These odd relics and creepy finds make old houses feel like time capsules of the bizarre.
“I Found These In A Crawlspace In My Basement Mildly Curious”
“First Prize String Beans From September 1945 Found In My 102 Year Old Patient’s Basement”
“Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup. Friend Found It Under An Old House While Doing Pest Treatment”
“discontinued in the 1930s for becoming known as “Baby K**ler.” It was used for putting kids to sleep and teething infants, apparently contains 65 milligrams of morphine.”
“For All Of Your Chocolate Covered Poison Needs”
“There are still some left in the bottle – they look just like brown M&M minis. Does anyone know why this existed?OneBlueberry2480: During the turn of the century, small amounts were taken to encourage saliva production, and build a good appetite.”
“Helping Friend’s Mum Clear Out Her House, Found Her Sexy Vatican Calendar (She’s 94)”
“Cleaning Out Mil Old House”
“Found this old bottle of booze. It’s remy cognac… looks old.”
“How Funny! My House Was Built In 1925 And I Am Tearing The Fireplace Out. In The Walls I Found Something Wrapped In Newspaper”
“Its a sandwich wrapped in newspaper dated 1924.”
“Found This Cleaning An Old Mans Basement”
“1940’s Unused Roll Of Toilet Paper”
“Still Wrapped 50 Year Old Condoms From Around 1971”
“Nanny Kept Everything”
“Cleaning Out My Grandma’s Basement And I Found A Bottle Of Arsenic”
“On another note does anyone know how to safely dispose of arsenic? The bottle is really cool and I want to keep it. I have no use for the actual arsenic in it. I feel like it’s not one of those things I can just pour out on the ground with it being poison and all.”
“I Will Never Throw These Away”
“We found these in my father’s house when he passed away. We found LOTS of items that fit in this sub, but these were my favorite!”
“This Old Seven-Up Bottlers Flavor I Found At Grandma’s House”
“Found Under The Floor Boards In A 1800’s House”
“Granny’s Freezer Had An 84 Year Old Biscuit With A Note”
“My Septuagenarian Mom Still Has Her ‘97 Softsoap Container To Match Her ‘97 Fish Bathroom”
“Just keep refilling, just keep refilling, just keep refilling, refilling, refilling.”
“We’re Having A Clear Out At My Nan’s House And We Just Found This Perfectly Preserved Early 1950s Bar Of Yardley’s Soap. Smells Great And It’s Not Cracked At All”
“Fixing Up An Old (100+ Years) House, Found This In The Back Room”
“The Original Key To My House Built In 1937. It Still Unlocks All Of The Doors In The House. The Creepy Thing Is, The Bedrooms Only Lock/Unlock From The Outside”
“Found When Cleaning Out My Mothers Closet”
“Canned Peaches From The Carter Administration. Found In Mom’s Cellar. Peaches Canned In 1976”
“Breakfast With Barbie Cereal Expired In 1990”
“Bought These Off A Walgreens Shelf 3 Days Ago”
“It took all my strength to get it lodged into me. And now I can’t get it out. Might tie it to the door and slam it shut.”
“I Was At My Grandparents House And I Found This In Their Things. I Love It”
“It’s a radio that looks like those old computers, I’m glad I got to take this with me my grandma had past away so we were looking through some stuff so we could clean some of it out.”
“Remodeling My 1918 Home And Found This Battery In The Wall”
“Found Cleaning Out My Grandparents House That They’ve Lived In Since 1965”
“Unopened Welches Jelly Jar From 1994. Found This At An Estate Sale This Summer”
“This Soap I Found At My Grandmas House”
“Found In The Back Of My Family’s Vacation Beach House… Any Guesses As To Production Date?”
“Found a few things online from the 70s-80s but can’t find the actual date on the box!”
“Found In My Boyfriend’s Pantry”
“Other People Inherit Money Or A House; I Inherit The Heinz Ketchup Limited Black Edition”
“Thirsty Anyone?”
“And no I will not drink it. I was um… A bit obsessed with BSB… I was determined to marry Kevin.”
“Chips From ’94. Cleaning Out A Hoard, And Found These”
“My Grandfather Worked In A Pringles Factory. Yes There Are Chips In There”
“My Grandma Still Has An Unopened New Coke Can In Her Fridge From 1985”
“Forgotten Emergency Snacks Found In Our Earthquake Kit From The 90’s”
“The Chewy bars were absolute mush. Nature Valley bars were still dry (because of course they were). And I wish I could say those were breadsticks and peanut butter but… They were cheese.”
“Found At Nan’s House – Glass Vase With Metal Grill Inside”
“It’s for arranging cut flowers (a rose bowl).”
“Found This In My 80 Year Old Mother’s House”
“Didn’t Pick Up Almond Extract From The Grocery Store Because I Was Told We Already Had Some”
“Poptarts 1991 With Free Vhs Rental”
“When I was in highschool in 2010-2014, I found this empty poptarts box behind the lockers. Still one of my favorite things.”
“Cleaning Out My Grandma’s Pantry And I Found These Jarred Preserves From 1964”
“Old School Travel Comb? Found Stuck Behind A Drawer In Our Bathroom”
“Found this stuck behind the drawer in our bathroom. Our house burned down and was rebuilt in the 1950’s. It’s probably 4”x3”ish. The teeth seem pretty wide to be a comb.”
“Found Two Bottles Buried In My Cellar”
“My new house is from 1703, so they can be 1 year old or 321 years old or anything in between. The cellar is directly soil, so I found it while cleaning it out. Contrarily to the bottles in the picture (from the 1990s I think), these two were buried in the soil.”
“Found Back In 2013”
“It’s not a recent find but I moved in with my grandfather when my grandmother passed back in 2013. Slowly started working on cleaning things out and found this gem at the back of the pantry.”
“Found These Year 2000 Twinkies In My Parents Closet Today”
“I’ve Found This Car Key At My Home, I Dont Own Such A Car”
“So I’ve found this key under our bathtub while cleaning after my dog urinated near it which leaked under the bathtub. I’ve never got any complaint about a missing keys at my house. The bathtub plastic under was never removed before and it was made somewhat 20 years ago.”
“80’s Gatorade”
“Helping someone clean out their house today and these were in the basement.”
“Husband Found While Working On A Job”
“Now That I’m Old Enough To Be A Grandma, My Sealed Pokemon Jelly Jars”
the remy might be worth 4000 dollars