The Box of Oddities

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Why are all those ballerinas blazing? And taste in music really is subjective. Stage equipment that took out as many performers as it illuminated and instruments you may not have heard of before in BOX401. We’re sick, be gentle.  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! Were Ann Marten’s dreams about her dead daughter a message from the beyond? Or proof of her guilt? Then, a super depressing venture into the worst industrial disaster in history. The Red Barn Murder and the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in BOX400. It’s not an error or a bad request. Learn more about your...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! JG talks about mysterious tiles washing up on shores around the world and Kat discusses the case of missing woman decades unsolved. Tjipetir blocks and the mystery of Dorothy Forstein in BOX399. Do not sublime. 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! She wore pants, smoked, kept a snake, and did it all in the white house. He did not wear pants, ate oranges whole, and brought about a revival of gothic architecture. Alice Roosevelt and Victor Hugo in BOX398. Hi, Nick!  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! How do we keep toxic waste from harming our descendants? And are there dinosaurs living in the Congo river basin? Warning messages for the future and Mokele-mbembe in BOX 395. It's sexual and violent. I thought you might like 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! You know how “old lady killer” can mean two different things? Like, a killer of old ladies or a killer that is an old lady? That’s what JG’s story is about. Also, a festival that recommends wearing eye protection. La Mataviejitas and the Festival of Exploding Hammers in BOX396. It’s buttery sof...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! In BOX395 JG says the term “breeding pairs” far too many times and Kat teaches us about the importance of families… monkey families. How Mt. Toba almost took us all out and the amazing story of Maria Chapman and her childhood spent with monkeys.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! It’s a plethora of unearthed graves, old and new. Plus, vampires! London’s mausoleum problem and the Venetian vampire in BOX394. She had dumps like a truck. Truck. Truck. 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! Science finally brings us solo reproducing Pac-Man frog robots and the disturbing story of a missing Detroit boy found in his own father’s basement. Biological robots and the disappearance of Charlie Bothuell V in BOX393. Not to be used as a replacement for breast milk. Learn more about your ad...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! The body of a miner missing his kicky sticks found in a decades closed mine shaft raises questions. Then, spooky yuletide traditions and lore from around the world in BOX392. Aw, shit that’s fresh. 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! A belligerent brothel brawl and a barrier-busting brainy badass. The day the clowns bled and Katherine Johnson in BOX391. Caution: potato will be hot. 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 covers the only surgery known to have had a 300% mortality rate, and Kat talks about a volcanic eruption and its survivors̸. Speedy surgeon, Robert Liston, and the tragic demise of the city of St. Pierre in BOX390. Water-resistant, not waterproof.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! What causes a group of people to take on an imagined illness? And how much did that lime cost? Mass hysteria and the cost of space stuff in BOX389. We suggest a 7018 electrode, AWS Spec A5.1, with a manufactures amperage rating between 80 and 110 for uphill fill and reinforcement. Learn more ab...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Imagine living with an evil twin on the backside of your head! Then, the story of the pigeon that saved countless lives during WW1. Edward Mordake and the amazing Cher Ami in BOX388. She thicc. 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 the 17th-century opera singer who would taunt men into bar fights. Kat shares the incredible culture of the “Venice of Africa”. Mademoiselle de Maupin and the lake village of Ganvie in BOX387. Made from 100% real cheese. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! A mysterious message was received from a British South American Airline flight moments before it vanished over the Andes.  Also, Transylvania is even more creepy than you might have thought. The bizarre 1947 disappearance of The Stardust and the otherworldly Hoia-Baciu Forest known as "The Berm...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! What some fans will do to show their commitment to an artist. Then, the Scottish tradition that involved disguised people refusing to leave your home. Fanatics and Skekling in BOX385 - it tastes like feet. 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! When in need of rock and roll, you do what you’ve got to do! And then, these books are bound in leather, but not the kind you’d expect. Bone records and human skin books in BOX384. This episode contains no wire hangers. 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! A monarchical scandal re: affairs and beheadings. Then, she was a feminist before it was a thing! The execution of Willem Mons and the surprising life of one of our favorite girls in BOX383. Never, ever feed it after midnight.  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! Malnourishment as entertainment and a most upsetting puritanical frenzy. It’s the Starving Brides of Blackpool and the trials of Thomas Hogg and George Spencer in BOX382. Never to be sandwiched between pumpernickel. 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! He claimed his gravitational Warp Drive had been damaged, stranding him in the 21st century. And then, a guy trapped 350 feet below the ocean's surface with seemingly no way out.  The time-traveling spammer and the unbelievable story of deep-sea diver Chris Lemons. Neither the seller nor the ma...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! "They couldn't believe he got away with it for as long as he did". And then, a guy with a backhoe strikes it rich. Sort of.  The shocking life of 70's wrestler, Mr. X, and the oldest cache of gold and treasure ever discovered.  BOX380 is provided "as is" without any warranties expressed or impl...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! Time Traveling Nazis? Well, maybe... And then, Andy Warhol was way stranger than you may have thought! The Nazi Die Glocke project and some lesser know yet completely bizarre facts about Andy Warhol.  Contents of BOX379  may settle during shipment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! We’re very sciency today! First, JG explores the family history of a man that goes back further than any other. Then, Kat talks about what babies these days are being born without! Proteins help us see into the past and the current evolution of humans in BOX378. We have a new dog, so I have to...

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! We had so many great submissions from all over the world that we thought we'd share a few more! Here's a bonus episode! Happy Halloween Freak Family! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices