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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#571: Kissing Mothman's A**
Indrid Cold and number stations
34 min
252
#570: The Cat Box Made Me Do It
William the Conqueror's ill-fated funeral and Toxoplasma gondii
30 min
253
#569: A Non-Existant Pig Farm
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane and Boleskine House
29 min
254
#568: Giggling Granny From Beyond The Grave
Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce and Origin of phrases
36 min
255
#567: Aristocratic Flitting
Place name meanings and Lord Bridgewater
29 min
256
#566: A Maternal Love Of Small Frying Pans
Edgewater Arsenal and Lela and Raymond Howard
36 min
257
#565: A Very Judgmental Corpse
La Pascualita and Gallywampus
29 min
258
#564: High Altitude Archery
Henry Darger and Gladys Ingle
33 min
259
#563: A Hostess Poaching
Walt Disney frozen? and company secrets
36 min
260
#562: A Theater Full Of Hobos
Crisis Apparitions & How Psycho changed going to the movies
42 min
261
#561: Syphilis And Beveled Mirrors
Doppelgängers & Frozen Food Funeral
30 min
262
#560: It's Raining Cats And Toddlers
Simpsons Predictions & The Trail of Tears and the Great Irish Potato Famine
28 min
263
#559: A Camera Named Pot Roast
Exelee Louise Villella & the Canneto Di Caronia Fires
31 min
264
#558: Lengthy Fun-Bagged Wood Nymph
Ed Gein & Slattenpatten
28 min
265
#557: A Cheese Dispensing ATM
Earth-bound spirits & currency through human history
29 min
266
#556: A Seahorse Named Carl
Sky fish & aquatic communication
32 min
267
#555: Gobbling Up A Potato Pie
Baba Vanga & deadly potatoes
34 min
268
#554: An Electric Spear And A Chicken
Edwin Robinson & Stagecoach Mary
29 min
269
#553: An Oscillating Purgatory
Fear frequency & Optography
29 min
270
#552: A Dairy Product Decoy Ploy
The owls are not what they seem & The Bloop
41 min
271
#551: A Ghost Smudged My Mirror
Myrtles Plantation & Pierre April
34 min
272
#550: Pan-Seared Tennis Shoe
Pizza & Shadow People
48 min
273
#549: Penguins In My Shoes
Otzi the Iceman & Beatriz Flamini
36 min
274
#548: A Steam-Powered Mechanical Bull
The Philadelphia Experiment & Lesser known inventions
44 min
275
#547: Hoedown On The Giza Plateau
Michelle Wilkins and moving caskets of Barbados
34 min