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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BOX009: Proctologist or Munitions Expert?
He was a huge Football Star. But he says it wasn't really him. And, "They laughed when I sat down at the Cat-Piano". On this episode of The Box Of Oddities, Kat and Jethro discuss dissociative identity disorder and The Katzenklavier: The Cat-Piano.
31 min
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BOX008: Wait. You Believe In The Moon?
Is a 9 year old baseball prodigy the reincarnated spirit of Major League legend Lou Gerhig? He believes so. Also, Kat discusses penises. At length. This week, “The Boy Who Knew Too Much” & The Icelandic Penis Museum. Don't forget to visit the gift shop.
40 min
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BOX007: The Pants Free Episode
On this episode of The Box Of Oddities, Kat and Jethro discuss chronically preserved human bodies. Will the first defrosted person be resurrected in the next 10 years? One expert says yes. And did we almost have a zombie president?
39 min
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BOX006: Sorry There Are Pubic Hairs On The Flus...
On this episode of The Box Of Oddities, Kat and Jethro discuss the horrible, terrible, no good life of the guy who invented the Saxophone. And then, the most bizarre, unfortunate and ironic deaths to ever happen. He died how? What a way to go!
25 min
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BOX004: Extreme Body Mods & The Sleeping Plague
On this episode of The Box Of Oddities, Kat and Jethro discuss extreme body modifications. So extreme that Jethro gets woozy. And what was it like to fall asleep in 1927 and not wake up until 1969? Could the “Sleeping Plague” ever return?
38 min
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BOX002: Old Corpse, New Corpse
On this episode of The Box Of Oddities, Kat and Jethro discuss living fossils, species that date back millions of years and the strange but true afterlife journey of Elmer McCurdy.
32 min
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BOX005: A Quick Whack To The Noggin With A Croq...
On this episode of The Box Of Oddities, Kat and Jethro discuss Acquired Savant Syndrome. Get a head injury and become a genius. And can dancing kill you? Yes it can. And it did. Find out more about The Dancing Plague Of 1518. Next stop Funky Town
35 min
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BOX003: Don't Put Your Feces Covered Finger In ...
On this episode of The Box Of Oddities, Kat and Jethro discuss cellular memory. After your transplant, do you bring home more than just the organ from the hospital? Also, our cheese loving, murderous seventh President, Andrew Jackson.
28 min
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BOX001: A Sawed Skull & Pants Poetry
On this episode of The Box Of Oddities, Kat and Jethro discuss the exhumed, severed head of Lee Harvey Oswald and the strange, dead body known as The Somerton Man that mysteriously appeared on a beach.
39 min