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214:"I’ve been collecting since I was a little kid". They opened their collection, and house, to the public for tours in 2009. It attracts thousands a year as it has been prominently featured as place of interest in Pittsburgh. Trundle Manor was featured on “MTV’s Extreme Cribs” in 2011. Apart from giving tours, Trundle Manor also organizes and takes part in various events. It often hosts taxidermy classes, art, and comedy shows. They have taken their collection on the road as a traveling 'creep show'. 43: 1027: 27: 50: 213:
The Miriellos acquired the victorian property which became Trundle Manor in 2007. Their fascination with Goth, Steampunk and classic horror films, led the couple to amass a private collection of oddities. The couple’s intrigue with the macabre began in their respective childhoods. Mr. Arm recalls,
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Olivia’s Singing Tumor is the centerpiece of their human reliquary. It features a large benign tumor encased in a glass jar with a musical contraption that makes it “sing.” The said tumor was donated by a belly dancer who gave it to the couple on the condition that it be put on display.
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When entertaining guests, Anton Miriello and Rachel Miriello go by Mr. Arm and Velda Von Minx respectively. Visitors are asked to donate items to the collection for tour payment. Donations vary from booze, former pets now preserved in jars, to killing implements.
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I've been collecting since I was a little kid... Once we got this house, the collection grew a lot faster
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Donations, which can include money, taxidermy, dead things, killing implements, and booze.
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Olivia's Tumor sits inside a giant jar, attached to an antique music box, playing music
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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taxidermy, jarred specimens, medical implements and odd weaponry.
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Trundle Manor is located in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
PA
Coordinates
40°25′22″N 79°52′50″W / 40.422890°N 79.880569°W / 40.422890; -79.880569
Tourist trap
trundlemanor.com
macabre
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
cryptozoology
taxidermy



"Part Museum, Part Home: Animal Parts, Oddities And Love Make Up Pittsburgh's Trundle Manor"


"Creepy Oddities Abundant Inside Swissvale's Trundle Manor"
"Trundle Manor – Pittsburgh's Most Unique Collection of Oddities"


"You Should Know Mr Arm and Velda Von Minx"




"Taxidermy and a singing tumor make Trundle Manor a home to artists: Cool Spaces"

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