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Frozen Beards & Floating Saucers
Episode 693
In this episode of The Box of Oddities, your curiosity is about to be abducted—possibly by a 19th-century mermaid in a UFO-shaped boat. First, we plu…
1 year, 1 month ago
Space Cult And The Arachnid Queen
Episode 692
The Psychology of Heaven's Gate and Nan Songer, The Spider Lady
What makes a person trade all earthly belongings for a pair of Nikes and a one-way tic…
1 year, 1 month ago
Inbox Of Oddities #044
The Portal Opens at 2:13 PM (And Smells Like Popcorn)
In this curiously chaotic installment of Inbox of Oddities, the freaks are flying high, the lawn…
1 year, 1 month ago
Of Blooms and Bookworms
Episode 691
In this episode, Jethro explores Tulip Mania, the 17th-century Dutch financial disaster that saw people selling their homes for tulip bulbs. Yes, act…
1 year, 2 months ago
Three Legs & A Fish Storm
Episode 690
The question is, what do a three-legged man and a biblical seafood storm have in common? Absolutely nothing—except they’re both real and demand answe…
1 year, 2 months ago
Freak Family Friday: Inbox of the Damned
This week on The Box of Oddities, it's Freak Family Friday—our sacred ritual of opening the email portal and unleashing your most unsettling, hilario…
1 year, 2 months ago
Jury Duty For Clams
Episode 689
Why does a six-story elephant loom over the Jersey Shore like a Victorian kaiju? And what kind of dystopian mollusk surveillance program is Poland ru…
1 year, 2 months ago
Guarding History, Birthing Chaos
Episode 688
In this episode of The Box of Oddities, we begin with the extraordinary life—and tragic death—of Khaled al-Asaad, the Syrian archaeologist who courag…
1 year, 2 months ago
Inbox of Oddities #043
Inbox of Oddities #043: The Duck, the Frog, and the Glitch in the Gas Station Matrix
In this electrifying edition of the Inbox of Oddities, the Freakv…
1 year, 2 months ago
Haunted Balls and Human Endurance
Episode 687
What do a mysterious metal orb and a sadistic ultramarathon have in common? They’re both ready to ruin your weekend—and they’re both in this episode …
1 year, 2 months ago