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
326
#535: Something About Dogs And Cheese
The London Necropolis Railway & Selective vision
36 min
327
#534: A Severe Shortage Of Medieval Pencils
Phantom Time Hypothesis & fairy penguins
35 min
328
#533: Inebriated Aeronautics
Objectum Sexuality & Thomas Fitzpatrick
32 min
329
#532: Sub-Aqua Postal Facility
Alternate dimension UFOs & post offices located in bizarre places
34 min
330
#531: An Angel Soaked In Urine
Ridiculous research grants and Maud Wagner
31 min
331
#530: Haunting Visions & Strange Statutes
Haunted Bellagio fountains & popular but false beliefs
38 min
332
#529: Altered States and Cursed Movie Sets
Altered states of consciousness & cursed movie sets
35 min
333
#528: The Eccentric Baroness and Surviving the ...
Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven & Poon Lim
31 min
334
#527: Artificial Intelligence and a Missing Pirate
Artificial intelligence & Owen Parfitt
29 min
335
#526: Ghosts Don't Have Bones
Aliens and The Black Shuck
30 min
336
#525: The Unfathomable Mystery
Nikola Tesla & the St. Louis Lambert International Airport
32 min
337
#524: Just So You Know, I'm Dead
Cotard delusion and Lawrence Joseph Bader
31 min
338
#523: A Worm The Size Of A Bulldozer
L.W. Wright & velvet worms
37 min
339
#522: Trouser Shadow Puppetry
The Westmoreland and its long-hidden booty & Olney’s famous pancake race
33 min
340
#521: Who's Trying To Reanimate Murderers?
AI and its weird evolution & theatre superstitions
30 min
341
#520: Anomalies Of Space And Spirit
Wilkes Land Gravitational anomaly and John Thompson
31 min
342
#519: The Postman With Rocks in His Pants
The Palais Idéal & Valentine’s Meat Juice!
25 min
343
#518: One Bloody Tailgate Party
History of the guillotine & comic book inspiration
31 min
344
BOX517: Camper Toe Blood Sucker
Fun tidbits & ghosts of Thailand
30 min
345
BOX516: Relics In The Casket
Presidential oddities & Irene Sendler
30 min
346
BOX515: Pyrotechnic Charcuterie
Lord Byron's junk & Great Butter and Cheese Fire
32 min
347
Box514: Old Sausage Pants Toth
Unusual festivals & Harrison Okene
30 min
348
BOX513: An Angry Foul-Mouthed Tree Shrew
Laughter and Zheng Yi Sao
28 min
349
BOX512: Like A Sexy Bob Barker
Julia Pastrana & cat monuments
30 min
350
BOX511: Edwardian Script Flipping
The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall & Old English wife selling
29 min