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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#567: Aristocratic Flitting
Place name meanings and Lord Bridgewater
29 min
177
#566: A Maternal Love Of Small Frying Pans
Edgewater Arsenal and Lela and Raymond Howard
36 min
178
#565: A Very Judgmental Corpse
La Pascualita and Gallywampus
29 min
179
#564: High Altitude Archery
Henry Darger and Gladys Ingle
33 min
180
#563: A Hostess Poaching
Walt Disney frozen? and company secrets
36 min
181
#562: A Theater Full Of Hobos
Crisis Apparitions & How Psycho changed going to the movies
42 min
182
#561: Syphilis And Beveled Mirrors
Doppelgängers & Frozen Food Funeral
30 min
183
#560: It's Raining Cats And Toddlers
Simpsons Predictions & The Trail of Tears and the Great Irish Potato Famine
28 min
184
#559: A Camera Named Pot Roast
Exelee Louise Villella & the Canneto Di Caronia Fires
31 min
185
#558: Lengthy Fun-Bagged Wood Nymph
Ed Gein & Slattenpatten
28 min
186
#557: A Cheese Dispensing ATM
Earth-bound spirits & currency through human history
29 min
187
#556: A Seahorse Named Carl
Sky fish & aquatic communication
32 min
188
#555: Gobbling Up A Potato Pie
Baba Vanga & deadly potatoes
34 min
189
#554: An Electric Spear And A Chicken
Edwin Robinson & Stagecoach Mary
29 min
190
#553: An Oscillating Purgatory
Fear frequency & Optography
29 min
191
#552: A Dairy Product Decoy Ploy
The owls are not what they seem & The Bloop
41 min
192
#551: A Ghost Smudged My Mirror
Myrtles Plantation & Pierre April
34 min
193
#550: Pan-Seared Tennis Shoe
Pizza & Shadow People
48 min
194
#549: Penguins In My Shoes
Otzi the Iceman & Beatriz Flamini
36 min
195
#548: A Steam-Powered Mechanical Bull
The Philadelphia Experiment & Lesser known inventions
44 min
196
#547: Hoedown On The Giza Plateau
Michelle Wilkins and moving caskets of Barbados
34 min
197
#546: Ancient Atoms And Problematic Portraits
Ancient atomic theory & Sarah Biffon
32 min
198
#545: I've Got Magma Feet!
Brazil's infamous Joelma building & demon traps
31 min
199
#544: Future Tandem Bicycle Needs
Wilmer McLean & Orchid delirium
30 min
200
#543: Oatmeal And Biological Material
Talos & Time Balls
32 min