The Box of Oddities

Burning a 50 foot puppet makes an entire city feel better. Then, she was frozen 500 years ago and is perfectly preserved. The wonderfully bizarre Fiestas de Santa Fe and the fascinating final days of The Inca Ice Maiden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BOX151 contains first hand accounts of horrors witnessed in modern day psych wards and the attempt to create a mouse-human hybrid in Japan. Please open with caution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The mysterious disappearance of socialite Dorthy Arnold in 1910 and a whole bunch of really weird medical oddities throughout history. We're tired. We just got off a plane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the greatest "barn finds" of all time. Then, the worlds biggest humbugs! The missing Shelby Daytona Cobra and the horrible story that goes along with it and amazing frauds that fooled the world. (for awhile)... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are Hobbits real? Then, The L.A. Times called it "the most horrible crime of the 1920s". A very strange archaeological discovery on an isolated south pacific island and the ghost of Marion Parker. Box148 is live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digging up a 1930s gangster. And then, the body behind the freezer. The upcoming exhumation of John Dillinger and the tragic story of Larry Murillo-Moncada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A common food that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths. Then, how did a homeless woman in the 1790s get all of that gold? Was she really an alchemist? The Killer Rice epidemic and the mysterious story of Barbara Erni, "The Golden Boo" inside BOX146. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The headline read, "Death By Banana!" And then, they were teenage girls from The Netherlands. They were also deadly assassins. The unexpected history behind the slipping on a banana peel joke and the badass Oversteegen sisters. It's all inside BOX145. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This guy loved his chair so much that he paid the ultimate price. Then, don't step on that pile of dismembered human remains! Thomas Busby's Death Chair & the gruesome ongoing story behind The Biological Resource Center. BOX144 should be opened carefully. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's going on at the Clown Graveyard? Then, have a headache? Eat human skull powder! The 1918 circus train disaster and the now frowned upon practice of consuming body parts as medicine. BOX143 is available now & has never poked a badger with a spoon.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being bricked up alive! It was a thing. And then, 4500 years ago their city was comparable to modern cities today. The horrifying practice of Immurement and the incredible ruins of the lost city of Mohenjo Daro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not the kind of blues most people have! And then, is it an alien body? The Blue People Of Kentucky and the mysterious Atacama Skeleton uncovered in Chile. BOX141 is available now in your grocer's freezer while supplies last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He died in a pile of garbage and he thought his secret would die with him. Then, they did some very strange things to drive back the Roman army. The dark story of James Nichols and the fearsome medieval Scottish warriors known as The Picts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 50th Anniversary is gold. Which one is major appliance? Then, a horrific day at the race track. The strange history of traditional anniversary gifts and the tragic story of Frank Hayes. BOX139 was handcrafted by podcast artisans from the old country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why pink for girls and blue for boys? And then, don't forget to bring your skull to this party. The secret reason behind gender specific toys and clothing for children and the amazing history of The Dia de las Natitas Festival in Bolivia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An amusement park from hell and people throughout history that did really weird shit. Tiger Balm Park and the eccentric behavior of famous historical figures. once opened, BOX137 should be stored in a cool dry place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An amazing and mysterious discovery uncovered off the coast of Cuba and the story of 19 elderly assisted living residents abandoned at a condemned facility and how they survived. It's BOX136. May contain parts that could present a chocking hazard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She vanished from of a cruise ship. Then, getting freaky in Victorian times. The missing persons case of Amy Bradley and 19th century sex etiquette users guide. BOX135 has been cleared for takeoff and is next in line on runway 3-A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bizarre and scandalous secrets of famous historic figures and the surprisingly interesting history of the fork. That's right, the fork.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The lost art of penis fencing. And then, he had a secret and he was not what he seemed to be. Strange mating rituals of the animal kingdom and the amazing story of James Grey. BOX133 has been inspected and cleared by customs officials. You may proceed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A boy who claims he was a woman who died in a hotel fire in 1993. And more proof that the brain is a very strange thing. The reincarnation of 5 year old Luke Ruehlman and then strange linguistic quirks all up in BOX132. Whatever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It looks like a diamond that's as tall as a house. And then the unbelievable lengths one man went to in avenging his daughters murder. The mind boggling Cave Of The Crystals and the amazing story of Andre Bamberski. BOX:131 is now safe to open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are secrets that Hollywood does not want you to know. And then, "Was that a speed bump or a prophecy?" Scandals that Hollywood tried to cover up and the mystery of The Toynbee Tiles. To start your free wedding website and also get $50 off your registry on Zola, goto www. ZOLA.com/BOX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He just vanished? And then, what caused Zack Bowen to do the unthinkable? The mysterious disappearance of Brandon Lawson and the gruesome tale of Zack and Addie. Vacuum sealed for freshness and packed inside BOX129. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stuff found where it should not be. Is this finally evidence of time travel? And then, why is that bird crawling inside that crocodile's mouth? It's about Incredibly odd inter-species animal symbiosis.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices