By Grace Bellinghausen, Reporter
As the season changes and Halloween nears, one south Omaha Shop displays bone-chilling artifacts and oddities that are sure to put anyone in the Halloween spirit.
Voodoo’s Odd Shop is located on 13th and Martha in an ominous brick building. The building was once a mortuary and is creepy on the outside, but on the inside, visitors will see it’s not just the house that is haunted.
The owner of Voodoo’s odd shop, Derek Everhart, has opened it up to ghosts and guests. He said he started the store when his youngest child went to school and the store has grown ever since. However, his curiosity was not always encouraged.
“In high school is when I first started to collect weird things. You know, my parents didn’t allow it, sometimes even life doesn’t allow it too, but it just grew and grew and now it’s a permanent fixture in my life,” said Everhart.
Covering every square inch of the 120 year old building are dark artifacts, two headed animals, real skeletons and even prison letters and drawings penned by America’s most prolific and infamous serial killers, including killer clown John Wayne Gacey and Night Stalker Richard Remirez.
A book lies on one of the counters, filled with letters from serial killers to their lawyers, most of them likely never publicly released – a true crime lover’s ultimate treasure trove.
Due to the rarity of the collection, it mustered a lot of buzz in the Omaha community.
One first-time customer, Tim Anderson, said his coworker told him about the “spooky shop” in South Omaha.
“We’ve heard wonderful things about this place. It’s a really odd collection of eclectic stuff and it’s very intriguing, so we came out here to take a look,” Anderson said.
Not only is Voodoo’s Odd Shop a great place to appreciate all things creepy and occult, but most items on display are also for sale and would make a great conversation piece for the Halloween season.
The collection never stops growing and Everhart adds new items to peak visitors’ curiosity every week.
Everhart is knowledgeable of all the dark and spooky artifacts in his collection and encourages visitors to ask questions when they arrive.
