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

True Crime
Society & Culture
Comedy
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#586: Trapping The Devil In Your Pants
Soviet Pepsi Deal and the Spooky Origins of Jack-O-Lanterns
33 min
402
#585: Mahogany Death Machine
Rendlesham Forest Mystery & the Ghost Ship USS Sachem"
41 min
403
#584: Ghosts Are Licking Our Kitchen Cabinets
Ghosts of the Dakota & the Mysterious Tale of Aesop Wilson.
27 min
404
#583: Grandma Was A Kleptomaniac
Vampire burials and Adam Livingston Haunting at Wizard Clip
32 min
405
#582: It Probably Was Ergot
Haunting of Annelise Michael/ Emily Rose and werewolves
31 min
406
#581: A Morbid Arts And Crafts Project
Necrogamy/ marrying the dead and Flesh eating disease
26 min
407
#580: They're Dead. They're All Messed Up
Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir and mysteries of Mount Shasta
30 min
408
579: Worst Game Show Ever
Bizarre Medical Devices and Victorian Spinsters
31 min
409
#578: Delicious Blue Vein
Protected Origin Designation and Brazilian Men in Lead Masks
31 min
410
#577: Communists In The Gazebo
Haunted Banff Springs Hotel and Tarantula Hawk Wasp
38 min
411
#576: Ancient Mesoamerican Influencer
Xipa Totec and Billie Jean King
36 min
412
#575: Mounting The King
William James Sidis and playing cards
33 min
413
#574: Teabagging Killer Bees
Abandoned Amusement parks and Fordlandia
32 min
414
#573: Platypus' Aren't Real
Animals we thought were fantasy and Houska Castle
27 min
415
#572: The Induced Labor Day Special
Labor related oddities
68 min
416
#571: Kissing Mothman's A**
Indrid Cold and number stations
34 min
417
#570: The Cat Box Made Me Do It
William the Conqueror's ill-fated funeral and Toxoplasma gondii
30 min
418
#569: A Non-Existant Pig Farm
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane and Boleskine House
29 min
419
#568: Giggling Granny From Beyond The Grave
Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce and Origin of phrases
36 min
420
#567: Aristocratic Flitting
Place name meanings and Lord Bridgewater
29 min
421
#566: A Maternal Love Of Small Frying Pans
Edgewater Arsenal and Lela and Raymond Howard
36 min
422
#565: A Very Judgmental Corpse
La Pascualita and Gallywampus
29 min
423
#564: High Altitude Archery
Henry Darger and Gladys Ingle
33 min
424
#563: A Hostess Poaching
Walt Disney frozen? and company secrets
36 min
425
#562: A Theater Full Of Hobos
Crisis Apparitions & How Psycho changed going to the movies
42 min