The Box of Oddities

Ghosts helping us uncover a decades-old murder - could it be? Then, cats and boxes: a study. JG shares the tale of Duffy’s Cut and Kat talks about cats and visual illusions. It's BOX426 hissed the lovecats.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happened to the crew of the SS Ourang Medan? Or did it not exist in the first place? Then, the mysterious South Pole death of Rodney Marks. BOX425, she’s a head-scratcher.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What was that creature Tamara Prosvirina found in the woods? And one man’s obsession that became one of the world’s most upsetting exhibits. The Kyshtym Dwarf and The Meguro Parasitological Museum in BOX424. Do not fill with helium.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Those Victorians were just dying to look good! Then, she was in the business of show before she turned one. The lengths people have gone to look sick and the story of Annie Jones, The Bearded Lady in BOX423. This production has not been approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we present to you two situations that are not so good. A child in below freezing waters for hours and a home filling with blood. Kat and JG discuss the incredible stories of Stella Berndtsson and the Winston’s House of Blood in BOX422. C'mon Jessica, C'mon Tori, let's go to the mall you won't be sorry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! JG tells us about a turd con-man who changed identities for 30 years. Kat shares the unsettling truth about bombs in the ocean. “Clark Rockefeller” and munitions dumping in BOX421. I miss my dogs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is hellbent on threatening the citizens of Circleville? And what’s this obsession with cow farts? JG shares the story of the Circleville letters and Kat doles out the eccentricities of Anna Maria Helena, comtesse de Noailles. It’s BOX420, dude.  Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

The most embarrassing moment of Napoleon’s life? And what are these three-eyed monsters coming out of the ground? The 1807 bunny folly and dinosaur shrampies in BOX419. Clover leaves look like butts.  Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jethro examines some of the rarest medical conditions out there and Kat explores the Japanese Penis Festicle. Ugh, tesival. FESTIVAL. It’s BOX418 and it’s built for comfort.  Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG starts with the trial of the century .. against fruit? Then, Kat shares an origin story that starts with medieval knights and ends at the fairground. It’s BOX417 and it’s under your bed. Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A young pilot took off never to been seen again. And was this horrific murder a result of classism or folie à deux? The disappearance of Frederick Valentich and the Papin sisters in BOX416 and it's a goddamn arms race. Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s tall and lizardy and wears a metal dress? The Braxton county monster, of course! Then, remedies from the days of yore that will leave you scratching your head! It’s BOX 415 and it’s boffo, fo sho!  Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, it’s the rough and tumble life of Cassius Clay, no, not that one. Then, how much more inspiring could Biddy Mason be? None. None more inspiring. These stories and more in BOX414. Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who will fill the void after a human extinction? And why is that man letting a sheep poop on his face? Kat and JG ask these questions and more! In his house at R'lyeh BOX413 waits dreaming. Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1971, two high schoolers left for a party and didn’t come home, what happened? Then, a team uncovers the first evidence of heads on stakes! The disappearance of Pamela Jackson and Cheryl Miller followed by the tomb of the sunken skulls in BOX412. Hey, that’s Kelsey’s birthday!  Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more ab...

A chicken breeding miner finally figured out his lifelong health issues. Then, this little not-rodent is irregular in the best way. Rob Wilson’s unexpected diagnosis, and the hyrax in BOX411.  Plus, a Curator home invasion. Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The disturbing history that led to a paranormal present and a victim gets justice from beyond the grave! JG explores New York’s dark islands and Kat covers the murder of Teresita Basa. You ain't lived till you've had your tires rotated by BOX410.  Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Wait, the great pyramid could be seen from where? Things you might not have known about the Egyptian pyramids. Then, singing, dancing, and farting their way to power - the business of court jesters. It’s BOX409 and she’s drenched in gravy. Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Scientists grow a dinosaur/chicken thing. Then, how the continents might have gotten their names. Also: dildos in the street, a pile of BOO effects, and live show updates in BOX408. It’s 2L2Q. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! The second largest lake in the US has got some stories and some corpses! Then the harrowing tale of a ferry disaster and two women who survived it. The bodies of Lake Tahoe and the sinking of the Express Samina in BOX407. Keep birds out of the kitchen when using this product. Learn more about y...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! How did the Jewel of London become a stagnant, poisonous chowder? And is this sinkhole a storage place for evil? The Year of Stink and The Well of Hell in BOX406. We did it!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! JG tells us about Martin Pistorius, a boy locked inside his own body, and Kat shares the story of the real Frankenstein castle. Also, toilet paper woes, television pitches, dramatic re-enactments, and more. BOX405 gets weird.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Hey! That's not supposed to be in my meteorite! And, so many people want to smash coconuts! Unusual things found in meteorites and some coconut-related world records in BOX304. I like toytles.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Come one, come all! Hear the tale of the half-woman, half-camel! This, followed by the mysterious origins of the lone mammal on the Falkland Islands. Camel Girl and the Warrah Fox in BOX403. It shakes when you laugh, like a bowl full of aspic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Ancient skull bullet hole theorists will love this one. So will fans of dismemberment! A little something for everyone! The Kabwe skull and the curious case of Samuel Wood in BOX402. Team lift.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices