![]() I always thought my museum would have legs. “Most of the dressed-up cockroaches are still in their cases, stored in boxes,” he said. He still has his cockroaches and hopes one day he can find a new home to display them. Michael Bohdan moved to Phoenix to retire but returned to Dallas a few years ago. But alas, the Cockroach Hall of Fame Museum is no more. The Pest Shop is still open and still helping customers who want to get rid of bugs in their homes. “I was shocked to learn it was half a block from my house!” he said. Another lifelong resident, Ryan Dry, recalls first learning about the museum by way of an article about “oddities of the world,” with a mention of Plano’s cockroach museum. The Cockroach Museum was a hidden treasure that many Plano residents didn’t know about. One resident, John Brooks, remembers first seeing Michael on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson. He still calls himself “Cockroach Dundee.”Īs one reviewer wrote on Roadside America about Michael, “He’ll stop mid-convo (talking about his old ‘Last Supper with roaches’ diorama) and help customers with problems with skunks, then hop right back into his old stories about his nationwide competitions for roach art.” Another remembers him handing out free samples of barbecue-flavored larvae. When the museum was open, Michael enjoyed greeting thousands of visitors each year and answering questions, always sporting his green felt fedora dotted with the carcasses of 14 cockroaches. He earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Michael is a good sport about the jokes – he sent Seth Meyers a t-shirt – but he’s also truly an expert on cockroaches and other critters. “Just because you call it a museum inside your head doesn’t mean you’re not just a crazy with a glue gun.” “A man in Texas has opened the Cockroach Hall of Fame Museum that features collections of the dead bugs in tutus and sunglasses,” Seth Meyers said during the news parody segment. ![]() The museum even got a mention on Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live” in 2010. “Liberoachi” exhibition at Cockroach Hall of Fame Museum // photos courtesy of Michael Bohdan ![]() You Have Been Successfully Unsubscribed From The Newsletter.When the museum was open, visitors were treated to exhibits like the Bates Roach Motel office, which featured a roach dressed in a housecoat and wig that moved along a track from the office to Room 1 with a tiny knife in its hand, and a collection of “celebrity” roaches with names like Elvis, David Letterroach and Liberoachi. Sorry, Failed To Unsubscribe From The Newsletter. Problem While Recovering Password, Please Try Again Later Please Enter Collection Name Please Wait Please Enter Your Name Please Enter Your Comment Please Select Collection Please Enter First Name First Name Should Not Be More Than 50 Characters Please Enter Last Name Last Name Should Not Be More Than 50 Characters Password Din't Match Problem Reseting Your Password, Please Try Again Later Keyword Is Restricted, Please Try Another Keyword Sorry! A Problem Occurred While Sending The Email, Please Try Again Later. Date Must Be In YYYY-MM-DD Format Month Must Be Between 1 And 12 Day Must Be Between 1 And 31 Please Enter Valid Email Email Should Not Be More Than 100 Characters Characters Remaining Message Should Not Be Blank Email Should Be Correct Please Check For Reservation Time What Type Of Location Are You Collecting? Please Enter Password Password Should Be 8-16 Characters Long, Alphanumeric With One Special Character Password Should Not Be More Than 50 Characters Please Check Email Address And Try Again Error! Email Sent! Check Your Inbox, We’ve Sent You Instructions On How To Reset Your Password. Detail email,public_profile 731812490255864 33.01980300 -96.69887400 Plano 18733 50 2 33.03900980 -96.70968390 cityseeker_t_A 33.01980300 -96.69887400 Set Current Location See All Global Search Remove from Collection Add to Collection Saved Save Save Collection to Profile Saved Collection to Profile What type of location are you collecting? Approximate Duration Options Found View Full Hours Hide Full Hours No Data Found Please check your starting point or destination location Miles to Destination Please Enter Old Password Please Enter New Password Old and New Passwords Are the Same New Password and Confirm New Password Do Not Match Please allow access to email Geolocation is not supported by this browser Please provide valid email Collection Not Available Keyword Should Contain At Least 3 Characters Keyword Should Contain Only Alphanumeric Characters Keyword Already Added. ![]()
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