The Box of Oddities

The Webby Award-winning “Box of Oddities" is a podcast that delves into the strange and mysterious aspects of our world, exploring topics ranging from bizarre medical conditions to unsolved mysteries, and from paranormal phenomena to strange cultural practices from around the world. With a focus on oddities, curiosities, and the macabre, each episode is a journey into the unknown, where hosts Kat and Jethro Gilligan Toth share their love for unusual stories and inject their humor and commentary. From the strange history of medical practices to chilling true crime stories, to natural (and unnatural) events, "The Box of Oddities" satisfies your thirst for the weird and the unusual, offering an informative and entertaining look into the dark and mysterious corners of our world.

JIMMY KIMMEL, ABC-TV says, "Should you be the type who has an interest in weird stuff, this is a fun thing to allow in your head!" 


“Truth is stranger than fiction, and the Box of Oddities is the strangest of all!” -SLUGGO, SIRIUS XM LITHIUM


“Kat & Jethro wring humor from bizarre, macabre and perplexing places.” -BOSTON MAGAZINE

Comedy
True Crime
Society & Culture
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#539: Precious Codfish Wallet
Hinterkaifeck Murders & Hammersmith Ghost
36 min
252
#538: A Most Deadly Picnic
Japanese Balloon bomb & oviparous
30 min
253
#537: A Strange Use For Shoes
Aghori Sadhus & Sarah Rector
32 min
254
#536: Dead Men Can't Golf
Louis XIV's blood curse & the man with the golden arm
27 min
255
#535: Something About Dogs And Cheese
The London Necropolis Railway & Selective vision
36 min
256
#534: A Severe Shortage Of Medieval Pencils
Phantom Time Hypothesis & fairy penguins
35 min
257
#533: Inebriated Aeronautics
Objectum Sexuality & Thomas Fitzpatrick
32 min
258
#532: Sub-Aqua Postal Facility
Alternate dimension UFOs & post offices located in bizarre places
34 min
259
#531: An Angel Soaked In Urine
Ridiculous research grants and Maud Wagner
31 min
260
#530: Haunting Visions & Strange Statutes
Haunted Bellagio fountains & popular but false beliefs
38 min
261
#529: Altered States and Cursed Movie Sets
Altered states of consciousness & cursed movie sets
35 min
262
#528: The Eccentric Baroness and Surviving the ...
Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven & Poon Lim
31 min
263
#527: Artificial Intelligence and a Missing Pirate
Artificial intelligence & Owen Parfitt
29 min
264
#526: Ghosts Don't Have Bones
Aliens and The Black Shuck
30 min
265
#525: The Unfathomable Mystery
Nikola Tesla & the St. Louis Lambert International Airport
32 min
266
#524: Just So You Know, I'm Dead
Cotard delusion and Lawrence Joseph Bader
31 min
267
#523: A Worm The Size Of A Bulldozer
L.W. Wright & velvet worms
37 min
268
#522: Trouser Shadow Puppetry
The Westmoreland and its long-hidden booty & Olney’s famous pancake race
33 min
269
#521: Who's Trying To Reanimate Murderers?
AI and its weird evolution & theatre superstitions
30 min
270
#520: Anomalies Of Space And Spirit
Wilkes Land Gravitational anomaly and John Thompson
31 min
271
#519: The Postman With Rocks in His Pants
The Palais Idéal & Valentine’s Meat Juice!
25 min
272
#518: One Bloody Tailgate Party
History of the guillotine & comic book inspiration
31 min
273
BOX517: Camper Toe Blood Sucker
Fun tidbits & ghosts of Thailand
30 min
274
BOX516: Relics In The Casket
Presidential oddities & Irene Sendler
30 min
275
BOX515: Pyrotechnic Charcuterie
Lord Byron's junk & Great Butter and Cheese Fire
32 min