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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#580: They're Dead. They're All Messed Up
Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir and mysteries of Mount Shasta
30 min
402
579: Worst Game Show Ever
Bizarre Medical Devices and Victorian Spinsters
31 min
403
#578: Delicious Blue Vein
Protected Origin Designation and Brazilian Men in Lead Masks
31 min
404
#577: Communists In The Gazebo
Haunted Banff Springs Hotel and Tarantula Hawk Wasp
38 min
405
#576: Ancient Mesoamerican Influencer
Xipa Totec and Billie Jean King
36 min
406
#575: Mounting The King
William James Sidis and playing cards
33 min
407
#574: Teabagging Killer Bees
Abandoned Amusement parks and Fordlandia
32 min
408
#573: Platypus' Aren't Real
Animals we thought were fantasy and Houska Castle
27 min
409
#572: The Induced Labor Day Special
Labor related oddities
68 min
410
#571: Kissing Mothman's A**
Indrid Cold and number stations
34 min
411
#570: The Cat Box Made Me Do It
William the Conqueror's ill-fated funeral and Toxoplasma gondii
30 min
412
#569: A Non-Existant Pig Farm
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane and Boleskine House
29 min
413
#568: Giggling Granny From Beyond The Grave
Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce and Origin of phrases
36 min
414
#567: Aristocratic Flitting
Place name meanings and Lord Bridgewater
29 min
415
#566: A Maternal Love Of Small Frying Pans
Edgewater Arsenal and Lela and Raymond Howard
36 min
416
#565: A Very Judgmental Corpse
La Pascualita and Gallywampus
29 min
417
#564: High Altitude Archery
Henry Darger and Gladys Ingle
33 min
418
#563: A Hostess Poaching
Walt Disney frozen? and company secrets
36 min
419
#562: A Theater Full Of Hobos
Crisis Apparitions & How Psycho changed going to the movies
42 min
420
#561: Syphilis And Beveled Mirrors
Doppelgängers & Frozen Food Funeral
30 min
421
#560: It's Raining Cats And Toddlers
Simpsons Predictions & The Trail of Tears and the Great Irish Potato Famine
28 min
422
#559: A Camera Named Pot Roast
Exelee Louise Villella & the Canneto Di Caronia Fires
31 min
423
#558: Lengthy Fun-Bagged Wood Nymph
Ed Gein & Slattenpatten
28 min
424
#557: A Cheese Dispensing ATM
Earth-bound spirits & currency through human history
29 min
425
#556: A Seahorse Named Carl
Sky fish & aquatic communication
32 min