film and at first I was like omg when I first seen him but by the end just wanted to hug him and stroke his cheek even kiss him on the cheek but Disney made him all cute and cuddly

  • @skyblack8416
    @skyblack8416 Před 3 lety +1

    Yes Audrey 2!!!

  • @JasonGoldstrikerTankCommander

    I've been to obsceura in brooklyn. It's awesome!

  • @0d.Chris_
    @0d.Chris_ Před 3 lety +3

    I'll have to check this place out next time I'm around Austin looks real cool

  • @kimspeers2916
    @kimspeers2916 Před 3 lety

    Really cool. That was wierd but fun. I think i would be scared to death to go in there. Thanks for taking us with you. Id love to see more of your videos. Im a new subscriber. Thank you.

  • @ShaneFluff
    @ShaneFluff Před 3 lety +1

    Parents bought me and my two brothers a Zultan fortune teller each from Sam's club one year
    Great vlog

  • @_The_Worst_
    @_The_Worst_ Před 2 lety +1

    Wow...😮...yeah, that was an incredibly neato place...🤘🏼💯✔️

  • @krazykris4785
    @krazykris4785 Před 2 lety

    Always love your videos..love from Australia 💖

  • @bobcalderon2534
    @bobcalderon2534 Před 3 lety

    Another great museum. Thanks Bob Calderon

  • @RyanShyffer
    @RyanShyffer Před 3 lety

    So glad you corrected the "Frankenstein" sign to his proper name.

  • @mombiethezombie7536
    @mombiethezombie7536 Před 3 lety

    I’d love to visit there!

  • @wooderdsaunders6801
    @wooderdsaunders6801 Před 3 lety

    Loved the show Oddities too.
    Great video

  • @anneshields2010
    @anneshields2010 Před 3 lety

    Kin Tut was buried in a Tomb in the valley of the kings and in November 1922 Howard Carter found the tomb also it’s believed to be cursed also king Tut was just 18 or 19 when he died theirs tons of theories into his death but his story and the discovery of the tomb is facinating

  • @frankbingham53
    @frankbingham53 Před 3 lety

    Another Great video carpet bagger this one's in the bag.

  • @randombits5851
    @randombits5851 Před 3 lety

    Omg come to Lampasas, TX! 60 miles north of Austin ! 😭

  • @BanazirGalpsi1968
    @BanazirGalpsi1968 Před 3 lety

    the music there is awsome

  • @thestudio66
    @thestudio66 Před 3 lety +1

    03:11 There *were* actually doctors that would separate them, but *the twins didn't want to be separated* - so much so, I believe they were buried together.

    • @thestudio66
      @thestudio66 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm going off of info from a Museum btw.
      If I'm not mistaken, they took turns at each other's houses (a week each) and always wished to remain together, despite others thinking they would always seek to be separated. Ultimately, they each had their wives and family, separate hobbies and lives.

  • @janettemendoza9788
    @janettemendoza9788 Před 3 lety +1

    Interesting! Here in El Paso we had a pawn shop that claimed to have Pancho Villa’s trigger finger. It was on sale for around $9,500. Pretty believable since there’s a Villa stash house near the pawn shop.
    Last time i saw it was in 2019. Wonder if these guys bought it? 🤔

  • @Quacking-Goose
    @Quacking-Goose Před 3 lety +1

    I can't see pictures of the bearded lady without hearing "I'm the bearded lady! who are you one of the FREAKS?" from Spaceballs

  • @rwheatley0206
    @rwheatley0206 Před 3 lety

    Very cool museum. Just subbed your channel.

  • @stashmerkin9576
    @stashmerkin9576 Před 3 lety

    I loved this place!

  • @fangirlalie2950
    @fangirlalie2950 Před 3 lety

    The jackalope has great food and if you are 21 you can get on the jackalope but you have to have a drink in your hand