Regulars will by now know that I can't answer all the comments, but always read them...so keep 'em coming! :) If you liked my offering..please THUMB UP - leave some kind feedback, and if you're new here and like what you've seen - please SUBSCRIBE (it's absolutely free of charge!) ..to be notified of new uploads!...and please SHARE my videos with family & friends who you think might enjoy such offerings. This will help me and help my channel to grow! I appreciate your support! Also new - many have suggested that I open a funding account, I have always been reluctant to do so; as I didn't want to be thought as an 'e-beggar' ...but as TH-cam's censorship controls are starting to affect channels with horror content like mine...therefore the revenue is cut off! ...and because I'd like to devote more time to these videos....donations are welcomed :) Here's the link to my Zazzle page for fan merchandise: www.zazzle.com/obsoleteoddity/products Here's the link to my Twitter page: twitter.com/ObsoleteOddity1 Here's the link to my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/ObsoleteOddity
ObsoleteOddity I honestly look forward to every upload by you sir!! I currently cannot sleep and this story snd your voice is perfection to help me relax. Anyways, thank you for all you do. 💜
Thank you for this really interesting back story to Great Expectations. I particularly enjoyed the sound effects, not really music. As for the contest, first of all thank you for your generosity, and I prefer a completely random pick of give away hopefuls.
I recently subscribed to ur page ! It's exactly what I've I've been looking for I love your stories! They are informative and I loved Great Expectations very much! I think ur give away is a wonderful idea i collect antiques and to know the story behind the item is amazing! I do not what the best idea to run ur give away would b but I did like showing the item and having us guess what it's purpose was or make up our own certain amount of word response on why we feel as though we want this particular item.i look forward to the first item! Btw u are one of 2 you tubers that I have ring me when u put up something new. I love these tails and share them with my gramma and my bf they also enjoy them! Ps. Ur voice is very soothing ! Thank u and let the games begin ! Thank u for this opportunity to be part of history or rather have a part of history I love that idea!😍
When I was a little girl there was a very odd spinsterly librarian. She dressed in lace blouses with the Victorian style high collar with a brooch attached. Her skirts were long and always made of a beautiful wool plaid. The librarians grayish hair was always pulled back in a large bun. Her teeth were large and in perfect form but they were yellow and reminded me of an aging horses teeth. She was quiet but extremely intelligent and extremely well versed. She always reminded me of someone who had lived and been educated at a New England private girls college. From the rumors in town she had never been married and she also was a great poet plus she was a shepherdess The librarian maintained a flock of sheep on her diminutive estate. She was known as the sheep lady. She considered her sheep to be her children. Later in her life the city tried to have her removed from her property and tried to remove the sheep from her land. She constantly fight back with the city and she always won her case because she was protected by what is called the grandfather law. Meaning that she had been there before the city ordinances became the law. The sheep lady let her sheep wonder in and out of her house in the winter they lived in the house with her. As much time passed and the city grew larger and greed and development took over many properties she had a fight on her hands. Many of us felt that this was an egregious attempt to force an elderly woman off of her property and force her to sell her land for the development of condominiums. Many of us from the surrounding cities attended a charitable event in her honor to help her preserve her home and helped her clean up her land where the sheep had grazed for so many decades. The work was done on her house and the land cleaned and she lived there peacefully until she died. The shepherdess and poet passed away about 25 years ago. She was a woman ahead of her time. Eastern college educated. Never married. Had a career and lived her life the way she wanted to. The mayor of our city who did not like the sheep woman because she would not sell her land to developers of the city said many harsh things about the shepherdess behind her back. When we had the charitable fund raiser for her the mayor told the newspaper and the TVs what a wonderful woman the shepherdess was and what a wonderful person she was. What a sickening politician and a liar. Soon after her death her family squabble over her her estate. Some of her relatives could not sell the property fast enough to the greedy developers. Eventually her land was cleared and condominiums now cover the memory of the librarian who was a poet a unique individual and also a shepherdess. May you rest in peace Dorthea Davis.
Thank you for sharing that. How wonderful. Bless you that you fought on her side against the greedy developers/politicians. They see nothing but material gain...and it will be their ultimate misery. It also doesn't matter about her squabbling family, and their mad scramble for filthy lucre - what matters is that Ms Davis could live out her days on her property. And good on her for fighting her corner and winning!
Aidah Di Leoni thank you for sharing your story of this unique and lovely lady, May she look over you all that fought so hard for her while she lived, and may she bless that hypocritical mayor with the flees of a thousand camels while on the other side 😉😉
I love to look for the stores or anything that proclaims Oddies Candies , trucking, etc. I believe the movement of the rats cats and dog is stop action? So tedious if so. Most of all, what is presented to us in that awesome voice is educational. A phenomenal person we are fortunate to be fans is ObsoleteOddity.
Ana Costa That's what I thought. Very very few people have such a nice voice coupled with this kind of talent. He sounds better than most trained voice actors.
Ana Costa Indeed!!! he could EASILY do commercial voice overs!! Yes!! Sir Oddie....your voice has a certain mellow tone to it n flows along nicely! you are quite well spoken and your inflection quite soothing. Having recently discovered you, the stories you tell are quite interesting and at times a tad creepy, and yet I can't wait to hear it all to see how it ends!! Keep them coming!! And I can't wait til you start the giveaways! Having been introduced so to speak to antiques at a young age @ 45 yrs or so, I've become quite interested in history and rather enjoy a good tale of some interesting historical person or place. Going to find your Facebook now and am excited to listen to n view the backlog of stories n such you have amassed!!! Good day to you Sir Oddie from NW Wisconsin!!!
Berryteresa very tough field to break into, even if you are good. commercials may not be the best path. audio books are good but are long and don't pay as well as commercials. Voicing Disneyland rides, too, now that Paul what's his name is gone.
I absolutely love this channel. I discovered it three weeks ago and I can't get enough of it. Also introduced it to a friend and they're just as hooked! Your narration is amazing Oddie. Cheers from Zimbabwe!
I'm on the fence about your channel.. not that it is bad.,,,,your a great story teller..like Garrison Keller...this channel's stories ,pics, and music just creeps me out ,but I just can not stop watching, and listening!
Well, she died at 116,so her skin treatment worked. She died on my birthday. May 28. A very charming and true story. I absolutely , absolutely adored it.
One of my favorite things to do, to find some peace, is set aside a day, grab a good book, and pack a lunch with a bit of wine or beer, and head to an old and secluded. cemetery I love the stillness and quiet. I sometimes sit where nothing modern can be seen and wish I could be transported back in time, to see mourners at these long forgotten grave sites. When I walk in the woods, there are times I run across old abandoned houses or cars, and try to envision what life was like when these things were still being used.. Anyway, I use your historical stories as a treat to myself when I am done working.
I used to do the very same thing many years back with my ex - we would pack a picnic and spend many hours at a beautiful & historic cemetery right on the cliffs off Sydney, Australia. So very peaceful and the pervading sense of all those 'sleeping' around us, who were once like we.
People think I'm weird because I love checking out old cemeteries, but I find them so interesting imagining what life was like back then. Every headstone tells a story!!!
My heart goes out to this woman. Sounds like once her husband passed away, a big part of her passed with him or something. She had a fortune and none of it mattered. She didn't see the world and didn't want anyone to see her. Hopefully she is with him again now, and is complete and happy. I think it is very special you will be doing giveaways. Speaks on your character and kindness. Not many in the world like you. You asked for input, so I guess my 2 cents on the matter would be that the treasures you will so generously send off that have a little value, get sent to those who actively participate. And the treasures that are cool but do not hold much in the way of value maybe can be given to winners of your more random drawings. I must say though, it is quite a gift to us all that your doing this in the first place. Thank you for being awesome. Hope your having an amazing day. 😊
The cost of the gift to me means little, it's the thinking about & care & luv that goes in the gift that means the most to me. I treasure our Oddie's friendship amoung anything else. He's my best friend. I treasure that friendship dearly. He's a great friend to us here on his channels.
Please my friends - no need to give your address or email now, only if you win an item - then I would announce who won and then the viewer would have to give their shipping details privately. *Please do not post your personal details* - there are all kinds of people reading these posts.
Thank you for your videos , I have always felt I do not belong in this time, so I feel quite at home here with your stories . Big hugs to you ! just for making me feel at home somewhere ! Shirlee a long forgotten soul , walking about this world, peeking in here and there.
ObsoleteOddity - Once again I thank you honey, I'm blown away with your video. You bring this stale imagination back to life. Couldn't imagine living to 116, not sure I'd want to. Looked up Mrs Lewson and will enjoy reading more about her life. Peace to you my friend🎈
I suspect the teeth she cut may have been her wisdom teeth. I know mine have never broken through my gums and I'm 42. I've had plenty of x-rays so I know they're there. They just don't want to come out apparently. My mother was 68 when she died and her teeth were still under the gum line at the time of her death. Hers never broke through either.
sab .... Consider yourself blessed. They hurt like hell. It's no wonder the babies are so fitful. Eating is not easy, you're reduced to soft foods and liquids. And they don't come in all at once. You will be visited again and again. So so sorry to sound like the High Priestess of Doom and Gloom, but them damned things hurt like hell. Ok I'm done.😄😄
I stumbled upon your you tube and am mesmerized at how many of these women whose lives you shared with me or I should say us. Hit me as direct to my heart.When I shop I only go to ancient or antique stores. I live in my own world and surround myself with only items that belonged to others and have a story. I purchase nothing but desire stories and offer the promise of keeping the items story alive. I long to travel back in time and sit in some of the old rockers, bathe in the old tubs, stroll through the gardens and back streets and wonder why and who lived there, touched the flowers, lost their flower to some devilishly handsome yet insincere rogue who mislead the beauties to succumb to his charms. to walk a spoiled pup. To seek out justice for the poor and down trodden, to seclude myself as a cocoon in a time capsule with items celebrating era after era. Thank you for sharing your gift of time travel and the odd stories. I will share them with my grandchildren. Regards, from a woman who walks back in time through her mind and seeks familiar haunts to ponder life as it was, how it became, what twisted the person to bend they way they did and then to go back to see who else was twisted or so timid or insecure that they could not move into a new era. You truly have a fascinating mind and eye. Now to walk my dog which my doppelganger brought to me.
Wow, you sound fascinating. I too love thing's from the past. The way they used to make ceilings like works of art. I got to go to Biltmore house and it was magical. The beauty was aw inspiring. I would love to work there and actually see the rooms that aren't open. You would love it.
ObsoleteOddity wow! U really DO read the comments. Found u a week ago, my phone overheated, threw a tantrum & froze bc I couldn't stop listening to your stories. Today u were recommended to me (Yaaay!) so I'll quickly subscribe now. I'm promising myself to only listen to ONE more hour of your perfect voice (today) as I can't listen & get anything else accomplished. U paint such a beautiful picture that I can't see anything else but the movie in my head. So im not safe to work out, drive or anything that requires focus &/or is dangerous. You've created an addict as the neurons that fire together, wire together & I'll soon be lost. ;-) It's my pleasure -THANK YOU! & MANY Blessings! . . . . Now, what to watch next??? :)))
Unlike some successful personalities in TH-cam you sir still managing to keep your cool, and trying to better your channel all the time; and I tremendously enjoy your presentation, yours is the breath of fresh air within this stagnated TH-cam business. Thank you so much.
I love Dickens and this story, Channel! I have an 1880 American Queen Anne Victorian home which is still very much alive with opening doors on its own and ringing bells every morning while in the bathroom (old servants quarters) my house is very much Alive! I treasure old Antiques and would love a piece of historical treasure from your world! ❤️
I, too, would love to see pics. I'm into Victorian everything. I also love ghost stories of romance. I wish I had a little group of friends that got together now and then to share pictures or internet stories of such.
Aneia , Maybe you could do a bit of research on your beautiful home. Send it to Oddie, and we could all enjoy a narrated video story of the House. I am sure it has tales. I would love to see photos as well. Glad you continue to make the house a home. Thank you for nurturing and appreciating history.
Aneia....I bet your old place is beautiful!! Are you on any old house forums? I used to be an active member of "Old House Web". Amazing site with great information on restoration. I have an old place too, but nothing like yours. I have a modest brick Craftsman Bungalow from 1916. I did a deed search and took the names to a local cemetery. They were all there! I know that some of them hang around still. Nothing frightening...just little odd things to let me know they're around!!!
+Joe Tracey I agree. I'm an avid reader, but with TH-cam I prefer to sit back, relax, & listen to the story. Especially if told by such a soothing voice.
Perfect timing! It's almost 2:00 in the morning and I'm heading to bed, so I'll listen to your voice. I watched the original video, but you've got such a great voice that I'll drift right off. I hope that doesn't sound weird! 💤
+Vincent Priceless No, it doesn't sound weird. I hope someone that is in the audiobook business listens to just one of his videos and give him a job to read mystery novels.
*a*./ The fact that you think people can't just show their appreciation to creators says infinitely more about you than anyone else. You should try giving more complements.
I listen to your stories late at night. Hubby is sleeping beside me. My dogs are asleep in between us. My tablet next to me propped up on my night stand, eyes closed and just loose myself in the story, opening an eye long enough to see the illustration, then close my eye again...listen...open...close...listen....
Your videos are absolutely superb! They are sheer perfection in all the details you put into them. You are capable of making them so atmospheric you feel a part of them. I love all the subjects you cover and you do it beautifully. Thank You for doing these. I understand how time consuming these must be with all the effort you put into them. They are truly and greatly appreciated.
Thank you once again Oddie for a great bedtime story. You tell these tales so well, and your care to find evocative images and atmospheric sounds to enhance your diligent research stands among the very best. I'm so happy to see your subscriptions growing at such a lovely pace, you deserve every success that comes to you. I enjoy your variation of voice to portray the different speakers. You are always a true delight....⭐️🇨🇦
I just want to say, I really love hearing all these great true stories. I came across obsoleteoddity and I listen to every story, amazing site. I purchase a skeleton face mug. Don't change it, it fits right into the site. Oddie, you don't have to apologize ever for the cover voice when you read. Matter as fact. I'm impressed how you pronounce all these names and cities. You are awesome. Keep up the great work. Your friend in the united states, city of cuyahoga falls. Ohio. Thank you again. Jeff
That's why I make these videos my friend....so we can all escape the scary times we live in....far scarier than my stories! Thanks for your great feedback! Much appreciated :)
Thanks for the interesting story. No one ever really knows how long they'll live. My grandmother lived to be 111. Although all of my other relatives have usually only lived into their 80's. She lived alone at home till she was 107. She wasn't a health fanatic, just an average person. So you never know,...anyone may live to be extremely old. Best wishes!
Can I just say, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your videos! You really offer a unique way to share the past. And the stories you choose are so fascinating. Thank you for the time you take to share these stories. :)
Amazing luv the voice what made me follow through your stories . Extremely caution when choosing a winner 🏆 I believe as we live life. certain past lives are enigmatic by people we meet by searching items that catch are eye or more fascinate us in a way imaginable well their are imprinted with magnetic EMP . Well enough said i can really over think things. I Really enjoy listening to you 🎶. Congratz on your channel. liv
David Brown Good for you David this channel will teach you the truth unlike our schools I'm sorry to say. Did you know about Edison ? I didn't I'm sixty. Best wishes to you.
You will be shocked at how quickly time passes as you get older. Enjoy your life while you are young! There is plenty of time when you get old, to sit and reflect on what you never got around to doing, but cant do now.
LOVE the dog at 2:19. I have always longed to visit some long-ago Time, but always worried about communication difficulties. Would we understand one another? I'm American - could I even understand the old English of Ben Franklin? I don't do any of the Social Media apps, but I'd still love to own anything Creepy from Oddie! What Joy! ;-)
Thank you so much for this sad and disturbing story Oddie. What compels people to live like this? Your research and narration are second to none and I love finding your posts. 💕🇨🇦
Tia GUILE OCD, and likely agoraphobia and panic disorders. I am agoraphobic and have panic about people breaking into my home. Her story is eerily familiar, and what would have happened to me if modern mental health care did not exist.
Aelwyn Witch poor old soul. Gotta wonder about her age though. 116 and mold, dust, mildew? Pigs grease? And I love looking through old pics and memento mori. I collect such things. I’m glad she had her pets with her. Grey Mansions was a exploitive look at the Kennedy’s 2 eccentric relatives, it was also very sad. OCD and agoraphobia, I have a huge family or I can see myself in her. In Mobile Alabama they had such a lady. She would go out on her widows walk to look for her husband everyday in black bombazine, there was more to the story than that but I forget it. That was long ago, I say this as I walk around in my 1960’s attire asking the kids to make me a martini at 9 am in the morning. Just kidding. But who knows what the future could hold...
Your a lot like me I wish sooooo... much to be able to time travel! I am an avid antique bottle collector for over 40 yrs! Got any old bottles or colored glass?
I listened for this story 50 times over the time, this is my favorite one. Also the one about Collier ( not sure if spelled correctly )brothers. Absolutely love you , your voice and your gift to tell about forgotten.
My dear Sir Oddie: I'm a Matrilineage Genealogist & my family dates back to the 1860s. I have my 2nd great-grand father's Civil War decorated wooden cane & my 1st great-grand uncle's WW1 photos & diary when he was in France b4 & after he returned to the US & WI. As a lover of his-tory & her-stories, I adore your perspective & your soothing voice as you recount UK's tale-telling. Absolutely fascinating forever... Hugs & deep admiration from the foot of Lake Winnebago!!! Sweet rhyming me, Ms. Michal... 💖💖💖💖💖🍀🍀🍀🍀😎👍👍👍✌✊ a forever fan...
I saw a woman who lived very similar to her on an episode of the OCD cleaners, lol. She's old, lives in a castle, never cleans herself nor her castle. It was quite disgusting tbh.
Caution to those who say such a thing. ^ I'd be leery of you. This Woman harmed NO One, was in NO One's way. ^ WHAT gives another the right to say someone is "mental"? Lady Lewson was Healthy, Loved her Garden, Did chat with Friends & Lived HER Life. These Days, THAT'S OK TOO. One has ALWAYS been given the CHOICE to *THINK FOR ONESELF. -->* It's Time Sheeple realize this!
I look so forward to listening and seeing your stories! This has been a trying time in my life, I thank you for giving me something to always look forward to! Sometimes we don't know whose life we touch yours is truly appreciated!
Hi. I am a new follower and am very glad I cam across your channel. I must say that your narration of the videos is much better than just reading them. Your accent reminds me of my parents and relatives. Both my parents were born and raised in South Africa by English decent parents. I still have an Uncle and Aunt living in South Africa. Also an Aunt and Uncle living in New Zealand. So your voice, in some way, connects me to my roots. Long way of saying really enjoy your stuff and look forward to more. Heather
I randomly came across one of your videos and I'm addicted! I am obsessed with history especially odd things and weird but I am so happy that you take the time to produce these videos and the amount of research and time congratulations you do a wonderful job!
Hello, I love sitting and listening to your stories. Very impressed by them all. I live in USA. I think I actually lived in another era myself. An earlier Era. I love collecting others treasures. I love to preserve the past in my home also. They could collect some dust from the other side of the world. Here. If I do not win, I will still listen to the great stories you have. Thank you very much!
Love your videos; very heartfelt and creative. This was a time when there were hardly any services for the aged and lonely. Perhaps each of us could look in on an elderly loved one or neighbor. Blessings:-)
Hey Chicago sis! My mom is 74, a shut-in & a life drop-out. I reside w/her & have for 11+ yrs. Tough yet necessary as I'm her only child & I myself I'm childless as my mid-aged cats are my kids. Love Oddity's videos & watch him every day... A pure & gentle-man. Blessings Laura!!!
I really enjoy all your videos. They're very enjoyable, informative and this one somehow reminded me of how I've grown up back in Europe and how an old couple in our extremely small town used to pull a wagon with their cows and about several older people in our town... wonderful memories, thx for reminding me of those
it is easy to sit back and criticize.....you have put together a wonderful series of videos very interesting and very intriguing....Please, what you are doing is amazing when you put the touch of your own voice into this series....It became perfection.....please do consider those (like you said) with hearing problems......nothing more to be said......and your voice compliments all of these videos with a touch of class....gratefully telling everyone that I know to subscribe so they will never miss one moment of this magic.........thank you for sharing.......
You Sir are a master at what you do, I love all your stories. You make history come alive for me . Bless you. I think Lady Lewson may have been a hoarder.
I really do not think she was that old. Very hard to live that long in those days, with no antibiotics, and diseases galore!!! Luvs your voice!!! I'm one of those who wanted the narration!!! I luvs to listen while doing chores, and especially listening in bed, helps me to fall asleep!! I have listened since 2016! Thanks so much for the narrations!!! 🤗✌☝️
I literally got your page by accident. I so enjoy your stories and your voice is marvelous. I also appreciate you telling us these stories. Because I listen to you while I'm driving. And while I'm falling asleep. I appreciate your hard work putting these together. Thanks again, of course, I'm a new subscriber.
Curious, as to what ever happened to her daughter. Did she never visit her mother? Did she have any grandchildren? Did she out live her daughter? Just rambling thoughts. Thank you for your wonderful stories. I enjoy them immensely, and your soothing voice, as well.
I share your interest in past times,and the fascination of stories from a classic stories. I love the style of clothes especially in the Victorian era ..and the expression of words,sayings ,and quotes ,of the money classes. I would love to travel back in time..to see how the fashion was worn of thoses times. It Would not have been so nice ,to have been a below salts in them days. Just found some of your stories..very compelling.
I absolutely love listening to these most interesting stories. How fascinating! Each evening, while everyone is asleep, I turn on Obsolete Oddities and listen to several stories. It's almost as if I'm being told bedtime stories! Thank you again for these most amazing pieces of information on days gone by.
Love hearing the "older" stories again! You're amazing, Oddie 👏 Hope you enjoyed that cold beer + had a lovely walk with your pup! Thanks for another creepy trip to the past. Was living like that 116 yrs worth it?! Somehow I think Mrs Lewson would still say yes...that's what makes this story great! She chose to live like that...odd to say the least lol Take care, be well + Thank You!
Thanks for your great feedback Kasina! Much appreciated :) The beer was really refreshing and the doggy & I happily trundled our usual path through the meadow :)
My goodness Thank You for taking time to respond! Truly love your ch, no other place on TH-cam like it. You reach so many people from all around the world with awesome "oddities, strange ppl + creepy places" that shouldn't be forgotten. Extremely well done! Never disappointed + always left with quite a few "thoughts" lol Lovely to spend my Sunday with a cold one + a story from Oddie! Thank you + cheers from Boston, Mass 🍻🍀
What a generous offer to give some of your collection. Lovely. In my home is my grandmother, mother, and some others’ items. When relaxing I look at them. History is a magic carpet ride and I’ve learned regarding humankind. Humans are such a splendid addition to this world,. Like puppies they live for love. Love of art, music, architecture, fashion, animal & plant life, literature, You sir love these historical persons. I’d call you a gentleman. Thank you.
Thanks very much for your kind feedback Donna 😊 much appreciated! I only run giveaways on my Patreon channel now, and when I giveaway vintage items, it's only small stuff, because the shipping costs are criminal from Switzerland.
I just started exploring TH-cam three days ago. I found it quite annoying when my twenty two year old son would constantly be distracted by videos an such, on his cell phone. Well, color me humbled.. I love history, More so the stories that have tragedy involved. It just drives home even stronger that so many people have suffered through the ages with no justice or remembrance . So many people today think that because their phone is not charged or poor reception that their life sucks or it ruins their whole day. I love these stories and I am definitely not moving on to anyone else except for the obsolete Oddities I find these very amazing very sympatico like-minded enjoyment and I very much want to say thank you. I find most everything on television boring predictable ridiculous. I listen to your voice on my cell phone and your reading to me , it's amazing and comforting my loneliness has disappeared in the last 3 days thank you again I'm not sure what I'm supposed to call you mister Oddity Audi whomsoever you are but I'm trying to figure out how to view all of your videos I'm still trying to learn how to do this. I'm an electrician by trade but now that I'm 50 I refurbish antique furniture I love, absolutely love furniture an pieces that were made by hand and when people cared. I often try to imagine the history of a piece I'm working on. I love listening and watching your stories I'm rambling on. Good night
The “Maverick of the family” or on occasion as my grandmother referred to me without having any explanation for it... really. She was, in her youth living in a country setting riding a horse to her Victorian era influenced grandmothers House when she was 10. 50 miles in the spring and home again for school to start in the fall.As she was influenced into a culture with a generation missing mostly because she didn’t like her own mother who “wasn’t a Lady”. I also was reared by my grandmother missing another. I was an out of time misfit that by chance allowed me a genuine creative streak. As a result I appreciate your videos. I haven’t been a recluse for sure and spent 13 years in a Central American rainforest / jungle and found many treasures for my own personal enjoyment as no one else seemed to appreciate what only I could see. Once again I want to thank you for possessing a lovely and interesting gift of rare appreciation and sharing it with all of us.
Wow! Firstly thanks for your lovely feedback and sharing the story about your maverick grandmother, she certainly sounded like a character. But the 'wow!' was for living 13 years in a rainforest - how amazing!
Hi Mr Oddity, im a new subscriber, and i love your videos/doc When i saw you with that classic magazine, i was like WOW! I watch alot of old movies, especially Humphrey Bogart, I have all his movies, books, and movie posters,. thank you for these incredible Videos! I have been bin watching them! THANK YOU!
I have no idea how I came across your channel. But I am so thankful that I did! Your voice is just perfect for a readthrough! I so enjoy listening to you tell the stories! Thank you and please continue!
I love listing to these old time Victorianstoryes, true or not.. I know most are.... anyway when you go back in time to visit these places, please take me with you.... it would be a blast... one more thing, I like hearing you narrate the stories
I was born the 28th of May. Much later than this dear woman. 1963 to be precise. I would love to visit with her, to hear her stories, to look into her eyes and try to feel her heart. These old stores are some of my favorites. I like all your work. This was very good.
I do so love your little chats after presenting the videos. It really brings a smile to my face and I find myself relaxing listening to you. Thank you ever so much.
I like the fact that you have accumulated random facts and pieces of random people lives. You've got an interesting perspective. I love seeing random stuff....like saved newspaper clippings and photos in old books and such from days gone by of people I don't even know. I love that sort of stuff. Good work.
You have once again captured my imagination! You're still my favourite TH-camr, no matter what. I've turned many people on to you, and they love you almost as much as me!! 💙
I came across your channel some time ago and have to say I love it! I am still jumping around watching all your videos. shared your page today on fb.....I hope you get a few more subs. I'm so glad you have kept this channel going. I so enjoy your stories and info. best to you and ty
Please don't give away your oddities, we want to keep seeing these videos until you are at least 116. Things are interesting but stories are ageless. Stories don't decay.
Thanks for your great feedback Shawn! Much appreciated :) ...believe me....I have a lot of oddities...time I'm not sure about...but the oddities are ready to travel to a new keeper :)
Just came across this channel and I must say I am absolutely hooked. Love the narration and videos and an looking forward to watching any and all. Love the commentary at end of videos. Makes the watcher feel as if you are right here. My new favorite thing is to watch your videos.
I had seen this one before you started narrating Your narrative is awesome and love how you changed the voice to read a voice of someone. Great job I agree with you would be neat to go back in time as long as I could come back. love a chance to win something from you! cool to have giveway.
Just love your channel!!! Listen to your stories before bed ... keep using your current set up, sound effects,atmosphere, photos and topics. Brilliant!
You guys didn't get it. It was the FILTH on her and around her that she attributed her health and crazy long life to. The funny thing is, I guess in her case, she was right.🥴
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Good morning Oddie! Have a joy joy Sunday!
ObsoleteOddity I honestly look forward to every upload by you sir!! I currently cannot sleep and this story snd your voice is perfection to help me relax. Anyways, thank you for all you do. 💜
Thank you for this really interesting back story to Great Expectations. I particularly enjoyed the sound effects, not really music. As for the contest, first of all thank you for your generosity, and I prefer a completely random pick of give away hopefuls.
What about picking a random comment from each video to win the giveaway. That way people can willingly enter the prize pool.
I recently subscribed to ur page ! It's exactly what I've I've been looking for I love your stories! They are informative and I loved Great Expectations very much! I think ur give away is a wonderful idea i collect antiques and to know the story behind the item is amazing! I do not what the best idea to run ur give away would b but I did like showing the item and having us guess what it's purpose was or make up our own certain amount of word response on why we feel as though we want this particular item.i look forward to the first item! Btw u are one of 2 you tubers that I have ring me when u put up something new. I love these tails and share them with my gramma and my bf they also enjoy them! Ps. Ur voice is very soothing ! Thank u and let the games begin ! Thank u for this opportunity to be part of history or rather have a part of history I love that idea!😍
When I was a little girl there was a very odd spinsterly librarian. She dressed in lace blouses with the Victorian style high collar with a brooch attached. Her skirts were long and always made of a beautiful wool plaid. The librarians grayish hair was always pulled back in a large bun. Her teeth were large and in perfect form but they were yellow and reminded me of an aging horses teeth. She was quiet but extremely intelligent and extremely well versed. She always reminded me of someone who had lived and been educated at a New England private girls college.
From the rumors in town she had never been married and she also was a great poet plus she was a shepherdess The librarian maintained a flock of sheep on her diminutive estate. She was known as the sheep lady. She considered her sheep to be her children. Later in her life the city tried to have her removed from her property and tried to remove the sheep from her land. She constantly fight back with the city and she always won her case because she was protected by what is called the grandfather law. Meaning that she had been there before the city ordinances became the law. The sheep lady let her sheep wonder in and out of her house in the winter they lived in the house with her.
As much time passed and the city grew larger and greed and development took over many properties she had a fight on her hands. Many of us felt that this was an egregious attempt to force an elderly woman off of her property and force her to sell her land for the development of condominiums.
Many of us from the surrounding cities attended a charitable event in her honor to help her preserve her home and helped her clean up her land where the sheep had grazed for so many decades. The work was done on her house and the land cleaned and she lived there peacefully until she died. The shepherdess and poet passed away about 25 years ago. She was a woman ahead of her time. Eastern college educated. Never married. Had a career and lived her life the way she wanted to.
The mayor of our city who did not like the sheep woman because she would not sell her land to developers of the city said many harsh things about the shepherdess behind her back. When we had the charitable fund raiser for her the mayor told the newspaper and the TVs what a wonderful woman the shepherdess was and what a wonderful person she was. What a sickening politician and a liar. Soon after her death her family squabble over her her estate. Some of her relatives could not sell the property fast enough to the greedy developers. Eventually her land was cleared and condominiums now cover the memory of the librarian who was a poet a unique individual and also a shepherdess. May you rest in peace Dorthea Davis.
Thank you for sharing that. How wonderful.
Bless you that you fought on her side against the greedy developers/politicians. They see nothing but material gain...and it will be their ultimate misery.
It also doesn't matter about her squabbling family, and their mad scramble for filthy lucre - what matters is that Ms Davis could live out her days on her property. And good on her for fighting her corner and winning!
Wonderful story. Well done. RIP Miss Davis.
Aidah Di Leoni
Wonderful story. Alas - they don't make 'em like that any more! May she rest in peace
Aidah Di Leoni thank you for sharing your story of this unique and lovely lady, May she look over you all that fought so hard for her while she lived, and may she bless that hypocritical mayor with the flees of a thousand camels while on the other side 😉😉
I knew of her yes! The sheep lady I grew up just down the road from her ! Oh wow! Rip Ms dorethea davis
This lady either had one heck of an immune system or an exceptional will to live.
Cut new teeth at age 87. She had very robust DNA.
Man no lie.
Maybe possibly Awesome Genetics
I like how you make the photos come to life with some color or a moving dog or a bit of smoke, snow...
CLARA3952 koss ..yes...loved the wee doggie !!
Yes, what is that called, btw?
Im sure it takes hours to create moving images. Thx so much!
@@beneiseoleinmheart5614 flicks?
I love to look for the stores or anything that proclaims Oddies Candies , trucking, etc. I believe the movement of the rats cats and dog is stop action? So tedious if so. Most of all, what is presented to us in that awesome voice is educational. A phenomenal person we are fortunate to be fans is ObsoleteOddity.
You're what TH-cam is supposed to be! Thank you for your entertaining and enlightening efforts! I sincerely treasure your channel.
Dear Sir, you should be narrating audiobooks :) Your voice is fantastic
Ana Costa That's what I thought. Very very few people have such a nice voice coupled with this kind of talent. He sounds better than most trained voice actors.
Ana Costa Indeed!!! he could EASILY do commercial voice overs!!
Yes!! Sir Oddie....your voice has a certain mellow tone to it n flows along nicely! you are quite well spoken and your inflection quite soothing. Having recently discovered you, the stories you tell are quite interesting and at times a tad creepy, and yet I can't wait to hear it all to see how it ends!! Keep them coming!! And I can't wait til you start the giveaways! Having been introduced so to speak to antiques at a young age @ 45 yrs or so, I've become quite interested in history and rather enjoy a good tale of some interesting historical person or place. Going to find your Facebook now and am excited to listen to n view the backlog of stories n such you have amassed!!! Good day to you Sir Oddie from NW Wisconsin!!!
Ana Costa agreed 100%
Berryteresa very tough field to break into, even if you are good. commercials may not be the best path. audio books are good but are long and don't pay as well as commercials. Voicing Disneyland rides, too, now that Paul what's his name is gone.
afr malatesta hehe Send Oddie away? Never! Then, who would tell us such fantastic creepy stories? :)
You've been blessed with the GIFT of storytelling. Outstanding.
Thank you for your kind feedback - much appreciated :)
Happy New Year!!
I absolutely love this channel. I discovered it three weeks ago and I can't get enough of it. Also introduced it to a friend and they're just as hooked! Your narration is amazing Oddie. Cheers from Zimbabwe!
I'm on the fence about your channel.. not that it is bad.,,,,your a great story teller..like Garrison Keller...this channel's stories ,pics, and music just creeps me out ,but I just can not stop watching, and listening!
Annie...Im with you.Its so weird but yet Im glued on a Sunday afternoon.
Well, she died at 116,so her skin treatment worked.
She died on my birthday.
May 28.
A very charming and true story.
I absolutely , absolutely adored it.
When I heard the bit about pig fat, I must confess, I wondered if Madonna had heard of this 😂
My birthday is also May 28th!
@@Ijustinsultedyou way to be a dick 😑
we almost share a birthday. mines may 27
@@Ijustinsultedyou
My, my aren't you a ray of 'sun-shine'. LOL
Everyone's birthday is special in my book, even yours.
One of my favorite things to do, to find some peace, is set aside a day, grab a good book, and pack a lunch with a bit of wine or beer, and head to an old and secluded.
cemetery
I love the stillness and quiet. I sometimes sit where nothing modern can be seen and wish I could be transported back in time, to see mourners at these long forgotten grave sites.
When I walk in the woods, there are times I run across old abandoned houses or cars, and try to envision what life was like when these things were still being used..
Anyway, I use your historical stories as a treat to myself when I am done working.
I used to do the very same thing many years back with my ex - we would pack a picnic and spend many hours at a beautiful & historic cemetery right on the cliffs off Sydney, Australia. So very peaceful and the pervading sense of all those 'sleeping' around us, who were once like we.
People think I'm weird because I love checking out old cemeteries, but I find them so interesting imagining what life was like back then. Every headstone tells a story!!!
The oldest cemetery near me is next to a Wendy's, so it kinda takes the charm out for me.
What a wonderful hobby you have
My heart goes out to this woman. Sounds like once her husband passed away, a big part of her passed with him or something. She had a fortune and none of it mattered. She didn't see the world and didn't want anyone to see her. Hopefully she is with him again now, and is complete and happy.
I think it is very special you will be doing giveaways. Speaks on your character and kindness. Not many in the world like you. You asked for input, so I guess my 2 cents on the matter would be that the treasures you will so generously send off that have a little value, get sent to those who actively participate. And the treasures that are cool but do not hold much in the way of value maybe can be given to winners of your more random drawings. I must say though, it is quite a gift to us all that your doing this in the first place. Thank you for being awesome. Hope your having an amazing day. 😊
The cost of the gift to me means little, it's the thinking about & care & luv that goes in the gift that means the most to me.
I treasure our Oddie's friendship amoung anything else. He's my best friend. I treasure that friendship dearly.
He's a great friend to us here on his channels.
Please my friends - no need to give your address or email now, only if you win an item - then I would
announce who won and then the viewer would have to give their shipping
details privately. *Please do not post your personal details* - there are all kinds of people reading these posts.
ObsoleteOddity I love your channel and great stories! always enjoy reading a new one.
ObsoleteOddity thank you
This is a great idea!
That is very kind of you
Thank you for your videos , I have always felt I do not belong in this time, so I feel quite at home here with your stories . Big hugs to you ! just for making me feel at home somewhere ! Shirlee a long forgotten soul , walking about this world, peeking in here and there.
ObsoleteOddity - Once again I thank you honey, I'm blown away with your video. You bring this stale imagination back to life. Couldn't imagine living to 116, not sure I'd want to. Looked up Mrs Lewson and will enjoy reading more about her life. Peace to you my friend🎈
I really don't know how I found this site but everything I listen to n tead really worth my time.thank u so much .
Wendyann Graham I’m always looking for videos like this
idk how i got here either but, i love it ♡
Cut two new teeth at 86? That is freaky!
I was thinking the same thing.
I suspect the teeth she cut may have been her wisdom teeth. I know mine have never broken through my gums and I'm 42. I've had plenty of x-rays so I know they're there. They just don't want to come out apparently. My mother was 68 when she died and her teeth were still under the gum line at the time of her death. Hers never broke through either.
sab Mine just started to push through a bit and I'm almost 36. So strange. Most people get them removed in their teens!
sab .... Consider yourself blessed. They hurt like hell. It's no wonder the babies are so fitful. Eating is not easy, you're reduced to soft foods and liquids. And they don't come in all at once. You will be visited again and again. So so sorry to sound like the High Priestess of Doom and Gloom, but them damned things hurt like hell. Ok I'm done.😄😄
No, you are born with all your teeth. Likely her flesh was just shrinking away from her bones
I stumbled upon your you tube and am mesmerized at how many of these women whose lives you shared with me or I should say us. Hit me as direct to my heart.When I shop I only go to ancient or antique stores. I live in my own world and surround myself with only items that belonged to others and have a story. I purchase nothing but desire stories and offer the promise of keeping the items story alive. I long to travel back in time and sit in some of the old rockers, bathe in the old tubs, stroll through the gardens and back streets and wonder why and who lived there, touched the flowers, lost their flower to some devilishly handsome yet insincere rogue who mislead the beauties to succumb to his charms. to walk a spoiled pup. To seek out justice for the poor and down trodden, to seclude myself as a cocoon in a time capsule with items celebrating era after era. Thank you for sharing your gift of time travel and the odd stories. I will share them with my grandchildren. Regards, from a woman who walks back in time through her mind and seeks familiar haunts to ponder life as it was, how it became, what twisted the person to bend they way they did and then to go back to see who else was twisted or so timid or insecure that they could not move into a new era. You truly have a fascinating mind and eye. Now to walk my dog which my doppelganger brought to me.
Thanks for your great feedback my friend!
Much appreciated :)
Wow, you sound fascinating. I too love thing's from the past. The way they used to make ceilings like works of art. I got to go to Biltmore house and it was magical. The beauty was aw inspiring. I would love to work there and actually see the rooms that aren't open. You would love it.
ObsoleteOddity wow! U really DO read the comments. Found u a week ago, my phone overheated, threw a tantrum & froze bc I couldn't stop listening to your stories. Today u were recommended to me (Yaaay!) so I'll quickly subscribe now. I'm promising myself to only listen to ONE more hour of your perfect voice (today) as I can't listen & get anything else accomplished. U paint such a beautiful picture that I can't see anything else but the movie in my head. So im not safe to work out, drive or anything that requires focus &/or is dangerous. You've created an addict as the neurons that fire together, wire together & I'll soon be lost. ;-) It's my pleasure -THANK YOU! & MANY Blessings! . . . . Now, what to watch next??? :)))
Unlike some successful personalities in TH-cam you sir still managing to keep your cool, and trying to better your channel all the time; and I tremendously enjoy your presentation, yours is the breath of fresh air within this stagnated TH-cam business. Thank you so much.
Thanks for your very kind feedback, I appreciate it :)
Well said....double ditto 👏🏼👌🏼
I love Dickens and this story, Channel! I have an 1880 American Queen Anne Victorian home which is still very much alive with opening doors on its own and ringing bells every morning while in the bathroom (old servants quarters) my house is very much Alive! I treasure old Antiques and would love a piece of historical treasure from your world! ❤️
Aneia omg wow ♡
would love to see photos!
I, too, would love to see pics. I'm into Victorian everything. I also love ghost stories of romance. I wish I had a little group of friends that got together now and then to share pictures or internet stories of such.
Aneia ,
Maybe you could do a bit of research on your beautiful home. Send it to Oddie, and we could all enjoy a narrated video story of the House. I am sure it has tales.
I would love to see photos as well. Glad you continue to make the house a home. Thank you for nurturing and appreciating history.
Aneia....I bet your old place is beautiful!! Are you on any old house forums? I used to be an active member of "Old House Web". Amazing site with great information on restoration. I have an old place too, but nothing like yours. I have a modest brick Craftsman Bungalow from 1916. I did a deed search and took the names to a local cemetery. They were all there! I know that some of them hang around still. Nothing frightening...just little odd things to let me know they're around!!!
love it when you read them, makes it 100 times better
Jenn Ott I know myself i didn't like the reading ones
+Joe Tracey I agree. I'm an avid reader, but with TH-cam I prefer to sit back, relax, & listen to the story. Especially if told by such a soothing voice.
I would rather listen to your narration than anything on history channel. Good form.
That's a sweet compliment Hilary! Thank you so much :)
Perfect timing! It's almost 2:00 in the morning and I'm heading to bed, so I'll listen to your voice. I watched the original video, but you've got such a great voice that I'll drift right off. I hope that doesn't sound weird! 💤
Vincent Priceless I totally love to listen to his videos at night when i get cozy in bed.
Vincent Priceless :Fabulous name btw!!!
+Vincent Priceless
No, it doesn't sound weird. I hope someone that is in the audiobook business listens to just one of his videos and give him a job to read mystery novels.
Vesper Martini but mystery novels are just that, MYSTERY and fake! Oddie tells the real stuff, no offence..
+JAK
No offense taken, it was meant as a compliment for the voice Oddie has, nothing to do with what he would be reading.
im surprised that you don't have 1million subs! Your content and the effort with which you put into it is amazing!
*a*./ That was rude af.
*a*./ I actually agree. It astonished me that this channel isn't totally famous. It's very professional and entertaining.
*a*./ The fact that you think people can't just show their appreciation to creators says infinitely more about you than anyone else. You should try giving more complements.
Tori Green Yes I agree totally with you 'a' must mean Abyss kisser with that lovely, touching & ever so polite comment lol
lols :-) IWell I have to give The Beatles kudos for that too! I got it from their song 'Here, There & Everywhere" ;-) LMAO
I listen to your stories late at night. Hubby is sleeping beside me. My dogs are asleep in between us. My tablet next to me propped up on my night stand, eyes closed and just loose myself in the story, opening an eye long enough to see the illustration, then close my eye again...listen...open...close...listen....
Thanks for your very kind feedback Karen, I appreciate it :)
Your videos are absolutely superb! They are sheer perfection in all the details you put into them. You are capable of making them so atmospheric you feel a part of them.
I love all the subjects you cover and you do it beautifully.
Thank You for doing these. I understand how time consuming these must be with all the effort you put into them.
They are truly and greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your great feedback Ginny! Much appreciated :)
I second that Ginny
Thank you once again Oddie for a great bedtime story. You tell these tales so well, and your care to find evocative images and atmospheric sounds to enhance your diligent research stands among the very best. I'm so happy to see your subscriptions growing at such a lovely pace, you deserve every success that comes to you. I enjoy your variation of voice to portray the different speakers. You are always a true delight....⭐️🇨🇦
cheekymonkey that's the best time!
I just want to say, I really love hearing all these great true stories. I came across obsoleteoddity and I listen to every story, amazing site. I purchase a skeleton face mug. Don't change it, it fits right into the site. Oddie, you don't have to apologize ever for the cover voice when you read. Matter as fact. I'm impressed how you pronounce all these names and cities. You are awesome. Keep up the great work. Your friend in the united states, city of cuyahoga falls. Ohio. Thank you again. Jeff
Thanks for your really great feedback and support Jeffrey, a truly wonderful compliment - much appreciated :)
your gorgeous voice really adds to to the stories you share! love them! so fun.
I couldn't help but wonder what became of her daughter and did she not ever visit her mother!?
Love your videos ...... I am now hooked!
💁Me too yeah 😱😲😳😵
Jan Fitzpatrick I was thinking the same thing!!
I wondered the same thing
Same!!
Oddie: thank you! This is much needed escapism for a soul weary of the every day terror we live with. Please don't ever stop.
That's why I make these videos my friend....so we can all escape the scary times we live in....far scarier than my stories!
Thanks for your great feedback! Much appreciated :)
Remind me not to put nail polish on my toe nails while watching...:)
Abyss Cove 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I know! right? it's almost as if we are expecting something to jump out n say BOO!!! 👻👻👻👻👻 😄😄😄
Thanks for the interesting story. No one ever really knows how long they'll live. My grandmother lived to be 111. Although all of my other relatives have usually only lived into their 80's. She lived alone at home till she was 107. She wasn't a health fanatic, just an average person. So you never know,...anyone may live to be extremely old. Best wishes!
Thanks for your great feedback my friend!
Much appreciated :)
Can I just say, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your videos! You really offer a unique way to share the past. And the stories you choose are so fascinating. Thank you for the time you take to share these stories. :)
I can't get enough of your narrated videos, since you are reading the text for me I can multitask instead of having to focus on reading
I'm new to the channel but I'm hooked and love it keep up the good work... cheers from Los Angeles USA
nowtheworld138 I like your profile pic & username:)
Amazing luv the voice what made me follow through your stories . Extremely caution when choosing a winner 🏆 I believe as we live life. certain past lives are enigmatic by people we meet by searching items that catch are eye or more fascinate us in a way imaginable well their are imprinted with magnetic EMP . Well enough said i can really over think things. I Really enjoy listening to you 🎶. Congratz on your channel. liv
I'm 16 so that means I only have a hundred years left.
David Brown Good for you David this channel will teach you the truth unlike our schools I'm sorry to say. Did you know about Edison ? I didn't I'm sixty. Best wishes to you.
You will be shocked at how quickly time passes as you get older. Enjoy your life while you are young! There is plenty of time when you get old, to sit and reflect on what you never got around to doing, but cant do now.
LoL
I have 102
it's 2:30 AM. I'm alone in the dark, and the video is starting. Send good thoughts because I'm about to die of fright
(thanks for the amazing vids)
LOVE the dog at 2:19. I have always longed to visit some long-ago Time, but always worried about communication difficulties. Would we understand one another? I'm American - could I even understand the old English of Ben Franklin? I don't do any of the Social Media apps, but I'd still love to own anything Creepy from Oddie! What Joy! ;-)
Thank you so much for this sad and disturbing story Oddie. What compels people to live like this? Your research and narration are second to none and I love finding your posts. 💕🇨🇦
Thank you for your kind feedback Penny - much appreciated :)All the best for 2019!
I know that this is an older post. But I'm binging on all your fantastic videos. Works of art. Thank you. Btw, she definitely OCD
Tia GUILE OCD, and likely agoraphobia and panic disorders.
I am agoraphobic and have panic about people breaking into my home. Her story is eerily familiar, and what would have happened to me if modern mental health care did not exist.
Aelwyn Witch poor old soul. Gotta wonder about her age though. 116 and mold, dust, mildew? Pigs grease? And I love looking through old pics and memento mori. I collect such things. I’m glad she had her pets with her. Grey Mansions was a exploitive look at the Kennedy’s 2 eccentric relatives, it was also very sad. OCD and agoraphobia, I have a huge family or I can see myself in her. In Mobile Alabama they had such a lady. She would go out on her widows walk to look for her husband everyday in black bombazine, there was more to the story than that but I forget it. That was long ago, I say this as I walk around in my 1960’s attire asking the kids to make me a martini at 9 am in the morning. Just kidding. But who knows what the future could hold...
@@bouilletfamily Yes, I saw that!!!
Your a lot like me I wish sooooo... much to be able to time travel! I am an avid antique bottle collector for over 40 yrs! Got any old bottles or colored glass?
Maybe after each story have an item that is in the story and give a clue ,like like it up so to say?
Your voice is so relaxing! Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for your great feedback my friend!
