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! 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 go now. 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! 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

Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Become a patron by joining The Order of Freaks! It's a bit different than a regular Box Of Oddities episode! Each Halloween, we listen as fellow members of The Freak Family tell true stories of terrifying personal encounters! 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! So, I guess we're just bringing animals back from the dead, then? Cool, cool. And then, he said he killed them to end their suffering, but we're not buying it. The scientists who are trying to bring back the woolly mammoth and the serial killer dubbed "the Angel of Death" in BOX375. Bread is bad for ducks. 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! Warning. This one is not for the faint of heart. JG talks about the Jameson cannibal incident, an extremely disturbing event that took place in a remote village in the Congo. Then Kat lightens the mood dramatically with her presentation on everyday things that can kill you. The contents of BOX374 should not be fed to fish. 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! Are there dinosaur bones on the moon? And show your true stripes! No, really, you’ve got them. A massive asteroid theory and Blaschko’s Lines in BOX373. It’s magically delicious! 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 goes way beyond flat earth and moon landings and Kat discusses goat balls and what they can do for your health. Conspiracy theories and John Brinkley, Quack MD in BOX371. Plus the world premiere of our new musical “Phineas!” … or “Gage!”, we’re still working on 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! A young woman vanishes and the story only gets stranger from there. Then, a little boy attacked by a shark and the frenzy that followed. The disappearance of Jamie Fraley and Summer of the Shark in BOX370. Red eyes suit so few. 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 of the girl born covered in hair who was a king by the age of five. Kat takes us to a centuries-old haunted inn in New England. Christina, King of Sweden of the ghosts of the Red Lion Inn in BOX370 - it’s the breakfast of champions. 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 explores the story of a famous haunted doll and Kat shares the discovery of an aquatic nightmare. The real story of Annabelle and Phiomicetus Anubis in BOX369. Damn, you fine. Hoping she can sock it to me one more time. 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! No one knows how deep this hole is, where it has gone or why it brings animals back from the dead! And the blast furnaces with a tragic history and ghostly presence. Mel’s hole and the haunting of Sloss Furnaces in BOX368. It will be a most triumphant time! 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! Piles of bones aren’t normal in the suburbs, right? And the sport that requires you to figure out the best way to lug your lady. Serial killer, Herb Baumeister, and the Wife-Carrying Championships in BOX367 - it’s cool beans. 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 inspiration for the classic story of a murderous doctor and the legend of a New England village said to be damned. The real Dr. Hyde and the abandoned Dudleytown in BOX366. Spank Your Inner Moppet. Whatever. 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 history of a brewery that leads one to believe it may be haunted… or cursed? And a man came to kill her, but things didn’t work out as he’d planned. JG talks about the Lemp mansion and Kat shares the story of badass, Susan Walters in BOX365. A diamond in the rough, rough, rough. 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 wakes up and it's always the same day. Then Kat tells us about a most bizarre festival that involves Blood, spit, and fresh vegetables. Among other things. A real-life "Groundhogs Day" experience that's been going on for over 15 years and the highly unusual Phuket Vegetarian Festival. BOX364 was processed at location stamped in code at top of carton. 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! It was a horrific accident that left a man dead. Or so they thought. And then, how did this stuff ever make it on TV? The unbelievable but true story of Phineas Gage and the worst television shows that ever made it on the air. It's BOX363 and it contains a substantial amount of non-tobacco ingredients. 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! What's the deal with all those ancient, weird-shaped skulls from Peru? DNA tests provide more questions than answers. And then, some say the image of the dead woman is still burned into its walls. The mysterious Paracas Skulls and the dark and deadly legacy of Lookout Tower in Ohio. 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! Can a vehicle be possessed? And yeah, we vote “no” to eyelid sewing. The haunted car that inspired a Stephen King story and the history of eyelashes in BOX361. It’s like butter for your ears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG explores the mysterious circumstances surrounding the so-called “Lake Michigan Triangle” and Kat celebrates the Nova Scotian Giant in BOX360. Why do we have SO MANY tote bags? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can certain colors in our world be “new”? And how our family history can inform our future. The color blue and the grandson of a nazi reaches out in BOX359. It’s off like a herd of turtles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We ask “are comets nature’s twinkle lights or harbingers of death and destruction?“ Followed by eels and how we don’t know how they do it. It’s BOX358 and it’s got legs! Or, tails, I guess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A farming/genocide experiment that went exactly how you'd expect. And a baby left to die who then became a master, Russia's cannibal island and Su Kong Tai Jin in Box 357. Keep in brown paper bag to speed ripeness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You would be wrong if you thought all Vikings were bloodthirsty fighting machines. Some were even nuttier! And why you might hate cilantro and it's fresh deliciousness. Vikings trippin’ balls and your genes and taste in BOX356 - it’s better than beefcake pantyhose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get The Box of Oddities with Zero Ads! Join the Order of Freaks today! https://www.patreon.com/boxofoddities Who doesn't love a good "neighborhood built on a graveyard story"? Then, giant ice age tunnels have been discovered in South America. No, not ancient aliens, giant extinct sloths the size of elephants! Never leave BOX355 unattended while in use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we explore how little Kat knows about cocaine and how much JG appreciates seaman superstition. Ridiculous facts about Pablo Escobar and the meanings behind early western sailor tattoos in BOX354. Take with food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He was a strange man who was considered by most to be an "idiot". He made horrible business decisions yet they always seemed to work out. Along the way, he became one of the wealthiest businessmen of his time. No, not Forrest Gump. His Name was Timothy Dexter. Then, We learn that Popeye The Sailor Man was based on a real guy named Frank "Rocky" Fiegel. With one major difference. Instead of finding his super-human strength in a can of spinach, Rocky found his in a bottle of bourbon. It's BOX353. For comfortable and safe use, please read the Safety & Comfort Guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DNA solves a 1,000-year-old mystery involving a Viking warrior in a skirt. And then we learn about a man who woke up on the embalming table in a morgue. Do not use BOX352 orally after using it rectally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can a painting actually be cursed? Many say "The Crying Boy" painting has been the cause of dozens of house fires. And then Kat tells us the story of two men who could quite possibly be the luckiest people to ever hit the high-seas. Warning! The little part which suffocates when the sharp part which gets hurt is swallowed is contained generously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They were the rock gods of the 18th century. They played to packed venues filled with screaming fans. But they were the ones who should have been screaming. Then, would you trust a restroom made of outward-looking one-way mirrors? The painful price that 18th-century opera stars paid and the world's most bizarre restroom facilities. Box350 has salt, MSG, artificial color, or flavoring added. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Both beloved and reviled, he was one of the most bizarre saints in history. And then the story of the man who was President of The United States... for one day. The lives of Saint Simeon and Senator David Rice Atchison, both neatly packed inside Box349 and vacuum-sealed for freshness. Taste the rainbow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG talks about what past us thought the future was going to look like. And Kat shares the story of an obsession and a triple murder. Retro-futurism and the deeply upsetting story of Daniel LaPlante in BOX348. Alternate toy available for children under 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Lazarus lizard or a courthouse con? And then a tale of cowboy revenge. Ol Rip the Horned Toad and Pistol Pete in BOX-whateverthisis. It’s not wet, like gravy, but does taste like paradise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This serial killer duo will shake you to your very sole. And the beautiful corpse-turning ceremony of Madagascar. The Marrakesh Arch-Killer and Famidihana in BOX346. It’s blown to hell, crash. I’m the last splash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kat tells us about a fella who delighted in the art of the pointless and JG talks about a guy who we were both shocked we’ve not covered. The Mole Man of Hackney and Howard Hughes in BOX345. Can you dig it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She disappeared for over a decade and reappeared with amnesia. And then, she may have been the first woman to take a bullet for the US. The mystery of Jody Roberts and the masquerading Deborah Sampson in BOX344. It's better than a kick to the shin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG shares the story of the leader of the Southcottian movement and Kat talks about the last free place in America. Joanna Southcott and Slab City in BOX343. Buff until shiny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She had how many vaginas?! Also, a most unusual paleontological discovery in Brazil. The unexpected true-life story of Blanche Dumas and the recent unearthing of a dinosaur with fur. Kind of. No transfers issued until BOX342 comes to a complete stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trouble at the nudist colony? And what’s going on with those tall, dark figures in the mountains? The Sunny Sands con-man and the Dark Watchers in BOX341. It’s got calcium for growing bones! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your tickets for our "You Choose Our Tattoos" Live Looped show! What could possibly go wrong? https://www.events.loopedlive.com/boxofoddities It was built in the early 1700s, is valued at over $330,000,000, and went missing 70 years ago. Until now? Also, bees do what after they mate? Nazi treasure and the missing Amber Room plus strange and unusual mating rituals of animals. Do not attempt to put BOX340 in pants unless supervised by an expert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your tickets for our "You Choose Our Tattoos" Live Looped show! What could possibly go wrong? https://www.events.loopedlive.com/boxofoddities First, how a laboratory coffee pot changed the internet. Then, why was this man hounded by salesmen, doctors, orphanages, and divorce lawyers? We’ll discuss XCoffee and the tale of Morgan Dix’s dilemma in BOX339. It’s not your grandma’s oatmeal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your tickets for our "You Choose Our Tattoos" Live Looped show! What could possibly go wrong? https://www.events.loopedlive.com/boxofoddities Is the FBI pretending not to have found a long-lost treasure? And the amazing survival of a WW2 soldier all kinds of jacked up in the Russian wilderness. The disappearance of civil war gold and Aimo Koivunen in BOX338. Clever girl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shall we plan a family outing to the sewer? And what’s the skinny on those frozen explorers? The Paris Sewer Museum and Franklin Expedition updates in BOX337. It’s wafer thin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A murder ship and pee drinking. Oh, it’s a rough one. The tale of the Mary Russell and medieval “cures” for the bubonic plague in BOX336. Do not iron while wearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of Denmark’s oldest castles has stood for more than 800 years and it’s said some of its earliest residents still occupy the historic hallways. Also farts. It’s BOX335 and it’s grrrrreat! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An ominous epitaph leads to satan speculation. And measurements can be fun! Lilly Grey’s tombstone and units you may not have heard of in BOX334. How you turn my world, you precious thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG blesses us with some random interesting facts and Kat shares the tragic story of Joseph Merrick. Tidbits for your summer gatherings and the Elephant Man in BOX333. Hey, remember Friendster? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kat covers one of the worst school mass murders in US history and JG shares the nutty things some people will bid on. The Bath School Disaster and bizarre auction items in BOX332. Do not feed after midnight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG dishes on the guy who was, possibly, our oddest founding father. And Kat shares the story of a medieval septic tank that changed history. Gouverneur Morris and the Erfurt latrine disaster in BOX331. This ish is bananas. B-a-n-a-n-a-s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you wear pants made of milk? And what’s unique about this mummy? JG talks about some interesting inventions and Kat shares the details of the first mummy mommy in BOX330. Can ya dig it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kat talks about the first official mistress of the King of France and JG shares deets on the man who thought you could poop all your problems away. Agnès Sorel and fake doctor James Morrison in BOX329. Simmer on medium until desired thickness is reached. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices