The Box of Oddities

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

JG explores some of the more creative lawsuits ever filed, and Kat talks about a mountain made of fire. Frivolous lawsuits and Yanar Dag in BOX328. Do not listen to this episode while serving jury duty. Hey! Want to listen to The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early? Join The Order Of Freaks! C'mon, all the cool Freaks are doin' it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is really buried in John Wilkes Booth's Grave? And then, an amazing ancient discovery in a Scottish farmers field. It's BOX327. Try jiggling the handle. Join The Order Of Freaks and get The Box Of Oddities ad-free and early! Plus lots of other cool insider stuff! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG tells the incredible, multi-faceted, inspiring life of Eugene Bullard. Then, Kat shares the gritty tale of the longest boxing match in history. It’s BOX326, and it’s good for your bones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A saint-like grandma type or serial murderer? Well, I think you know the answer. Then, stacks of mummies appear to have been buried alive. Kat discusses Dorothea Puente and JG talks about the Screaming Mummies. BOX325 - don’t let me forget I want to try that stuffed cabbage recipe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A spate of women whose jaws were disintegrating and a man who stabbed the buttocks of London elite. Phossy Jaw and The London Monster in BOX324. It may, in fact, be too bootylicious for you, babe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kat shares the weird way Louisiana was populated that you may not know about and JG shares some really unsettling medical devices from the yore days. It’s BOX323 and I helped! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was it aliens? Or was it the moonshine? What happened on that farm in 1955? Then, who are these mysterious people that live at the edge of the earth? And why are their eyes down there? The Hopkinsville "Little Green Men" incident and The Blemmys in BOX:322. It goes all the way to eleven. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you could peer inside someone’s tummy, would you want to? How about over and over again? This guy did. Then, JG talks about the reanimating of long-dormant creatures and what that means for us. Alexis St. Martin’s stomach hole and zombie viruses in BOX321. Serve chilled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG tells us about a couple who gave birth to a baby conceived when mom was only two years old. And Kat shares the many wonders of the first Emperor of China’s huge funerary complex. A 29 year old embryo and a terracotta army in BOX:320. So fresh, it doesn't even make noise when it sits down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Got your tickets to the Freak Show next Saturday the 17th on Looped? If not, get them here! Meet the woman whose face became famous after her death and the woman who holds a Guinness record she doesn't remember achieving. An immortal photo and a woman who seemed immortal in BOX319. It begins with a real bummer and ends up nice. Like a dinner on a cruise ship where you're paired up with other couples, but the other couple leaves early to “get to a show on time” when really, you felt that tension all through dinner. They weren't going to a show. They're probably getting divorced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your tickets to the Freakshow Livestream Event here! Flying my kite In the town square Tripped on a skull Hit my knee hard Picnic juxtaposition This park is a graveyard, yeah! Also, snails! It’s BOX318 and I didn’t buy a snail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attention People of Earth. Get your tickets to The Box Of Oddities April 17th interactive live-stream event, Freak Show! Click here for tickets now! I’m sorry? When was the landmine invented? And a WW2 death camp infiltrator who fought well beyond the end of the war. Kat discusses Ancient Chinese weapons, and JG shares the incredible story of Witold Pilecki in BOX317. Amuck, amuck, amuck! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG tells us about a surgeon who surprised everyone repeatedly until the end. Kat gets into a series of murders that a group of women helped solve. It’s Doctor Barry and an NJ serial killer case in BOX316. Drink responsibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A cure of hysteria? Or just a regular ol’ massager for your neck or back parts? THEN the bizarre story of a Canadian cult with a hidden treasure bonus! The history of sex toys and Brother XII in BOX315. It’s got those tiny bubbles, so you know it’s good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s fun and fast and deadly? And then, these parents hand their babies or let to who? Killer roller coasters and The Naki Sumo Crying Baby Festival in BOX314 - it’s won’t cure gout, but it’s pretty good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, it was a national event, took it very seriously, and was all nude. Then, is someone there? People claim an unseen entity helped them during extreme situations. Kat and JG talk about the ancient Olympics and the third-man phenomenon in BOX313 - now in technicolor! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG tells us about a man who wouldn’t give up on his wife. Then, is the most beautiful woman in the world responsible for wi-fi? Yeah, kinda. The story of Tom and Tanya Rider and inventor, Hedy Lemarr in this, BOX312. Make sure to stay hydrated, friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Pennsylvania highway with a local legend and the sentences that’ll get no do-over. Kat shares the tale of Charlie No-Face and JG talks about some good, some not so good, last words from death row. BOX311 is all mixed up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do we do with all this poop and all these carcasses? Guess we’ll just leave ‘em in the street! And hey, my joints hurt... guess I’ll find something that's decomposing to crawl inside. It’s the great horse manure crisis of 1894 and the whale cure in BOX310. Try blowing into the cartridge, that usually works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These are some smart mollusks! And then, the long, unlikely journey of a broken violin that sold for 1.6 million dollars. Cuttlefish are smarter than your toddler and the unbelievable tale of Wallace Hartley's violin! It’s BOX309! Do not remove this disclaimer under penalty of law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first guy who opted to be cryogenically frozen, he probably didn’t think it would involve ice from a TV repairman’s stoner neighbor’s freezer, right? And the journey of two nurses that will blow your mind. It’s BOX308 and Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup I. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kat shares an artist’s mysterious creation that has everyone puzzled. Then, JG talks about a fraternity of aging actors who stole their dead friend for one last round of drinks. The Kryptos sculpture and the Bundy Boys in BOX307. Now you know your onions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We celebrate the day a guy tripping balls rode home on a bicycle. And, the most polite war that’s ever taken place. Peek inside this box to learn about the invention of LSD and the Whisky War! A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing! Everyone knows it’s BOX306 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s countdown, the smallest take the top spots! And, she sought revenge against those that killed her husband. The smallest countries and Mariya, the Nazi killing tank girl. It’s BOX305: do not listen if you are allergic to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it possible for a flight number to be cursed? And this amazing trade nation Egypt is always talking about - where exactly is that? The many disasters of flight 191 and the mystery of the Land of Punt in BOX304. Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer, composer, giraffe haver - some people cannot be contained. Then, how did the US railway system lead to a spike in corpse theft? We discuss Lord Berners and Baltimore body snatching in BOX303. Give our regards to Schwartzman and Heineken! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 1950’s time capsule story followed by the sideshow attraction that everyone was clucking about. Miss Belvedere and Miracle Mike the Headless Chicken in BOX302 - it’s the Breakfast of Champions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The story of the only Roman Catholic priest to be executed in the US and a man who helped solve the mystery of his own death. Hans Schmidt and Pepe Veraldi in BOX301. There are snortels, don’t worry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG tells us of the terrible series of events in a small town that some thought were the doings of devils. Kat shares the surprisingly incredible life of the man behind Sherlock Holmes. It’s Black River Falls, Wisconsin and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle In BOX300! Tercentenary is a word I learned today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kat shares laws from every state that are straight up bananas and Jethro brings us facts that will make your head explode in BOX299. It’s made of trash and tape, because we love you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roses are red, violets are blue Some plants smell sweet Some will kill you. JG talks about dangerous plants. Then, Kat explores the mystery of missing Malaysian flight 370 in BOX298. Plants and planes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JG shares some of the vile and twisted ways one of the world’s most notorious warriors exacted his revenge on those he thought had done him wrong. And Kat talks about soup. Genghis Khan and soup in BOX297 - it’s mm mmm good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A magnificently preserved mummy gets a second autopsy and now he won’t shut up followed by the fish that will eat things larger than himself. Nesyamun and the anglerfish come together in BOX296 - This is wild; I swear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who knew fairy tales could be so... grim? And the Midwest murder family dubbed America’s first serial killers. Some of the darkest tales told and “The Bloody Benders”. It’s BOX295 and it’s grrrrrrreat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A man who built a career with his butt followed by a man who appeared out of nowhere after 20 years. Le Pétomane and the mystery of Burger King Doe in BOX294. No equine shall be held responsible for injuries sustained while enjoying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices