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Kat & Jethro Gilligan Toth
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
BOX052: Then You Have To Move And Burn The House Down
A guy with no head makes his escape! And how did they pass their idol time 5,500 years ago? Paranormal experiences of first responders and the bizarre history of board games inside the 52nd BOX.
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34:0520/09/2018
BOX051: Don't Sound So Happy. People Died.
Being thrown from a carnival ride is never good. Also, it's depressing when the bodies pile up. Grisly roller coaster accidents and the horrible history of the Black Plague. Freeze dried, arranged neatly and stored inside the 51st Box of Oddities.
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35:2917/09/2018
BOX050: Not Tonight Succubus
Don't let a demon drag you into a mirror! Also, he had so many things named after him. Why? The nightmare of sleep paralysis and the amazing story of Alexander von Humboldt inside BOX #50.
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43:3613/09/2018
BOX049: Batteries, Soup and Semen
Don't eat babies. Also, was he a madman or a genius? Pills made of human fetus and the great Salvador Dali in the weeks very surreal BOX.
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46:3110/09/2018
BOX048: Aliens And Mattresses
What was it like to have a mastectomy in 1812? We have a first hand account. And can ships become cursed? The gory history of anesthesia and the tragic story of the vessel MV Joyita, packed for freshness inside BOX 48. Enjoy!
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40:2806/09/2018
BOX047: A Suitcase Full OF Bits
Wait. They just discovered another continent? Also, he's a cannibal AND a restaurant Critic?! The lost continent of Zealandia and Issei Sagawa, the Japanese Cannibal. Neatly tucked inside the 47th BOX.
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38:5803/09/2018
BOX046: Eat A Banana
How did a 5 foot man who weighed less than 100 lbs lift 14 ton stones by himself? And madness caused by art? The mystery of Coral Castle and the strange and little understood Stendhal Syndrome in the 46th BOX.
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34:2930/08/2018
BOX045: Never Hurl A Toilet Bowl Into A Major Sporting Event
His ribs shoot out of his chest to fend off an attacker. And riding out the dangerous tide on raft made of inflated raincoats. Weird animal self-defense tactics and recent developments that suggest the 1962 Alcatraz escapees may have made it after all.
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35:0927/08/2018
BOX044: Your Coffee Tastes Like Hot-dog Water
There's buried treasure in them hills! And did you know there is history inside your refrigerator? The true story of Fen's Gold and the strange history of Ketchup. Or Catsup. We've heard it both ways.
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34:5023/08/2018
BOX043: Blood On The Fresh Baked Goods
He loved jazz but he also loved to hack people up with an ax. Also, can a movie really be haunted? Like for real? The Ax Man of New Orleans and the bizarre history of the film, "Return To Babylon" in BOX #43.
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38:4720/08/2018
BOX042: Bonus Box #01
You've been very well behaved so here's a bonus episode! Jethro interviews James Taylor! No, not the faded denim wearing 70's balladeer. This JT is the worlds foremost authority on the history of freak shows! Step inside to be "SHOCKED & AMAZED"!
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37:0718/08/2018
BOX041: These Corpses Are Affecting Employee Morale
Coughing up lung tissue is bad. And are 27 year old rock stars doomed? The horrifying, haunted history of Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Hospital and the age 27 rock star death curse in this BOX.
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48:1816/08/2018
BOX040: Chance Of Widely Scattered Meat Showers
My windshield is smeared with meat! Also, he died doing what?! Strange things that have rained from the sky and The Darwin Awards. Cleverly packed inside the 40th BOX. (May cause oily stool and the inability to control it)
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35:0813/08/2018
BOX039: Human Remains In The Vegetable Crisper
Funeral Directors Spill their guts. And viewing art that's all wet. Secrets from inside the funeral home and The Underwater Museum Of Art all neatly arranged inside BOX #39.
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34:0909/08/2018
BOX038: Sorry About Your Leg. Have Some Oatmeal.
She amassed a fortune by not washing her underwear. And he had a certain body part the size of a pig's hind leg. Hetty Green, The Witch of Wall Street and the horrible death of Grigori Rasputin. Inside BOX #38.
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32:4106/08/2018
BOX037: Hotdog Bun of Death
He was too fast to live, too young to die. Also, you want 7 lobsters just for you? The curse of The James Dean Death Car and last meals of the condemned. All inside BOX #37.
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44:5702/08/2018
BOX036: Mark Twain Skid Marks
What would you say to Abe Lincoln's ghost? And how did one of the greatest inventors in history make Mark Twain sh*t his finely-tailored slacks? Literally. Legends of The White House and the secret life of Nikola Tesla in the 36th BOX.
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37:2330/07/2018
BOX035: A Fistful Of Dildos
Who is Mango, King of the Pickles? And, how to make a funeral more competitive. The crazy story of "Mad Jack" Mytton and How the Dutch are staging funeral poetry competitions. All neatly crammed inside the 35th BOX.
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36:5126/07/2018
BOX034: Don't Hang Out With Baby Goats If You Have a Weak Sphincter
Remember that time in 2013 when the earth was hit by a huge meteor that we didn't even see coming? And who's that 8 foot dead guy in the warehouse? The Chelyabinsk Meteor and The Strange Tale of Willow Bunch Giant in the 34th Box.
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44:3723/07/2018
BOX033: Mr. President, You're Peeing On My Leg
Hello? *knock, knock* Hello? In Box 33 Kat & Jethro discuss premature burials. And then, if you can't stop punching yourself in the face, you may have Alien Hand Syndrome. Enjoy responsibly.
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43:0119/07/2018
BOX032: The Accidental Pantsing Of Mr. Rogers
The most prolific female serial killer of all time? Well, maybe. And OMG! I just pantsed Fred Rogers! The bloody history of Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed. And do people create their own bad luck? It's all inside the 32nd BOX.
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41:4416/07/2018
BOX031: Peeing In The Yard With Bears
She was frozen solid for over 6 hours but was brought back to the land of the living. Also, what's fat, has wings but can't fly and there are only 148 of them left? Find out by peering inside the 31st BOX.
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37:5812/07/2018
BOX030: How To Keep A Gigolo In Your Attic
The strange tale of Dolly Oesterreich who kept her lover in the attic for years while she lived downstairs with her husband. Plus, the sometimes gruesome origins of everyday phrases. It's all crammed inside the 30th BOX. Exercise caution when opening.
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41:2209/07/2018
BOX029: Don't Be A Constipated Viking W/ Poor Dietary Habits
Ghosts on the Ferris wheel and solving crimes the old timey way. The bloody history of the abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement Park as well as the early days of forensic science. All carefully tucked inside the 29th Box. No purchase necessary.
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39:3605/07/2018
BOX028: Hitler Was A Big Farter
Inside the 28th BOX, a bunch of ladies kick poacher ass. And then Grandpa tells you where he buried the body. The all women anti poaching unit in Zimbabwe and disturbing last words of the dying in this episode of The Box Of Oddities. Restrictions apply.
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34:2302/07/2018
BOX027: #Crazy Duck Lady
Selfies with a corpse and a fire that was started in 1962 and is still burning out of control today. Victorian Post-mortem photos and the decades long underground fire still burning in Centralia, Pa. In this, the 27th BOX. Enjoy responsibly.
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38:5428/06/2018
BOX026: Wrapping A Pig In A Nightgown
OMG! Grandpa just burst into flames! Also, why you have a fish face. Spontaneous human combustion and Evolutionary traits will still share with our most ancient ancestors. Inside the 26th BOX. Open carefully.
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34:4225/06/2018
BOX025: Glitter And Bits Of Fish
This week in the 25th Box, walking around all dead and stuff. Also, is it art if it explodes? Walking Corpse Syndrom and a really dangerous piece of art.
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30:1021/06/2018
BOX024: A Hat Full Of Lasagna
What can we do with all this left over corpse? And never open an umbrella inside? Why? Unconventional commercial uses of dead bodies and the origin of superstitions. Inside the 24th BOX.
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32:4318/06/2018
BOX023: Some Of You Will Not Like This. It's Awful.
Precriptions and treatments from the days of yore. And enemies within. Disturbing early medical proceedures and the wonderful world of parasites. This week in Box 23.
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31:2514/06/2018
BOX022: Mickey Mouse Has Weird Pants
Has our timeline been altered? That would explain a lot. Also, bound together by flesh for life. The Mandella Effect and the tragic lives of The Hilton Sisters inside the 22nd BOX.
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36:0811/06/2018
BOX021: Gangbanged By Fire Ants
This week inside the 21st Box: Training snails and digging up dead rock stars. Can they really swap the memories from one snail to another? And the exhumation of 50's Rock and Roll star The Big Bopper.
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31:2907/06/2018
BOX020: Never Blind Date A Clown
In The 20th Box, Jethro tells the story of some of the weirdest coincidences in history and Kat talks about that scream we have all heard.
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33:5804/06/2018
BOX019: Reading By The Light Of Your Open Wound
What happens to a person when they're locked in a dark closet for 24 years? And why did the wounds of some Civil War soldiers glow blue as they lay on the battlefield? The strange story of Blanche Monnier and The Angel Glow phenomenon in the 19th Box.
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36:5931/05/2018
BOX018: Fat Shamed By A Robot
You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. Also, what's with all the airport Nazi art? Inside the 18th Box you'll find details on the dark history of The Cecil (suicide) Hotel and the weird conspiracies surrounding The Denver Airport!
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40:2728/05/2018
BOX017: So Jazzed About Hand Farts
This week, the smell of corpses is driving down my property value. Also, stop eating hobos. The Body Farm and The People Eater of Venezuela in the 17th Box. Proceed with caution.
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34:1621/05/2018
BOX016: It's a Japanese Panties Scam!
In the 16th Box, Jethro talks about that time he was in a coma and explores what it's like for others who came out of a coma. Also, Kat has new info on D.B Cooper!
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33:4114/05/2018
BOX015: Nobody Expects A Pokey Stick In The Butt
This week in The 15th Box: If you're going to hold a public execution, at least clean up after yourself. Also, let's get stoned! Horrific historic torture methods and a new exciting discovery at Stonehenge.
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31:2607/05/2018
BOX014: Wearing Only Underpants On The Tundra
It started as a ski hike and ended in bizarre, unexplained multiple deaths. And, babies have been born in strange places, but coffins? The Dyotlov Pass incident and Coffin Birth this week in The Box.
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32:5130/04/2018
BOX013 Hey! Don't Eat that Slaughterhouse Runoff!
In Box 13, Did he really eat THAT? And, Wednesday is blue and smells like lasagna. Tarrare, the French showman with unusual eating habits and the strange world of synesthesia in this weeks box.
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35:3123/04/2018
BOX012: A Horrifying Day at The Grocery Store
Did Queen Victoria wear Price Albert out in the sack? And why did Joseph Stalin want to crossbreed chimps and humans? The naughty side of Queen Victoria and the crossbred "Human-zee" this week in The Box.
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35:5916/04/2018
Box011: Never Leave a Prosthetic Leg at The Travelodge
Hey, don't put body parts in my salad! Also, 18 Months after she died, he dug her up and moved her in with him. The most bizarre laws ever proposed and The Macabre Tale of Count Carl von Cosel and his "Love Mummy", inside Box 11.
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42:1809/04/2018
BOX10: Screamed At By A Hobo
Jethro relates a deathbed experience that he personally witnessed. One that changed him forever. And then, did former First Lady Dolly Madison sleep her way to the top? Deathbed Visions and The secret side of the First Ladies. This week inside The Box.
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39:1205/04/2018
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.
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33:2702/04/2018
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.
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41:5926/03/2018
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?
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41:2119/03/2018
BOX006: Sorry There Are Pubic Hairs On The Flush Lid
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!
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26:5013/03/2018
BOX003: Don't Put Your Feces Covered Finger In My Bullet Hole
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.
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30:0706/03/2018
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.
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33:5706/03/2018
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?
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39:4606/03/2018