Museum of the Weird - Austin, TX 

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!

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

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 👏🏼

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

You always find the coolest, weirdest places

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

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

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

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” 🇲🇽

HEY, HELLO JACOB What's going on ? YEAH. They have a lot of the Big Man's stuff There at the museum of the weird The Big Man I mean ( P.T. BARNUM ) I was wondering why you have never been to The P. T. BARNUM'S MUSEUM which also has memorabilia from Tom thumb too and go To his grave site Wich both are in my hometown of (*Bridgeport Connecticut*) his museum is located at 820 main st in (*) and PT. Barnum and his wife"s grave site is located at mountain Grove Cemetery in (*) Along with Tom thumb's grave and Tom thumb wife also So next time you go up North take the time to make the stop

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

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

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

New sub here and I LOVE this channel!! Got to Binge it too! Do you have any videos from Oregon?? Thanks for the hard work too! You know they have bumper stickers here that say keep Portland weird.

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

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

Kinda like a ripleys! Nice! 👍

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

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 : )

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.

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

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

15:45 id try that for the thumbnail

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.

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

Tod Browning's Freaks is a great movie!

I love Shrunken Heads💓💓💓💓

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

Very interesting and weirdly interesting

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

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

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

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

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

Zoltan looks like Uncle Fester...

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

Not to be confused with Rolly Crump's Museum of the Weird :)

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

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

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? 🤔

Was there a Sascrotch?

Helllooo Traveler I came across you via a fellow RU-vidr..... I am so so so happy I did.... My husband and I love your content. (⁠￣⁠(⁠ｴ⁠)⁠￣⁠)⁠ﾉ HI ❤

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

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

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

The critter was cute

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 ☺️

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!!!!👽👾💛

Stop being weird...

Yes Audrey 2!!!

Idk if yall believe in spirits or anything like that. But my family has always claimed to be really sensitive to spiritual stuff (even though i didnt really experience paranormal stuff myself so i was pretty skeptical to the existence of ghosts n stuff). Was just there with a group of friends yesterday and I went from cracking jokes and laughing with friends to IMMEDIATELY feeling a “force” inside there that felt strong/cursed/heavy/unwelcoming/emotionally draining. (My jokes weren’t disrespectful to the exhibit or dead body parts or anything we were just making fun of the way a friend of ours said something). After the first room, I was literally struggling to stand inside this building and i was leaning on walls to support myself and it was just a weird unwelcoming/claustrophobic feeling. Me and another friend in our party had to leave the exhibit early because we just felt really weak and nauseous in there from like a weird energy in there. I’ve struggled to believe in ghosts n stuff most my life but after my visit at this museum, i wouldnt be surprised if they got a lot of specters or something there. Its a little small and less interactive for my taste compared to like maybe a Ripley’s museum, but it’s $12 admission so maybe its maybe not too bad if you REALLY like replicas of oddities. BUT WARNING!!!!!!!!: if you are really sensitive to spiritual stuff, then be prepared for feelings of extreme lethargy, claustrophobia, anxiety and discomfort because there’s definitely something paranormal that made me feel awful. I really wanted to see the rest of the exhibit but i felt so gross and ill i had to leave. It was IMMEDIATE relief once I ended up back outside

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.

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

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.

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.

You’re silly! There was a woman who the “stone baby” thing happened to in like Dubai or something years ago and she had dealt with issues for something like 30-40 years before they found it. It’s been a while since I heard it so I’m probably wrong on a lot of this, but the point is generally if a baby dies in utero, your body expels it because it would make you sick. There’s been times when part of an amniotic sac or part of the baby 😥 doesn’t come out & the woman has to rush to er .... high fever, vomiting, your body considers it poisonous which it is. There’s even been surgical instruments scissors, cloths....left inside (not living things so they can’t rot) which is why you may hear them “inventory” before closing up, but the body knows it’s foreign and people get super sick. So pro tip...if you get sick after surgery be sure & tell the ER doc to check for left behind instruments! 😂

15:58 *me* .

I can’t do much until I become a collector. I’m 2 worlds out from now. Maybe about 38. I’m 30 right now. Just an FYI for future endeavors

I recently read they plan to remake “Little Shop of Horrors” I think to be released this year! I’m very hesitant 😟. We’ll see if Seymour is Seymour & Audrey is Audrey (or is it Audrey 2?)!

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

"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!

IF still in Austin they do alot of filming for cable at Jessie James Speed Shop on S Congress. & Armidilo world Hq. Thanks

P.T. Barnum....word's first scammer lol (figi mermaid) 😂

Joes

Now why is little shop of horrors your favorite movie Mr Carpetbagger??

I was wondering if you could come to Busch Gardens Howl-o-scream in Virginia! They have so many fun creepy attractions

"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..

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

Can you believe Casa Bonita has filed for bankruptcy? Hope they will bounce back.

Not to be that person... It's actually Frankenstein's Monster.

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.

Uhh, not to be pedantic but Nosferatu wasn't the first vampire story, it wasn't even the the first vampire movie. For the record, it was a total copy of Dracula that the Stoker estate sued and won against murnau and had almost all the copies of the movie destroyed.

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

My son is a big big fan. Would love to meet you. I'm here in Round Rock right next to Austin.

The advertiser hijacked the video for me! Instead of counting down to my video it counted up!! Never returned to the video...waited a good 4 min.

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!

Feed me Jacob!

keep austin weird? hopefully they dont turn the city into a dumpster fire like 'weird' Portland has become

hey Jacob May i suggest that you do a visit to Walton's mountain in Virginia sometime. it is a pretty popular place for many youtubers

My head shrinks when I do cocaine 😜 , so remember kids don't do ....who the hell cares do what you want.

Sorry about his, but when stated at 10:26 that Conan Doyle believed them, he just showed how to make something like that picture!

I came here only to see the iceman of Minnesota, only to not see the iceman. Of Minnesota. Or any state. So disappointed. I wanted to know if he still looks the same as he did in the ‘60s. Well, you saw him. Does he?

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

“Annular deformity,” the intentional elongation of the cranium via bi ding from an early age; thought to be more beautiful and desirable…

From what I know about chickens... The birds do not like to be close to each other. Farmers debeak them...

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

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

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

The wife was the murderous Gargoyle all along!

Why do they not want the frozen man/missing link filmed or photographed?

My great grandmother had a miniature poodle named scruffy

The background music in the museum was distracting me lol

Really enjoyed your video. Definitely weird........👍

Very cool museum. Just subbed your channel.