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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BOX409: Ancient Egyptian Fire Door
Wait, the great pyramid could be seen from where? Things you might not have known about the Egyptian pyramids. Then, singing, dancing, and farting their way to power - the business of court jesters. It’s BOX409 and she’s drenched in gravy. Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks!
35 min
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BOX408: Dinosaur-Chickens And The Garden Of Eden
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Scientists grow a dinosaur/chicken thing. Then, how the continents might have gotten their names. Also: dildos in the street, a pile of BOO effects, and live show updates in BOX408. It’s 2L2Q.
30 min
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BOX407: Judgy Knife Man
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! The second largest lake in the US has got some stories and some corpses! Then the harrowing tale of a ferry disaster and two women who survived it. The bodies of Lake Tahoe and the sinking of the Express Samina in BOX407. Keep birds out of the kitchen when using this product.
30 min
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BOX406: Everyone's Go-To Sewer Source
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! How did the Jewel of London become a stagnant, poisonous chowder? And is this sinkhole a storage place for evil? The Year of Stink and The Well of Hell in BOX406. We did it!  
35 min
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BOX405: Corn Husks And Pop-Tart Boxes
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! JG tells us about Martin Pistorius, a boy locked inside his own body, and Kat shares the story of the real Frankenstein castle. Also, toilet paper woes, television pitches, dramatic re-enactments, and more. BOX405 gets weird. 
39 min
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BOX404: Intergalactic Socket Wrench
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Hey! That's not supposed to be in my meteorite! And, so many people want to smash coconuts! Unusual things found in meteorites and some coconut-related world records in BOX304. I like toytles. 
27 min
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BOX403: No Shame In My Noodle Game
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Come one, come all! Hear the tale of the half-woman, half-camel! This, followed by the mysterious origins of the lone mammal on the Falkland Islands. Camel Girl and the Warrah Fox in BOX403. It shakes when you laugh, like a bowl full of aspic.
32 min
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BOX402: Transtemporal Hunting Expedition
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Ancient skull bullet hole theorists will love this one. So will fans of dismemberment! A little something for everyone! The Kabwe skull and the curious case of Samuel Wood in BOX402. Team lift. 
32 min
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BOX401: The Shelf Life Of An Oboe
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Why are all those ballerinas blazing? And taste in music really is subjective. Stage equipment that took out as many performers as it illuminated and instruments you may not have heard of before in BOX401. We’re sick, be gentle. 
32 min
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BOX400: Serious Jail Cell Scootling
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Were Ann Marten’s dreams about her dead daughter a message from the beyond? Or proof of her guilt? Then, a super depressing venture into the worst industrial disaster in history. The Red Barn Murder and the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in BOX400. It’s not an error or a bad request.
37 min
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BOX399: A Time Fabric Light Guy
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! JG talks about mysterious tiles washing up on shores around the world and Kat discusses the case of missing woman decades unsolved. Tjipetir blocks and the mystery of Dorothy Forstein in BOX399. Do not sublime.
29 min
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BOX398: Weaned On A Pickle
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! She wore pants, smoked, kept a snake, and did it all in the white house. He did not wear pants, ate oranges whole, and brought about a revival of gothic architecture. Alice Roosevelt and Victor Hugo in BOX398. Hi, Nick! 
40 min
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BOX397: Cats And High Levels Of Radioactive Waste
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! How do we keep toxic waste from harming our descendants? And are there dinosaurs living in the Congo river basin? Warning messages for the future and Mokele-mbembe in BOX 395. It's sexual and violent. I thought you might like it.
34 min
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BOX396: Keep As Many Eyeballs As You Can
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! You know how “old lady killer” can mean two different things? Like, a killer of old ladies or a killer that is an old lady? That’s what JG’s story is about. Also, a festival that recommends wearing eye protection. La Mataviejitas and the Festival of Exploding Hammers in BOX396. It’s buttery soft. 
28 min
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BOX395: Grandpa Was A Murderous Monkey
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! In BOX395 JG says the term “breeding pairs” far too many times and Kat teaches us about the importance of families… monkey families. How Mt. Toba almost took us all out and the amazing story of Maria Chapman and her childhood spent with monkeys. 
29 min
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BOX394: Exporting The Vampire
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! It’s a plethora of unearthed graves, old and new. Plus, vampires! London’s mausoleum problem and the Venetian vampire in BOX394. She had dumps like a truck. Truck. Truck.
30 min
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BOX393: Robot Frog Overlords
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Science finally brings us solo reproducing Pac-Man frog robots and the disturbing story of a missing Detroit boy found in his own father’s basement. Biological robots and the disappearance of Charlie Bothuell V in BOX393. Not to be used as a replacement for breast milk.
32 min
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BOX392: A Festive, Yuletide Sasquatch With Hali...
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! The body of a miner missing his kicky sticks found in a decades closed mine shaft raises questions. Then, spooky yuletide traditions and lore from around the world in BOX392. Aw, shit that’s fresh.
36 min
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BOX391: Drunken Clowns And Axe-Wielding Firemen
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! A belligerent brothel brawl and a barrier-busting brainy badass. The day the clowns bled and Katherine Johnson in BOX391. Caution: potato will be hot.
31 min
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BOX390: Saved By A Urine Soaked Shirt
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! JG covers the only surgery known to have had a 300% mortality rate, and Kat talks about a volcanic eruption and its survivors̸. Speedy surgeon, Robert Liston, and the tragic demise of the city of St. Pierre in BOX390. Water-resistant, not waterproof.  
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BOX389: Avoiding The Carnivorous Nun
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! What causes a group of people to take on an imagined illness? And how much did that lime cost? Mass hysteria and the cost of space stuff in BOX389. We suggest a 7018 electrode, AWS Spec A5.1, with a manufactures amperage rating between 80 and 110 for uphill fill and reinforcement.
29 min
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BOX388: Dreadful Whisperings In My Grave
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Imagine living with an evil twin on the backside of your head! Then, the story of the pigeon that saved countless lives during WW1. Edward Mordake and the amazing Cher Ami in BOX388. She thicc.
33 min
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BOX387: Picking Her Teeth With A Rapier
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! JG tells us about the 17th-century opera singer who would taunt men into bar fights. Kat shares the incredible culture of the “Venice of Africa”. Mademoiselle de Maupin and the lake village of Ganvie in BOX387. Made from 100% real cheese.
29 min
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Box386: Valet Parking For Alien Aircraft
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! A mysterious message was received from a British South American Airline flight moments before it vanished over the Andes.  Also, Transylvania is even more creepy than you might have thought. The bizarre 1947 disappearance of The Stardust and the otherworldly Hoia-Baciu Forest known as "The Bermuda Triangle of Romania".  Warning: Listening to BOX386 does not enable you to fly.
32 min
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BOX385: Eating A 19th Century Shoe
Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! What some fans will do to show their commitment to an artist. Then, the Scottish tradition that involved disguised people refusing to leave your home. Fanatics and Skekling in BOX385 - it tastes like feet.
29 min