Lost Bodies & Fake Nutmeg

The Box of Oddities by John Elliott and Kat Walls

Jun 29, 202634:31Comedy

There was a time in America when shipping a dead body by railroad was as routine as sending a trunk of luggage... until somebody misplaced the coffin. In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro uncover the st...

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