Podcast Episodes

Bodies Left Behind: The True Story of Alabama’s Memorial Mound

Episode 766

In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro Gilligan-Toth begin the new year by pulling apart something we all use but rarely question: the calendar. From Julius Caesar’s ego-driven timeke…

Published on 5 hours ago

Bizarre Smuggling Stories & Snake Island: The Deadliest Place You Can’t Visit

Episode 765

This week on The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro Gilligan-Toth open the lid on some of the strangest true stories the world has to offer — from bizarre smuggling schemes that absolutely should not ha…

Published on 2 days, 5 hours ago

Weird Ways To Survive Holiday Parties

his Christmas Box contains a fine selection of fascinating topics you can bring up during awkward moments at holiday parties. (or anytime, really) Jethro discusses the bizarre and intriguing historie…

Published on 5 days, 5 hours ago

A Christmas Greeting From Kat & JG

Happy Christmas, Freak Fam! 🎄✨

From the bottom of our weird little hearts, thank you for another year of curiosity, kindness, and glorious oddity. You make this community what it is, and we’re endles…

Published on 6 days, 6 hours ago

Stories of Christmas Past

Episode 764

Holiday Oddities: Stolen Santa Bones, Pooping Logs, and the Strangest Christmas Traditions on Earth

This holiday bonus episode of The Box of Oddities unwraps the weirdest, darkest, and most unexpecte…

Published on 1 week ago

When the Dying Speak Clearly—and Animals Speak at Midnight

Episode 763

In one ICU room, patients repeatedly report seeing the same silent man standing in the same corner—often just before sudden clarity, recovery, or death. Nurses notice the pattern. Doctors document an…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Inbox of Oddities #68

From roadside alligators and paranormal children to phantom music in office vents, this Inbox of Oddities is packed with listener stories that blur the line between coincidence, the paranormal, and p…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Linguistic Ghost Limbs & the Melon Heads of Connecticut

Episode 762

Why do we still dial phones with no dials, roll down windows that don’t roll, and store things in cupboards that hold no cups?

In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro explore linguisti…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Awake During Brain Surgery

Episode 761

Awake brain surgery sounds impossible—until you hear about musicians who play instruments while surgeons operate on their exposed brains.

In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro explor…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Inbox Of Oddities #66

Inbox of Oddities: Holiday Hauntings, Freak Flags & Fiery Volcanoes

In this festive Inbox of Oddities, Kat and JG unwrap a sleigh-load of eerie encounters, laugh-out-loud listener mishaps, and heartw…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago