Taxidermy with Audrey Ko of Odd Taxidermy

The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Hallie Lloyd

Cryptid, Serialkiller, Science, Disease, Medicine, Scary, Skeleton, Historyofmedicine, Social Sciences, Ghost, History, Medical, Anthropology, Monsters, Archeology, Murder, Creepy, Skeptic, Paranormal, Prison

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

CW: Processing of dead animals, killing of insects, poaching and killing of bats.

In this episode, Hallie talks with Audrey Ko of Odd Taxidermy about how she got her start, the types of taxidermy and the ups and downs of the industry.

There is a more chatty version of this episode available on Patreon.

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0:00.0	Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.
0:18.6	Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid
0:22.5	curiosity, and it has gripped millions of people throughout the ages. I am one of those people.
0:29.7	My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast.
0:37.2	Hello, listeners. Today, we're doing something a little different. We are talking to
0:43.1	Audrey of Odd Taxidermy, which is a Melbourne-based taxidermist who I met at the Halloween
0:51.8	Dark Moon Fair, which is a Curiosity's and Audities Exhibition, put on by Flying Bats Emporium in Coburg, Victoria.
1:01.1	I was immediately drawn to your table at the fair because you had a human vertebral column on it.
1:08.9	And I love vertebrae.
1:10.0	I did my master's thesis on asymmetry in
1:13.6	scoliosis in vertebrae. And we had a really good conversation. I wanted to share what you do with our
1:18.9	listeners because I don't know, we hit it off and you're just awesome and I love the work you do. So I'm
1:24.0	a fan girl. I'm going to shut up now. Thank you so much for having me on your podcast today. I'm going to fan girl. I'm going to shut up now.
1:30.8	Thank you so much for having me on your podcast today.
1:36.0	I'm really grateful for the opportunity and your platform for, I guess,
1:39.3	allowing me to talk about something I really love and passionate about. And I'm really excited to be sharing with you and your listeners all the nitty-gritty details.
1:45.7	Yay, and that's what we love.
1:49.0	It's a podcast about morbid history for the most part, but I also like to go into detail on
1:54.9	medical procedures and taxidermy.
1:58.0	It is kind of the large medical procedure, but also it's artistic as well.
2:04.3	So let's dive right in.
2:06.4	How did you get your start as a taxidermist?
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