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
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BOX169: I'm Dead, But What a View!
He was missing for 13 years. Medical experts were shocked by what they saw when he was found. And then, did you know you can go to jail for chewing gum? A most bizarre discovery in the Polish Woods and the extremely strict laws of Singapore.
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30 min
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BOX168: Thank You For Not Burning My Entrails
Kat has researched the world's most bizarre towns and their unexpected and interesting histories. Then, Jethro describes the horrifying execution of William Wallace, the story that the movie Braveheart did not tell you. It's gross.
41 min
578
BOX167: Eating Corn Dogs On The Roof
Ever wonder what your dog is really thinking? Thanks to science, we now know! Also, why are there over 100 toddlers and 200 llamas buried in my yard? What we've learned by training dogs to lie still in an MRI and the excavation of a mysterious ancient burial ground in Peru.
43 min
579
BOX166: Cows Licked The Paint Off My Car
Jethro attempts to answer the question, "why do men have nipples?" Then, Kat details some really weird things that are going on inside your body right now. Ask your doctor if BOX166 is right for you.
37 min
580
BOX165: Skeletons In The Bath
Some extremely weird things have happened on Mars. And what is fear? The unbelievable results caused by ancient Martian storm damage and the reason our brain tells us to fear certain things almost universally.
39 min
581
BOX164: Can I Have Your Liver Then?
The gruesome fate met by crew members of a squadron of World War Two fighter planes shot down in the South Pacific. Then, a baffling murder scene that launched one of the largest and most complex investigations in Japanese History.
42 min
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BOX163: Irritable Vowel Syndrome
She was whacked in the head and woke up with a German accent. Also, a guy in the 1850's who crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope. But not the way you think. An exploration of Foreign Accent Syndrome and the white-knuckle story of The Great Blondine.
46 min
583
BOX162: Fiddlin' About In The Fridge
They had diametrically opposing personalities. The problem was they were conjoined twins. Then, let's dig up a mass grave in Russia. The shocking story of Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova and the exhumation of a mass grave full of 13th century Mongol Horde victims.
36 min
584
BOX161: Random Corpse Text
By all means, handle that package with care! Also, beware of those who knock on the door of your museum in the middle of the night. The weird things that they allowed to be shipped in the early days of The U.S. Parcel Post and the brazen art theft of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
36 min
585
BOX160: Skeletor Was Misunderstood
These ladies literally glowed in the dark. And then, at four years old he disappeared for eight months. But when he returned, was it really him? The shocking story of "The Radium Girls" and the disappearance and mysterious reappearance of Bobby Dunbar.
43 min
586
BOX159: A Most Horrific Plumbing Issue
It was way worse than your typical stubborn, greasy kitchen clog. And what's nine feet tall, covered in feathers and stalks you in your troubled, restless dreams? Archaeologists find something weird clogging an ancient Roman Sewer and then a look at some big ass birds.
34 min
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BOX158: Ghosts Who Wear Corduroy
She changed the world with her feet. Then, what is it really like working at a cemetary? The unexpected story of Kitty Smith and strange, unexplainable stories from cemetary employees.
33 min
588
BOX157: Subterranean Billiard Tournament
Something weird is showing up in the streets of Calgary. And what's up.. or under... this town in Australia? BOX157 gives you the answers. But also some additional questions that we can't answer.
39 min
589
BOX156: Sniffing The Flat Screen
How a pair of socks helped solve a decades old murder. And then, instant Karma's gonna get you! The Denise Sharron Kulb Murder and stories of people who got what they deserved.
37 min
590
BOX155: Send In The Clown's Corpse
Ok Freaks, this one is weird. The strange and surprising history of masturbation. Then the story behind and directions to a place that you can view a clown that has been dead for over a century. You're welcome!
34 min
591
BOX154: Afterlife Beef Jerky
Are you my mummy? And then a story full of hot air. The unexpected reasons for mummifying animals in ancient Egypt plus answering the question of who was really the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air. The answer may surprise you.
37 min
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BOX153: Set The Burrito Trap!
Can a 92 year old woman actually give birth? And who was that guy and what was he trying to sell me? A odd medical condition that causes very unusual births and a guy who made a million dollars selling stuff that everybody already had for free.
40 min
593
BOX152: Beware The Gloom Box
Burning a 50 foot puppet makes an entire city feel better. Then, she was frozen 500 years ago and is perfectly preserved. The wonderfully bizarre Fiestas de Santa Fe and the fascinating final days of The Inca Ice Maiden.
45 min
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BOX151: All Hail Our Rodent Overlords
BOX151 contains first hand accounts of horrors witnessed in modern day psych wards and the attempt to create a mouse-human hybrid in Japan. Please open with caution.
34 min
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BOX150: Pro Tip: Don't Swallow Knives
The mysterious disappearance of socialite Dorthy Arnold in 1910 and a whole bunch of really weird medical oddities throughout history. We're tired. We just got off a plane.
46 min
596
BOX149: A Suitcase Full Of Lies
One of the greatest "barn finds" of all time. Then, the worlds biggest humbugs! The missing Shelby Daytona Cobra and the horrible story that goes along with it and amazing frauds that fooled the world. (for awhile)...
44 min
597
BOX148: Snuggling With A Komodo Dragon
Are Hobbits real? Then, The L.A. Times called it "the most horrible crime of the 1920s". A very strange archaeological discovery on an isolated south pacific island and the ghost of Marion Parker. Box148 is live.
40 min
598
BOX147: Guns In The Laundry
Digging up a 1930s gangster. And then, the body behind the freezer. The upcoming exhumation of John Dillinger and the tragic story of Larry Murillo-Moncada.
34 min
599
BOX146: Junk In Her 18th Century Trunk
A common food that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths. Then, how did a homeless woman in the 1790s get all of that gold? Was she really an alchemist? The Killer Rice epidemic and the mysterious story of Barbara Erni, "The Golden Boo" inside BOX146.
33 min
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BOX145: Teenage Nazi Assassins On Bikes
The headline read, "Death By Banana!" And then, they were teenage girls from The Netherlands. They were also deadly assassins. The unexpected history behind the slipping on a banana peel joke and the badass Oversteegen sisters. It's all inside BOX145.
33 min