The Webby Award-winning “Box of Oddities" is a podcast that delves into the strange and mysterious aspects of our world, exploring topics ranging from bizarre medical conditions to unsolved mysteries, and from paranormal phenomena to strange cultural practices from around the world. With a focus on oddities, curiosities, and the macabre, each episode is a journey into the unknown, where hosts Kat and Jethro Gilligan Toth share their love for unusual stories and inject their humor and commentary. From the strange history of medical practices to chilling true crime stories, to natural (and unnatural) events, "The Box of Oddities" satisfies your thirst for the weird and the unusual, offering an informative and entertaining look into the dark and mysterious corners of our world.
JIMMY KIMMEL, ABC-TV says, "Should you be the type who has an interest in weird stuff, this is a fun thing to allow in your head!"
“Truth is stranger than fiction, and the Box of Oddities is the strangest of all!” -SLUGGO, SIRIUS XM LITHIUM
“Kat & Jethro wring humor from bizarre, macabre and perplexing places.” -BOSTON MAGAZINE
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In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro return from the road with fresh tales that will absolutely ruin your lake plans. First, we dive into the haunted beauty of Lake Natron, Tanzania’s blood-red, bird-mummifying wonder. Is it a cursed portal to the afterlife? A hellish mirror that turns animals to stone? Or just a volcano’s extremely weird science experiment gone rogue?
Then, things get… floppy. Meet the Atlantic Sea Hare—a gentle, squishy marine slug with the defensive capabilities of a goth ink-jet printer. It has no shell, 80 million babies, and it might be smarter than your ex.
Along the way, Kat and Jethro ponder reflective death traps, romantic slug chains, and the perils of communal candy bowls. Plus: a live tour recap, hot glue burns, and a moment of deep appreciation for dappling.
Whether you’re a long-time listener or just sea slug curious, this episode will glue your brain to your skull (not literally). Click play, embrace the bizarre, and let’s get weird.
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Bloodlust And The Vallecas Haunting
Épisode 744
vendredi 17 octobre 2025 • Durée 36:37
This time on The Box of Oddities, JG takes a bite out of the dark world of clinical vampirism, exploring the psychology and strange obsessions of those who crave more than just metaphorical blood. Then, Kat ventures into the chilling shadows of Spain to unravel the mysterious Vallecas Case, where the unexplained death of Estefanía Gutiérrez Lázaro left more questions than answers—and a trail of terrifying phenomena that still haunts investigators today. From real-life bloodlust to ghostly disturbances, this episode delivers the kind of macabre intrigue only the Box of Oddities can serve.
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Corpses And Conspiracies
Épisode 743
mercredi 15 octobre 2025 • Durée 39:08
In this week’s eerie episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat dives into the scandalous life of 17th-century Parisian fortune teller to the elite, La Voisin—witch, poisoner, and all-around dark delight. From secret rituals to deadly intrigues, La Voisin’s tale is as twisted as the streets of old Paris themselves. Then, brace yourself as the story takes a chilling turn to Cheeseman Park, where secrets lurk beneath the earth… and corpses aren’t just a metaphor. Jethro and Kat navigate the macabre mysteries, bizarre coincidences, and shocking revelations that make history stranger than fiction.
Tune in if you dare—and maybe don’t wander alone through the park tonight.
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Bioluminescent Squirrel Theory
Épisode 742
lundi 13 octobre 2025 • Durée 58:20
EPISODE 742: (with Christine Schiefer of "And That's Why We Drink)
This Halloween, something spooky this way swaps.
In this very special Paraween Host Snatchers edition of The Box of Oddities, Kat is joined by the delightfully haunted Christine Schiefer of And That’s Why We Drink—because JG has mysteriously vanished (probably abducted by science or a mothman, TBD). Together, Kat and Christine unpack the glowing enigma of the Brown Mountain Lights—the unexplained orbs that have haunted Appalachia for over a century.
Are they ghosts? Aliens? Passive-aggressive lovers stuck in a centuries-long spat? Or just bioluminescent squirrels playing god? We explore all the theories—ball lightning, swamp gas, folklore, fungal rave dust—and somehow make room for 1913 dental ads and an impromptu John Denver roast.
Whether you're a fan of high strangeness, ghost lore, or just want to hear Christine and Kat lose it over the phrase “globular form,” this crossover episode is a Halloween-season must-listen.
🔦 Featuring lore, laughs, and a whole lot of Appalachian weirdness.🎧 Press play and get your globular on.
Perfect for fans of:
And That's Why We Drink
Paranormal mysteries
Appalachian folklore
Bioluminescent squirrel theories
Spooky season shenanigans
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Inbox Of Oddities #61
vendredi 10 octobre 2025 • Durée 26:05
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Inbox of Oddities: Episode 61 – “Ghost Rides and Haunted Reflections”
In this spine-tingling edition of The Inbox of Oddities, the Freak Family delivers another batch of strange, heartfelt, and hilariously unsettling tales straight from the beyond (and beyond belief).
A listener from Austin swears his late uncle moonlights as an Uber driver—and somehow still knows all the family secrets. Connie from Philadelphia writes to thank Kat and JG for keeping the weird wonderfully normal while sharing stories from her psychic, braille‑tarot‑reading mother (and her dining‑room coffin). Lola from Chicago’s apartment keeps playing one lonely piano note at 11 p.m. sharp—every night. Meanwhile, a haunted library book in Rochester seems desperate for attention, and one unlucky thrift shopper finds a mirror that insists on celebrating “Alex’s” birthday.
There’s also a touching tribute to Cheese the pug, who lived his best, most fashion‑forward life—and might still be gobbling from the other side. And Madam Kitty of the Lakes (Christy, if you’re nasty) sends cloud photos, cemetery encounters, and lake‑town weirdness from Minnesota.
It’s a wild, heartwarming ride through spectral Ubers, stylish ghost dogs, and paranormal home décor—all lovingly wrapped in gratitude, laughter, and the peculiar magic that only the Freak Family can bring.
🎧 Pull up a haunted mirror, grab your pug‑sized cardigan, and join Kat and JG as they read from your weird, wonderful, and occasionally cursed inbox.
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Interstellar Nonsense & Exploding Plastic
Épisode 741
mercredi 8 octobre 2025 • Durée 35:27
Or: How to Dismantle a UFO Cult and Melt Your Hairbrush at the Same Time
Before Kat and Jethro usher in a spooky new host-swap adventure for Paraween, they’re here to crack open a box full of unhinged history and semi-combustible materials.
🛸 First up, Jethro introduces us to Dorothy Martin, a mild-mannered 1950s suburbanite who claimed to be receiving alien transmissions from the planet Clarion. According to her, the world was going to end—on Christmas, no less—but a group of spiritually-chosen humans (her Facebook group before Facebook) would be rescued by aliens. The spaceship never showed, the apocalypse got postponed, and psychologists lurking in the background coined the term “cognitive dissonance” to explain why nobody changed their minds.
🔥 Then Kat takes us on a wild ride through the volatile origins of early plastics—from celluloid billiard balls that exploded on impact, to asbestos-infused radios, and styrofoam that probably still exists in a landfill near you. It’s the horrifying, chemically unstable backstory of the objects we once thought were glamorous, but were really just slow-burning environmental crimes.
Also featured:🎃 A sneak peek at next week’s Paraween: Invasion of the Host Snatchers episode with Christine Schieffer from And That’s Why We Drink🎸 Band names so questionable they might qualify as minor felonies🏓 Ping pong balls that (thankfully) don’t explode anymore
Because when belief systems collapse and plastics ignite, you know you’ve found your people.
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Spectral Snacks & Rogue Orgasms
Épisode 740
lundi 6 octobre 2025 • Durée 39:32
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What do ancient Egyptians, Romanian grandmas, and angry Pac-Man ghosts have in common? They all want a bite to eat—from beyond the grave. This episode of The Box of Oddities serves up a global smorgasbord of traditions where feeding the dead isn’t just a metaphor—it’s a full-course afterlife buffet. From wine funnels into Roman tombs to a perfectly seasoned rotisserie chicken in New Orleans, we explore the bizarre and touching ways humanity has kept its ghostly loved ones well-fed.
Then things get... heated. We dive deep into the strange world of arousal non-concordance—when your body throws a party your brain didn’t RSVP to. You’ll meet people who climax during ab workouts, from brushing their teeth, or from reading a particularly spicy footnote. It’s not consent. It’s just neurology being weird again.
Two tales. One episode. Ancient snacks, ghost etiquette, and involuntary fireworks. You’ll laugh, cringe, and maybe never look at funeral biscuits or fitness routines the same way again.
🕯️👻🥖💀🧠💦The Box of Oddities: Curiously bizarre. Weirdly informative. Always hungry.
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Inbox Of Oddities #060
vendredi 3 octobre 2025 • Durée 24:27
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Real emails. Unreal stories.
Welcome to the Inbox of Oddities, where the freaks write in and the universe delivers receipts.
Inside Kat & Jethro’s inbox, the stories are weirder than fiction and more human than a wax museum marriage meltdown. Listeners write in with tales of time capsules that issue ominous relationship advice, McDonald's orders that align perfectly with the Boo Effect, and ghosts that wait until just after the photo op to let the camera work.
This is where:
🦴 A family suggests a romantic day trip to a museum of bones and an immersive fever dream called Factory Obscura.🎧 A listener finds out about her breast cancer thanks to a podcast tangent and a snowball metaphor.🍔 A woman named Debbie from a real place called Tittybong, Australia, gets a McDonald’s code that literally spells “BBOO” while listening to Box of Oddities in a hospital parking lot.📚 A grammar snob gets absolutely humbled by Merriam-Webster.📦 A man rediscovers a cassette tape he buried in 1996, warning himself not to marry someone who hates museums.🐟 A boy once caught a trout with his nose, apparently.🧀 And someone wants to dress as “Shelly’s aunt” for Halloween, glowing blue and handing out cheese curds. No further context provided. And none needed.
These are the unfiltered dispatches from the cult of curiosity, the church of weird, and the global freak family of The Box of Oddities.
It’s like rummaging through a haunted junk drawer filled with love notes, medical mysteries, and cryptid keychains.
You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll maybe question the space-time continuum.This is Inbox of Oddities.
📬 Want in? Share your strange life stuff with Kat & Jethro here: curator@theboxofoddities.com
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Dewey Decibel System of the Damned
Épisode 739
mercredi 1 octobre 2025 • Durée 42:52
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Why does the Peoria Public Library seem to come with a return policy on souls? And what chilling new clues have surfaced in the decades-old vanishing of the Martin family in Oregon? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro dig deep into two mysteries that refuse to stay buried.
First, explore the haunted stacks of one of America’s eeriest libraries—where more than just overdue books linger in the shadows. Then, journey into the Pacific Northwest as fresh evidence reopens the haunting cold case of a family that seemingly vanished into thin air over 70 years ago.
Ghosts, disappearances, and just enough dark humor to make your spine giggle—this episode has it all. Tune in for tales that are spooky, bizarre, and 100% alphabetized for your paranormal convenience.
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Exhuming Is Hard
Épisode 737
lundi 29 septembre 2025 • Durée 34:19
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What happens when you dig up Charlie Chaplin 11 weeks after his death? In this episode, Kat and Jethro wade into the bizarre tale of Chaplin’s posthumous kidnapping—complete with a ransom plot and a phone call that started with, “We have Charlie.” Spoiler: It’s not a prank if the coffin is real.
Then, ever looked at your fingers and thought, “Why... these?” We crack open the secrets of evolutionary biology to uncover the latest strange DNA findings about how human fingers evolved—and why fish might deserve credit for your ability to do jazz hands.
A corpse goes on tour and your thumbs have a fishy backstory. It’s another day in the Oddiverse.
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