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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#546: Ancient Atoms And Problematic Portraits
Ancient atomic theory & Sarah Biffon
32 min
252
#545: I've Got Magma Feet!
Brazil's infamous Joelma building & demon traps
31 min
253
#544: Future Tandem Bicycle Needs
Wilmer McLean & Orchid delirium
30 min
254
#543: Oatmeal And Biological Material
Talos & Time Balls
32 min
255
#542: Barefoot In Pilgrim-y Times
Butterfly people & shame punishments
44 min
256
#541: A Camel Broke My Toilet
The Casket Girls of New Orleans & feral camels
30 min
257
#540: Scratchin' Fanny And The Flamboyant Bucke...
War of the Oaken Bucket & the haunting of William and Elizabeth Kent
27 min
258
#539: Precious Codfish Wallet
Hinterkaifeck Murders & Hammersmith Ghost
36 min
259
#538: A Most Deadly Picnic
Japanese Balloon bomb & oviparous
30 min
260
#537: A Strange Use For Shoes
Aghori Sadhus & Sarah Rector
32 min
261
#536: Dead Men Can't Golf
Louis XIV's blood curse & the man with the golden arm
27 min
262
#535: Something About Dogs And Cheese
The London Necropolis Railway & Selective vision
36 min
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#534: A Severe Shortage Of Medieval Pencils
Phantom Time Hypothesis & fairy penguins
35 min
264
#533: Inebriated Aeronautics
Objectum Sexuality & Thomas Fitzpatrick
32 min
265
#532: Sub-Aqua Postal Facility
Alternate dimension UFOs & post offices located in bizarre places
34 min
266
#531: An Angel Soaked In Urine
Ridiculous research grants and Maud Wagner
31 min
267
#530: Haunting Visions & Strange Statutes
Haunted Bellagio fountains & popular but false beliefs
38 min
268
#529: Altered States and Cursed Movie Sets
Altered states of consciousness & cursed movie sets
35 min
269
#528: The Eccentric Baroness and Surviving the ...
Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven & Poon Lim
31 min
270
#527: Artificial Intelligence and a Missing Pirate
Artificial intelligence & Owen Parfitt
29 min
271
#526: Ghosts Don't Have Bones
Aliens and The Black Shuck
30 min
272
#525: The Unfathomable Mystery
Nikola Tesla & the St. Louis Lambert International Airport
32 min
273
#524: Just So You Know, I'm Dead
Cotard delusion and Lawrence Joseph Bader
31 min
274
#523: A Worm The Size Of A Bulldozer
L.W. Wright & velvet worms
37 min
275
#522: Trouser Shadow Puppetry
The Westmoreland and its long-hidden booty & Olney’s famous pancake race
33 min