Kat & Jethro Gilligan Toth

The Box of Oddities

Comedy EN ↓ 952 episodes

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 unn...

Author

Kat & Jethro Gilligan Toth

Category

Comedy

Podcast website

www.theboxofoddities.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

BOX252: Never Have A Hootenanny In A Cemetery 13.08.2020

Why did so many people know that JFK was going to be assassinated? Why wasn’t anything done about it? Then, we go back to the Philippines and explore the hanging coffins of Echo Valley. Box252 is not meant to be used as a squirrel deterrent.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX251: Taunting Geneticists From The Distant Future 10.08.2020

Kat terrorizes Jethro with a story that he refused to do. Jethro retaliates by informing Kat that our early human ancestors had spikes on the penises. Robert the haunted doll and weird stuff we've discovered about our ancestors through DNA research. Never leave BOX251 unattended while in use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX250: Orange Blossoms and Slaughter House Run-Off 06.08.2020

Jethro talks about how you can smell like shipwrecked booty and Kat tells the tale of a civil war soldier who lived to talk about being shot between the eyes. The perfume of the Mary Celestia and Jacob Miller in Box250! Call before you dig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX249: Palm Trees And Superman's House 03.08.2020

A family makes a godawful discovery in the baby’s nursery. Then, Jethro explores the mysterious goings-on at Bachelor's Grove Cemetery. Join us for the burble in Box249! Applicable taxes will be remitted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX248: Sunburned Eyeballs 30.07.2020

First, JG talks about Lisa McVey and the fact that she is a beast. There is also a serial killer involved in that story. Then, it’s an episode of Horrendous Injuries : The Celebrity Edition! It’s Box248 - Listen, if you think you can stomach it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX247: Time Travel And Delicious Pie 27.07.2020

Arrested for wearing the wrong feather in your cap? It was a thing! And the mysterious disappearance of an early 20th century physicist. Sumptuary Laws and Ettore Majorana in Box247 - now you’re on the trolley! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX246: Babylonian Abalone 23.07.2020

It’s wellness week at the Kat + Jethro compound. First, JG investigates the odd phenomenon of Folie à deux or shared psychosis. Then, Kat makes all her mom’s wishes come true by exploring rabies. It’s Box246: Alternate toy available for children under 3.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX245: My Attorney Is a Vampire 20.07.2020

Jethro tells us about the tragedy that caused July 6, 1944 to be known as The Day The Clowns Cried. It’s upsetting. Kat revisits body modifications and decides to go back to therapy. It’s Box245 - Safe for use around pets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX244: That Sh*tter's Full And You're Not Going Anywhere 16.07.2020

It’s called Kifafa, zombie disease or nodding syndrome, but whatever you call it, it targets children and it’s terrifying. Then, she was shot in the head three times and still outsmarted her attacker. Join Jethro and Kat for coffee talk, it’s Box244: discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX243: Geriatric Gymnastics 13.07.2020

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, it’s killed by way of fever, car accident, gangrene and beheading and would make a lovely broach. Jethro shares the curse of the Hope Diamond. If any defects are discovered in BOX243, do not attempt to repair...

BOX242: Radioactive Camping 09.07.2020

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 shares the story of Everybody’s baby. Do not drive with Box242 stuck on head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX241: Let The Cave Bodies Hit The Floor 06.07.2020

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 expressed, written consent of Major League Baseball is strictly prohibited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX240: Please Pass The Severed Head 02.07.2020

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX239: The Joy Of Graveyard Haggling 29.06.2020

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 the details of some of the worst. Do not place Box239 near a flammable or magnetic source. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX238: A Diaper Full Of Hagfish 25.06.2020

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 slime, please use caution, contents under pressure.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX237: Ancient Egyptian Brownie Recipe 22.06.2020

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 ancient Egypt in Box237! Action figures sold separately. OFFERS: Join Thrive today and get up to $20 in shopping credit toward your first order. ThriveMarket.com/BOX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

BOX236: Bigfoot Dowry 18.06.2020

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 recommended. OFFERS: Get 15-percent off the best earbuds ever at BUYRAYCON.com/BOX Get 15% off any Organifi product at Organifi.com with promo code BOX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX235: Enjoy Eating Your Shoe 15.06.2020

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, JG tells us of Pre-Victorian England’s Bloody Code in Box235. This tag may only be removed by the consumer. OFFERS: Try Shudder free for 30 days! Just go to shudder.com and use promo code BOX. Learn mor...

BOX234: Ghostly Mountaineer Angel 11.06.2020

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 to remember man’s best friend. It’s Box233 and no transfers will be issued until the bus comes to a complete stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX233: Beyond The Ambient, Pungent Rankness 08.06.2020

Would you eat 30,000 year old meat from a frozen tundra? You wouldn't believe what some people have eaten in the name of science. Then, there's an abandoned mansion in Hong Kong that has seen unspeakable horrors. Horrors that still echo in the hallways today. BOX233 is provided "as is" without any implied warranties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX232: The Patron Saint Of Pigeon Fires 04.06.2020

A big night out in the 16th century often included tickets to the latest public dissection. Dissection theaters were all the rage and were always packed. Then, St. Olga of Kiev in an elaborate scheme, exacts revenge for the killing of her husband Prince Igor of Kiev. This was one bad-ass chick. BOX232 is slightly enlarged to show greater detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

BOX231: Underpants And Pie 01.06.2020

When did man first migrate to North America? Some very unusual discoveries in Canada suggest it may have been many thousands of years earlier than we thought. And then, they disappeared over 50 years ago. Decades later, they surfaced. The problem was that they were dead. BOX231 is not affiliated with the University of Florida or any other institution of higher learning. OFFERS: For 10% off your fi...

BOX230: Wanna See My Blubber-Pounder? 28.05.2020

It haunted the Arctic seas for nearly four decades and then disappeared. Jethro tells us the true tale of The Ghost Ship of the Arctic. And then, what is the purpose of the giant geoglyphs carved it the desert floor of Peru more than two thousand years ago? Kat explores the mysteries surrounding the Nazca Lines. Warning! Listen to BOX230 only in a well-ventilated area. Learn more about your ad cho...

BOX229: Shipping Container Marriage Proposal 25.05.2020

In an unlikely turn of events and unbeknownst to one another, Kat and Jethro both do stories about horrible things that happened in the ocean. The true story behind the movie Open Water and the 1916 New Jersey Shark attacks that inspired the novel and the movie Jaws. This is BOX229 and is not an offer to sell securities. OFFERS: Try Nom Nom today and you’ll get 50% off a two week trial! Go to Try...

BOX228: Weighing A Tree Is Hard 21.05.2020

DNA solves a multiple murder case after more than thirty years. And then, a tree that's over eighty thousand years old? The Bear Creek Park murders and the world's most unusual trees. BOX228 does not contain guar gum. OFFERS: Start your risk-free Thrive Market membership and get up to twenty dollars toward your first order! Go to ThriveMarket.com slash/BOX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

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