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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#554: An Electric Spear And A Chicken
Edwin Robinson & Stagecoach Mary
29 min
452
#553: An Oscillating Purgatory
Fear frequency & Optography
29 min
453
#552: A Dairy Product Decoy Ploy
The owls are not what they seem & The Bloop
41 min
454
#551: A Ghost Smudged My Mirror
Myrtles Plantation & Pierre April
34 min
455
#550: Pan-Seared Tennis Shoe
Pizza & Shadow People
48 min
456
#549: Penguins In My Shoes
Otzi the Iceman & Beatriz Flamini
36 min
457
#548: A Steam-Powered Mechanical Bull
The Philadelphia Experiment & Lesser known inventions
44 min
458
#547: Hoedown On The Giza Plateau
Michelle Wilkins and moving caskets of Barbados
34 min
459
#546: Ancient Atoms And Problematic Portraits
Ancient atomic theory & Sarah Biffon
32 min
460
#545: I've Got Magma Feet!
Brazil's infamous Joelma building & demon traps
31 min
461
#544: Future Tandem Bicycle Needs
Wilmer McLean & Orchid delirium
30 min
462
#543: Oatmeal And Biological Material
Talos & Time Balls
32 min
463
#542: Barefoot In Pilgrim-y Times
Butterfly people & shame punishments
44 min
464
#541: A Camel Broke My Toilet
The Casket Girls of New Orleans & feral camels
30 min
465
#540: Scratchin' Fanny And The Flamboyant Bucke...
War of the Oaken Bucket & the haunting of William and Elizabeth Kent
27 min
466
#539: Precious Codfish Wallet
Hinterkaifeck Murders & Hammersmith Ghost
36 min
467
#538: A Most Deadly Picnic
Japanese Balloon bomb & oviparous
30 min
468
#537: A Strange Use For Shoes
Aghori Sadhus & Sarah Rector
32 min
469
#536: Dead Men Can't Golf
Louis XIV's blood curse & the man with the golden arm
27 min
470
#535: Something About Dogs And Cheese
The London Necropolis Railway & Selective vision
36 min
471
#534: A Severe Shortage Of Medieval Pencils
Phantom Time Hypothesis & fairy penguins
35 min
472
#533: Inebriated Aeronautics
Objectum Sexuality & Thomas Fitzpatrick
32 min
473
#532: Sub-Aqua Postal Facility
Alternate dimension UFOs & post offices located in bizarre places
34 min
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#531: An Angel Soaked In Urine
Ridiculous research grants and Maud Wagner
31 min
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#530: Haunting Visions & Strange Statutes
Haunted Bellagio fountains & popular but false beliefs
38 min