Podcast Episodes

BOX243: Geriatric Gymnastics

Episode 243

She was nearly 44 years old when man first landed on the moon. Today, she can still kick your ass on the parallel bars. The story of Johanna Quass, the world's oldest competing gymnast. Then…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

BOX242: Radioactive Camping

Episode 242

A disaster with incalculable consequences and a baby 22 feet below the earth’s surface. The 80’s were rough! JG tells the story of the days following the Chernobyl nuclear accident and Kat s…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

BOX241: Let The Cave Bodies Hit The Floor

Episode 241

Aristocratic ailments and the Scottish Cave Dwelling murderers are the subjects of Jethro and Kat’s jaw waggling in Box241! Freaky reproduction, retransmission or rebroadcast without the exp…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

BOX240: Please Pass The Severed Head

Episode 240

Jethro tells of the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad journey of Oliver Cromwell’s head and Kat explores theatre and the day the Globe burned. 

It’s Box240! Dry clean only.

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Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

BOX239: The Joy Of Graveyard Haggling

Episode 239

Is there anything more fascinating than the history of old amusement parks? Kat tells us about some of the oldest. Then, sometimes funerals can be embarrassing and inappropriate. Jethro has …

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

BOX238: A Diaper Full Of Hagfish

Episode 238

Brompton Cemetery, London : historic, beautiful, time travel portal? Then Kat talks at length about the slime eel and the slime eel’s slime. Box238 is chock full of Victorian mysticism and s…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

BOX237: Ancient Egyptian Brownie Recipe

Episode 237

Modern DNA testing connects three murders when police take a look at a case long since cold. And then, JG tells us of a girl who died for a bit and recovers memories of her past life in anci…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

BOX236: Bigfoot Dowry

Episode 236

A massacre aboard a ship called the Bluebell and the incredible survival story that followed. And then, the tale of the person dubbed Ohio’s Bigfoot Girl. It’s Box236. Reheating is not recom…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

BOX235: Enjoy Eating Your Shoe

Episode 235

It’s what we’ve all been waiting for? Kat discusses the history of US currency. Yeah, that makes cents. And, looking back at the huge numbers of crimes for which the death penalty could be imposed, J…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

BOX234: Ghostly Mountaineer Angel

Episode 234

Dead bodies litter Mt.Everest and many say their spirits have yet to leave the site of their demise, Jethro tells the icy tale. Kat then brings the party down with a story of art, passion and a place…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago