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
426
#578: Delicious Blue Vein
Protected Origin Designation and Brazilian Men in Lead Masks
31 min
427
#577: Communists In The Gazebo
Haunted Banff Springs Hotel and Tarantula Hawk Wasp
38 min
428
#576: Ancient Mesoamerican Influencer
Xipa Totec and Billie Jean King
36 min
429
#575: Mounting The King
William James Sidis and playing cards
33 min
430
#574: Teabagging Killer Bees
Abandoned Amusement parks and Fordlandia
32 min
431
#573: Platypus' Aren't Real
Animals we thought were fantasy and Houska Castle
27 min
432
#572: The Induced Labor Day Special
Labor related oddities
68 min
433
#571: Kissing Mothman's A**
Indrid Cold and number stations
34 min
434
#570: The Cat Box Made Me Do It
William the Conqueror's ill-fated funeral and Toxoplasma gondii
30 min
435
#569: A Non-Existant Pig Farm
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane and Boleskine House
29 min
436
#568: Giggling Granny From Beyond The Grave
Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce and Origin of phrases
36 min
437
#567: Aristocratic Flitting
Place name meanings and Lord Bridgewater
29 min
438
#566: A Maternal Love Of Small Frying Pans
Edgewater Arsenal and Lela and Raymond Howard
36 min
439
#565: A Very Judgmental Corpse
La Pascualita and Gallywampus
29 min
440
#564: High Altitude Archery
Henry Darger and Gladys Ingle
33 min
441
#563: A Hostess Poaching
Walt Disney frozen? and company secrets
36 min
442
#562: A Theater Full Of Hobos
Crisis Apparitions & How Psycho changed going to the movies
42 min
443
#561: Syphilis And Beveled Mirrors
Doppelgängers & Frozen Food Funeral
30 min
444
#560: It's Raining Cats And Toddlers
Simpsons Predictions & The Trail of Tears and the Great Irish Potato Famine
28 min
445
#559: A Camera Named Pot Roast
Exelee Louise Villella & the Canneto Di Caronia Fires
31 min
446
#558: Lengthy Fun-Bagged Wood Nymph
Ed Gein & Slattenpatten
28 min
447
#557: A Cheese Dispensing ATM
Earth-bound spirits & currency through human history
29 min
448
#556: A Seahorse Named Carl
Sky fish & aquatic communication
32 min
449
#555: Gobbling Up A Potato Pie
Baba Vanga & deadly potatoes
34 min
450
#554: An Electric Spear And A Chicken
Edwin Robinson & Stagecoach Mary
29 min