Much appreciated :)
ObsoleteOddity has a voice that attracts the listener. I wonder if he's British.
I listened for this story 50 times over the time, this is my favorite one. Also the one about Collier ( not sure if spelled correctly )brothers. Absolutely love you , your voice and your gift to tell about forgotten.
Thank you so much for reaching out with your kind feedback 😊
i discoverd this channel yesterday and i am in love with your voice
I love all your stories, you are awesome, keep up the great work and I cant wait for the next story
My dear Sir Oddie: I'm a Matrilineage Genealogist & my family dates back to the 1860s. I have my 2nd great-grand father's Civil War decorated wooden cane & my 1st great-grand uncle's WW1 photos & diary when he was in France b4 & after he returned to the US & WI. As a lover of his-tory & her-stories, I adore your perspective & your soothing voice as you recount UK's tale-telling. Absolutely fascinating forever... Hugs & deep admiration from the foot of Lake Winnebago!!! Sweet rhyming me, Ms. Michal... 💖💖💖💖💖🍀🍀🍀🍀😎👍👍👍✌✊ a forever fan...
Thanks for your very kind feedback my friend - very much appreciated! 🎩
Have a lovely weekend.
I love these videos! Thank you so much for sharing with us!
In modern times. She would have been deemed a person with severe mental illness. Thank you once more.
Sounds like she was extremely ill mentally.
@@veronicashipp5207 When you have money, people turn a blind eye and it becomes eccentric.
I saw a woman who lived very similar to her on an episode of the OCD cleaners, lol. She's old, lives in a castle, never cleans herself nor her castle. It was quite disgusting tbh.
Caution to those who say such a thing. ^ I'd be leery of you. This Woman harmed NO One, was in NO One's way.
^ WHAT gives another the right to say someone is "mental"?
Lady Lewson was Healthy, Loved her Garden, Did chat with Friends & Lived HER Life. These Days, THAT'S OK TOO.
One has ALWAYS been given the CHOICE to *THINK FOR ONESELF. -->* It's Time Sheeple realize this!
I look so forward to listening and seeing your stories! This has been a trying time in my life, I thank you for giving me something to always look forward to! Sometimes we don't know whose life we touch yours is truly appreciated!
Thanks very much for your very kind feedback Carol - much appreciated.
You again have amazed me with such a great speaking voice. Absolutely amazing
This is my absolute favorite thing on TH-cam. I love to get lost in all of these well put together stories.
Thanks for your very kind feedback Ashley, I appreciate it. :)
She had the power of Something Unbelievable
God Bless Always Thank you very much Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 Nostrovia ❤❤❤
I loooooove your stories!!!! I am a pretty new subscriber and I am hooked!
Hi. I am a new follower and am very glad I cam across your channel. I must say that your narration of the videos is much better than just reading them. Your accent reminds me of my parents and relatives. Both my parents were born and raised in South Africa by English decent parents. I still have an Uncle and Aunt living in South Africa. Also an Aunt and Uncle living in New Zealand. So your voice, in some way, connects me to my roots. Long way of saying really enjoy your stuff and look forward to more. Heather
He's an Australian living in Switzerland
I am aware of that. Hence the connection.
I randomly came across one of your videos and I'm addicted! I am obsessed with history especially odd things and weird but I am so happy that you take the time to produce these videos and the amount of research and time congratulations you do a wonderful job!
Thanks for the very kind feedback, much appreciated :)
2:00a.m. and here I am, saw your alert come up and jumped on it. ✌️❤️✌️
Hello, I love sitting and listening to your stories. Very impressed by them all. I live in USA. I think I actually lived in another era myself. An earlier Era. I love collecting others treasures. I love to preserve the past in my home also. They could collect some dust from the other side of the world. Here. If I do not win, I will still listen to the great stories you have. Thank you very much!
I have just recently found your subscription. I truly enjoy all the historical knowledge you provide to those of us who are interested. Thank you
Thank you very much for your kind feedback Kimberly, much appreciated :)
I like the narration better than just slides.
Paula Ibonie being deaf, I like to read it lol
Love your videos; very heartfelt and creative. This was a time when there were hardly any services for the aged and lonely. Perhaps each of us could look in on an elderly loved one or neighbor. Blessings:-)
This is a beautiful sentiment.
Hey Chicago sis! My mom is 74, a shut-in & a life drop-out. I reside w/her & have for 11+ yrs. Tough yet necessary as I'm her only child & I myself I'm childless as my mid-aged cats are my kids. Love Oddity's videos & watch him every day... A pure & gentle-man. Blessings Laura!!!
bella angel li
I really enjoy all your videos. They're very enjoyable, informative and this one somehow reminded me of how I've grown up back in Europe and how an old couple in our extremely small town used to pull a wagon with their cows and about several older people in our town... wonderful memories, thx for reminding me of those
Great to hear! Thanks very much for your kind feedback Sandi 😊
it is easy to sit back and criticize.....you have put together a wonderful series of videos very interesting and very intriguing....Please, what you are doing is amazing when you put the touch of your own voice into this series....It became perfection.....please do consider those (like you said) with hearing problems......nothing more to be said......and your voice compliments all of these videos with a touch of class....gratefully telling everyone that I know to subscribe so they will never miss one moment of this magic.........thank you for sharing.......
Thanks for your great feedback Dian!
Much appreciated :)
You've learned a lot about videos, sound effects and narration. These vids just keep getting better and better!
Thanks for your great feedback my friend!
Much appreciated :)
You Sir are a master at what you do, I love all your stories.
You make history come alive for me . Bless you.
I think Lady Lewson may have been a hoarder.
I really appreciate that. Thank you :)
I really do not think she was that old. Very hard to live that long in those days, with no antibiotics, and diseases galore!!! Luvs your voice!!! I'm one of those who wanted the narration!!! I luvs to listen while doing chores, and especially listening in bed, helps me to fall asleep!! I have listened since 2016! Thanks so much for the narrations!!! 🤗✌☝️
Thank you for your kind feedback my friend - much appreciated :)
It's very possible that she lived that long
Remember that she lived alone for the most part, so she probably didn't get subjected to lots of others colds ect. That could have helped.
I literally got your page by accident. I so enjoy your stories and your voice is marvelous. I also appreciate you telling us these stories. Because I listen to you while I'm driving. And while I'm falling asleep. I appreciate your hard work putting these together. Thanks again, of course, I'm a new subscriber.
Thanks for your very kind feedback - much appreciated :)
As long as you're not falling asleep while driving! lol
All of your episodes are so beautifully artistic and unique. Your truly a artist, and historian. It's a gift
Thanks for your very kind feedback Ally, I appreciate it :)
Enjoyed this story, remarkable. You are a gifted story teller. I am a new subscriber and am excited to hear more. Thank you.
Curious, as to what ever happened to her daughter. Did she never visit her mother? Did she have any grandchildren? Did she out live her daughter? Just rambling thoughts. Thank you for your wonderful stories. I enjoy them immensely, and your soothing voice, as well.
I Kno!! I love it when he changes his "tone" to emulate different characters 🌷🍁🍂 even women 😂😂
yes,what happened to the daughter?
I'd say her daughter was terrified of the way she let herself go. Maybe her daughter was afflicted just like she was.
Sarah Silverlight
- thank you Sarah 🖤
Lady Lewson had 3 children, none received anything in her will.
Marvelous tale and of course so well narrated. I am amazed at your selection of pictures that accompany your story. Thanks.
Thank you very much for your kind feedback, much appreciated :)
I share your interest in past times,and the fascination of stories from a classic stories.
I love the style of clothes especially in the Victorian era ..and the expression of words,sayings ,and quotes ,of the money classes.
I would love to travel back in time..to see how the fashion was worn of thoses times.
It Would not have been so nice ,to have been a below salts in them days.
Just found some of your stories..very compelling.
This was a really good story! She was amazing, I would have loved to talk to her!
I absolutely love listening to these most interesting stories. How fascinating!
Each evening, while everyone is asleep, I turn on Obsolete Oddities and listen to several stories. It's almost as if I'm being told bedtime stories! Thank you again for these most amazing pieces of information on days gone by.
Glad you like them! Thanks for your very kind feedback Vivian, I appreciate it :)
i loved this! I appreciate all the work you put into your videos!
