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The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

The Box of Oddities is a Webby Award-winning podcast with over sixteen million downloads. Hosts Kat and Jethro Gilligan Toth bring their irreverent brand of humor and unique chemistry to an...

Episodes

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Five Year Coma Dream & The Disgusting Truth About Space

What if you woke up from a month-long coma with five years of memories from a future that hasn't happened yet? Kat and Jethro explore the ex...

42:40Nov 2, 2026

The 9th Annual Halloween Special Pt. II

The Box of Oddities – 9th Annual Halloween Special, Part Two Just when you thought it was safe to put away the Halloween decorations, Kat an...

25:13Oct 31, 2026

Halloween Live From Chicago!

Halloween night in Chicago. A theater full of Freaks. And a collection of stories that probably should have come with a medical waiver. In t...

70:17Oct 30, 2026

The 9th Annual Halloween Special

It's Halloween, and the Freak Family has been keeping some very unsettling secrets. For our 9th Annual Box of Oddities Halloween Special, Ka...

34:36Oct 28, 2026

Common Scolds and Cool Beans

In 1829, journalist Anne Royall was dragged into a Washington, D.C., courtroom and convicted of being a common scold. Her crime? Having opin...

32:54Oct 26, 2026

Inbox Of Oddities #103

Ghostly Encounters, Scottish Mario & Halloween Chaos | Inbox of Oddities The Freak Family has spoken, and things are getting delightfully we...

18:50Oct 23, 2026

New England Vampires & the Alien Intelligence of Octopuses

In this Halloween-season episode of Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro explore a grisly chapter of New England folklore: the 1817 exhumation of...

36:34Oct 21, 2026

Edgar Allan Poe’s Skull & The Honeymoon Murder

Edgar Allan Poe’s Rattling Skull & The Honeymoon Murder at Acadia National Park What happens when you dig up the remains of one of history’s...

30:22Oct 19, 2026

True Ghost Stories From the Freak Family

The Box of Oddities Halloween Special Preview: True Ghost Stories, Haunted Houses & Unexplained Encounters Something strange is happening, F...

54:53Oct 16, 2026

Railway Madness & Vagina Dentata: History's Strangest Fears

Can riding a train actually drive you insane? And why have cultures around the world spent centuries telling stories about women with teeth...

38:45Oct 14, 2026

134-Year-Old Corpse & a Car That Makes You a Human Gerbil

Welcome our newest sponsor, FÜM ⁠⁠tryfum.com/BOX⁠⁠ and use code BOX at checkout to get a free bite-friendly silicone Topper with purchase. W...

35:19Oct 12, 2026

Inbox Of Oddities #102

Inbox of Oddities: Ghostly Voices, Time Travel & Homesick Nipples The Freak Family has spoken, and once again, we're questioning whether any...

24:50Oct 9, 2026

Inside the Hindenburg & The Dunes That Swallowed a Town

You’ve seen the Hindenburg footage. You’ve heard the famous radio broadcast. But what was it actually like to be inside the Hindenburg when...

32:10Oct 7, 2026

The Body in the Glacier & The Woman Who Wouldn’t Stay Buried

A body emerges from a California glacier more than sixty years after a World War II training plane vanished in the Sierra Nevada. He’s still...

33:51Oct 5, 2026

The Gods Below & The Boy Beyond

It’s time for another Freak Family Favorite, pulled from deep inside The Box of Oddities archives! First, Kat explores the surprisingly wide...

34:07Oct 2, 2026

The Letter That Fell From the Sky

A letter disappears in one of the deadliest tornadoes in American history—then turns up 130 miles away. In 1925, the catastrophic Tri-State...

35:31Sep 30, 2026

San Francisco’s Buried Ships & Bizarre Toilet World Records

What if the streets beneath San Francisco aren’t sitting on solid ground at all—but on the remains of abandoned ships? During the California...

32:06Sep 28, 2026

Inbox Of Oddities #101

The Inbox of Oddities is open, and the Freak Family has delivered another beautifully strange collection of listener stories. This time, Kat...

18:34Sep 25, 2026

Cursed Bread and Pink Dolphins

A quiet French town is hit by a wave of sickness, terror, and impossible visions after its residents eat the same bread. Were the horrors of...

30:09Sep 23, 2026

The Dinosaur Tree & The Blue Mountains Mystery

An accidental Australian takeover of The Box of Oddities begins with Vegemite and somehow ends with a prehistoric mystery and a disappearanc...

30:28Sep 21, 2026