Dr. Tumblety’s™

A Time-Inspired Specialty Shop

Fall Hours

Our Pittsburgh Shop is Now Open
Thursday-Friday 1-7PM
Saturday 12-7PM
Sunday 12-5PM

Tonics & Trinkets
Hats & Fragrance
Grooming & Cosmetics
Local Artisans
Novels & Novelties
Oils & Elixirs
Cures & Curiosities
Vintage Goods & Gifts

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Storyville Lounge

Now Open for Private Events
Located inside of Dr. Tumblety’s

Cocktail Lounge
Themed Events
Neighborhood Events
Corporate Events
Private Parties

Live Entertainment

Our Inspired by Spirits ™ Distillery & Conjure Bar is coming in 2022 & will be located next to Dr. Tumblety’s.
Follow @inspiredbyspiritsdistillingco for updates on our progress.

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Dr. Tumblety’s™

A Time Inspired Specialty Shop

info@inspiredbyspirits.com
phone: (412)368-3377

Fall Hours

Our Pittsburgh shop is now open
Thursday-Friday 1-7PM
Saturday 12-7PM
Sunday 12-5PM

Tonics & Trinkets
Hats & Fragrance
Grooming & Cosmetics
Local Artisans
Novels & Novelties
Oils & Elixirs

Cures & Curiosities
Vintage Goods & Gifts

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Storyville Lounge

Located inside of Dr. Tumbletys & Now Open for Private Events

Cocktail Lounge
Themed Events
Neighborhood Events
Corporate Events
Private Parties

Live Entertainment

Our Inspired by Spirits ™ Distillery & Conjure Bar is coming in 2022 & will be located next to Dr. Tumblety’s.
Follow @inspiredbyspiritsdistillingco for updates on our progress.

Custom Handcrafted Luxury Stills 

Now available in store and online, or consult directly with our craftsman.

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Made on site by Inspired by Spirits
craftsman & distiller, Mike Miles.

Who was Dr. Tumblety?

Pittsburgh’s history is loaded with the spirits of interesting characters. Perhaps none more intriguing than Dr. Francis Tumblety, a medical quack, charlatan, and prime suspect in the 1888 serial killer case of Jack the Ripper in London’s Whitechapel District. According to legend, Dr. Tumblety opened his apothecary somewhere in Pittsburgh during the Victorian Era.

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Dr. Tumblety immigrated from Ireland on a coffin ship in 1847. He was known as an Indian herb doctor, an eccentric self-promoter and self-proclaimed M.D. who traveled the world in a “snake oil” wagon led by horses and a set of greyhounds. Legend says he peddled his homemade spells, elixirs, and remedies, along with his own brand of patent medicine, which at that time was primarily made with alcohol. Armed with a letter of  introduction from his friend, President Abraham Lincoln, he kept company with celebrities like Charles Dickens and Lord Stanley, and he was impeccably well-dressed. Some say the Dok would collect goods from others and bring them back to be featured in his apothecary at 188 Liberty Street, Downtown Pittsburgh. Tumblety managed to attain great wealth along his journeys of majick and mischief, and was a well respected business man.

Inspired by Spirits™ Distilling Company, llc is conjuring the spirit of Dr. Tumblety, the spirit of the curiosity he stirred, and the spirit of his original apothecary shop. Residents and tourists can shop the Dok’s apothecary for tonics & trinkets, hats & fragrance, grooming & cosmetics, locally made artisan products, novels & novelties, oils & elixirs, cures & curiosities, vintage goods & gifts from around the world.Read More...

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Who was Dr. Tumblety?

Pittsburgh’s history is loaded with the spirits of interesting characters. Perhaps none more intriguing than Dr. Francis Tumblety, a medical quack, charlatan, and prime suspect in the 1888 serial killer case of Jack the Ripper in London’s Whitechapel District. According to legend, Dr. Tumblety opened his apothecary somewhere in Pittsburgh during the Victorian Era.

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Dr. Tumblety immigrated from Ireland on a coffin ship in 1847. He was known as an Indian herb doctor, an eccentric self-promoter and self-proclaimed M.D. who traveled the world in a “snake oil” wagon led by horses and a set of greyhounds. Legend says he peddled his homemade spells, elixirs, and remedies, along with his own brand of patent medicine, which at that time was primarily made with alcohol. Armed with a letter of  introduction from his friend, President Abraham Lincoln, he kept company with celebrities like Charles Dickens and Lord Stanley, and he was impeccably well-dressed. Some say the Dok would collect goods from others and bring them back to be featured in his apothecary at 188 Liberty Street, Downtown Pittsburgh. Tumblety managed to attain great wealth along his journeys of majick and mischief, and was a well respected business man.

Inspired by Spirits™ Distilling Company, llc is conjuring the spirit of Dr. Tumblety, the spirit of the curiosity he stirred, and the spirit of his original apothecary shop. Residents and tourists can shop the Dok’s apothecary for tonics & trinkets, hats & fragrance, grooming & cosmetics, locally made artisan products, novels & novelties, oils & elixirs, cures & curiosities, vintage goods & gifts from around the world.Read More...

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Dr. Tumblety’s Storefront

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Dr. Tumblety’s Specialty Shop

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Storyville Lounge

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