Love hearing the "older" stories again! You're amazing, Oddie 👏 Hope you enjoyed that cold beer + had a lovely walk with your pup! Thanks for another creepy trip to the past. Was living like that 116 yrs worth it?! Somehow I think Mrs Lewson would still say yes...that's what makes this story great! She chose to live like that...odd to say the least lol Take care, be well + Thank You!
Thanks for your great feedback Kasina! Much appreciated :)
The beer was really refreshing and the doggy & I happily trundled our usual path through the meadow :)
My goodness Thank You for taking time to respond! Truly love your ch, no other place on TH-cam like it. You reach so many people from all around the world with awesome "oddities, strange ppl + creepy places" that shouldn't be forgotten. Extremely well done! Never disappointed + always left with quite a few "thoughts" lol Lovely to spend my Sunday with a cold one + a story from Oddie! Thank you + cheers from Boston, Mass 🍻🍀
What a generous offer to give some of your collection. Lovely. In my home is my grandmother, mother, and some others’ items. When relaxing I look at them. History is a magic carpet ride and I’ve learned regarding humankind. Humans are such a splendid addition to this world,. Like puppies they live for love. Love of art, music, architecture, fashion, animal & plant life, literature, You sir love these historical persons. I’d call you a gentleman. Thank you.
Thanks very much for your kind feedback Donna 😊 much appreciated!
I only run giveaways on my Patreon channel now, and when I giveaway vintage items, it's only small stuff, because the shipping costs are criminal from Switzerland.
I would love to go back in time. Also, I am so addicted to your programs. They are magical.
I just started exploring TH-cam three days ago. I found it quite annoying when my twenty two year old son would constantly be distracted by videos an such, on his cell phone. Well, color me humbled..
I love history, More so the stories that have tragedy involved. It just drives home even stronger that so many people have suffered through the ages with no justice or remembrance . So many people today think that because their phone is not charged or poor reception that their life sucks or it ruins their whole day. I love these stories and I am definitely not moving on to anyone else except for the obsolete Oddities I find these very amazing very sympatico like-minded enjoyment and I very much want to say thank you. I find most everything on television boring predictable ridiculous. I listen to your voice on my cell phone and your reading to me , it's amazing and comforting my loneliness has disappeared in the last 3 days thank you again I'm not sure what I'm supposed to call you mister Oddity Audi whomsoever you are but I'm trying to figure out how to view all of your videos I'm still trying to learn how to do this. I'm an electrician by trade but now that I'm 50 I refurbish antique furniture I love, absolutely love furniture an pieces that were made by hand and when people cared. I often try to imagine the history of a piece I'm working on. I love listening and watching your stories I'm rambling on. Good night
Thanks for your very kind feedback Shelli - much appreciated :)
The “Maverick of the family” or on occasion as my grandmother referred to me without having any explanation for it... really. She was, in her youth living in a country setting riding a horse to her Victorian era influenced grandmothers House when she was 10. 50 miles in the spring and home again for school to start in the fall.As she was influenced into a culture with a generation missing mostly because she didn’t like her own mother who “wasn’t a Lady”. I also was reared by my grandmother missing another. I was an out of time misfit that by chance allowed me a genuine creative streak. As a result I appreciate your videos. I haven’t been a recluse for sure and spent 13 years in a Central American rainforest / jungle and found many treasures for my own personal enjoyment as no one else seemed to appreciate what only I could see. Once again I want to thank you for possessing a lovely and interesting gift of rare appreciation and sharing it with all of us.
Wow! Firstly thanks for your lovely feedback and sharing the story about your maverick grandmother, she certainly sounded like a character.
But the 'wow!' was for living 13 years in a rainforest - how amazing!
I sure would also. I just want to say I love how you have put these stories together and your voice fits the stories just perfect.
Thanks for your very kind feedback Esther - very much appreciated :)
Hi Mr Oddity, im a new subscriber, and i love your videos/doc When i saw you with that classic magazine, i was like WOW! I watch alot of old movies, especially Humphrey Bogart, I have all his movies, books, and movie posters,. thank you for these incredible Videos! I have been bin watching them! THANK YOU!
Thank you very much!
I have no idea how I came across your channel. But I am so thankful that I did! Your voice is just perfect for a readthrough! I so enjoy listening to you tell the stories! Thank you and please continue!
Welcome! Thank you so much for reaching out with your kind feedback 😊
And probably smelled like something out of another era lol love you videos !!
neana saint for real
Lol lol
Another wonderful trip back into another era! I love it-keep it up👍imagine owning a piece !
Mia Flett not that many people like this kind of thing so I subscribed
Rick Hunter Good for you-its great!
WOW! Thank you for such a beautiful and artistic way of presenting history. The pictures and stories are fantastic. Looking forward to more. :)
Thanks so much for your kind feedback Mary - very much appreciated 😊🎩
I love listing to these old time Victorianstoryes, true or not.. I know most are.... anyway when you go back in time to visit these places, please take me with you.... it would be a blast... one more thing, I like hearing you narrate the stories
Absolutely love the old stories and ur voice is very calming. I am anxiously awaiting new stories. i watched them all!!
Thanks for your very kind feedback my friend - very much appreciated :)
I was born the 28th of May. Much later than this dear woman. 1963 to be precise. I would love to visit with her, to hear her stories, to look into her eyes and try to feel her heart. These old stores are some of my favorites. I like all your work. This was very good.
Thank you very much for your kind feedback Andy, much appreciated :)
Absolutely fascinating story. Thanks to the artist who made this video
Love the spooky pictures and eerie music, very entertaining, so thanks
I do so love your little chats after presenting the videos. It really brings a smile to my face and I find myself relaxing listening to you. Thank you ever so much.
Thanks for your very kind feedback Rosemary, much appreciated :)
I like the fact that you have accumulated random facts and pieces of random people lives. You've got an interesting perspective. I love seeing random stuff....like saved newspaper clippings and photos in old books and such from days gone by of people I don't even know. I love that sort of stuff. Good work.
The best prize you could offer would be an afternoon of hanging out with you, I expect that you are good company! Love from the Motor City!
+Nivek
Great idea, hanging out with Oddie at an old abandoned hotel.
could be a serial killer but at least he would have another storie for us Go for it LOL
This is my absolute favorite oddie i watch this video over and over awesome work my dear friend 😊
Thanks for your very kind feedback my friend - very much appreciated :)
@@ObsoleteOddity your welcome oddie and thank you😊
You have once again captured my imagination! You're still my favourite TH-camr, no matter what. I've turned many people on to you, and they love you almost as much as me!! 💙
Thanks for your great feedback Judith!
Much appreciated :) xx
Aww-- you know you're my favourite!! 💙
I like the narrated ones the most!
I came across your channel some time ago and have to say I love it! I am still jumping around watching all your videos. shared your page today on fb.....I hope you get a few more subs. I'm so glad you have kept this channel going. I so enjoy your stories and info. best to you and ty
Thanks for your very kind feedback Jana - much appreciated :)
Another great story Thank You so much !!
Please don't give away your oddities, we want to keep seeing these videos until you are at least 116. Things are interesting but stories are ageless. Stories don't decay.
Thanks for your great feedback Shawn! Much appreciated :)
...believe me....I have a lot of oddities...time I'm not sure about...but the oddities are ready to travel to a new keeper :)
ObsoleteOddity As for time it couldn't hurt to use the pigs grease.
Just came across this channel and I must say I am absolutely hooked. Love the narration and videos and an looking forward to watching any and all. Love the commentary at end of videos. Makes the watcher feel as if you are right here. My new favorite thing is to watch your videos.
Thank you my friend for your very kind feedback!
As usual incredibly interesting, authentically done & gripping :)
I had seen this one before you started narrating Your narrative is awesome and love how you changed the voice to read a voice of someone. Great job I agree with you would be neat to go back in time as long as I could come back. love a chance to win something from you! cool to have giveway.
Just love your channel!!!
Listen to your stories before bed ... keep using your current set up, sound effects,atmosphere, photos and topics.
Brilliant!
Thank you Rebecca for your lovely feedback!
I can see living out my days like her. No biggie
Yes but my house would have to be clean and orderly
Same here, Skippy G.!
SKIPPY G Me too, but I would hire a housekeeper, gardener, personal maid and cook, and I'd take showers!
You guys didn't get it. It was the FILTH on her and around her that she attributed her health and crazy long life to. The funny thing is, I guess in her case, she was right.🥴