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 unnatural) events, "The Box of Oddities" satisfies yo...
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Nov 13, 2026 · 23:20
The Freak Family has taken over the Inbox of Oddities, and things have gotten wonderfully weird. This week, Kat and Jethro share a chilling listener story about a mysterious…
Nov 11, 2026 · 37:32
Something 15,000 light-years from Earth is sending out a mysterious signal every 44 minutes. Astronomers can't explain it, and just when they thought they were beginning to…
Nov 9, 2026 · 30:34
What do a 7,200-year-old underwater cemetery and 17 miniature coffins hidden inside a Scottish volcano have in common? Both are archaeological mysteries that raise some very…
Nov 6, 2026 · 38:09
Freak Family Favorite (2022): The Great Stink of London and Yemen’s Mysterious Well of Hell What happens when an entire city becomes so overwhelmed by human waste that the smell…
Nov 4, 2026 · 28:51
An ancient curse buried beneath a Dutch town square. A bathtub hoax that fooled America for decades. This week on The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro explore two remarkable…
Nov 2, 2026 · 42:40
What if you woke up from a month-long coma with five years of memories from a future that hasn't happened yet? Kat and Jethro explore the extraordinary story of Rubí, a young…
Oct 31, 2026 · 25:13
The Box of Oddities – 9th Annual Halloween Special, Part Two Just when you thought it was safe to put away the Halloween decorations, Kat and Jethro are back with more…
Oct 30, 2026 · 1:10:17
Halloween night in Chicago. A theater full of Freaks. And a collection of stories that probably should have come with a medical waiver. In this special live Halloween edition of…
Oct 28, 2026 · 34:36
It's Halloween, and the Freak Family has been keeping some very unsettling secrets. For our 9th Annual Box of Oddities Halloween Special, Kat and Jethro open the inbox for a…
Oct 26, 2026 · 32:54
In 1829, journalist Anne Royall was dragged into a Washington, D.C., courtroom and convicted of being a common scold. Her crime? Having opinions, challenging powerful men, and…
Oct 23, 2026 · 18:50
Ghostly Encounters, Scottish Mario & Halloween Chaos | Inbox of Oddities The Freak Family has spoken, and things are getting delightfully weird in this episode of Inbox of…
Oct 21, 2026 · 36:34
In this Halloween-season episode of Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro explore a grisly chapter of New England folklore: the 1817 exhumation of Dartmouth student Frederick Ransom.…
Oct 19, 2026 · 30:22
Edgar Allan Poe’s Rattling Skull & The Honeymoon Murder at Acadia National Park What happens when you dig up the remains of one of history’s most famous masters of horror and…
Oct 16, 2026 · 54:53
The Box of Oddities Halloween Special Preview: True Ghost Stories, Haunted Houses & Unexplained Encounters Something strange is happening, Freak Family. And this time, you're the…
Oct 14, 2026 · 38:45
Can riding a train actually drive you insane? And why have cultures around the world spent centuries telling stories about women with teeth in places teeth absolutely do not…
Oct 12, 2026 · 35:19
Welcome our newest sponsor, FÜM tryfum.com/BOX and use code BOX at checkout to get a free bite-friendly silicone Topper with purchase. What happens when scientists open a…
Oct 9, 2026 · 24:50
Inbox of Oddities: Ghostly Voices, Time Travel & Homesick Nipples The Freak Family has spoken, and once again, we're questioning whether any of you should be allowed out in…
Oct 7, 2026 · 32:10
You’ve seen the Hindenburg footage. You’ve heard the famous radio broadcast. But what was it actually like to be inside the Hindenburg when it caught fire? Kat and Jethro revisit…
Oct 5, 2026 · 33:51
A body emerges from a California glacier more than sixty years after a World War II training plane vanished in the Sierra Nevada. He’s still wearing his military uniform,…
Oct 2, 2026 · 34:07
It’s time for another Freak Family Favorite, pulled from deep inside The Box of Oddities archives! First, Kat explores the surprisingly widespread history of dwarf mythology and…
Sep 30, 2026 · 35:31
A letter disappears in one of the deadliest tornadoes in American history—then turns up 130 miles away. In 1925, the catastrophic Tri-State Tornado destroyed the Indiana home of…
Sep 28, 2026 · 32:06
What if the streets beneath San Francisco aren’t sitting on solid ground at all—but on the remains of abandoned ships? During the California Gold Rush, crews deserted vessels by…
Sep 25, 2026 · 18:34
The Inbox of Oddities is open, and the Freak Family has delivered another beautifully strange collection of listener stories. This time, Kat and Jethro dive into an accidentally…
Sep 23, 2026 · 30:09
A quiet French town is hit by a wave of sickness, terror, and impossible visions after its residents eat the same bread. Were the horrors of Pont-Saint-Esprit in 1951 caused by…
Sep 21, 2026 · 30:28
An accidental Australian takeover of The Box of Oddities begins with Vegemite and somehow ends with a prehistoric mystery and a disappearance that only gets stranger. First,…
Sep 18, 2026 · 20:36
Halloween is creeping closer, and the Inbox is filling up with teeth, doppelgängers, bizarre coincidences, pet opossums, and the kind of heartfelt notes that make Kat and JG…
Sep 16, 2026 · 31:24
There are ghosts in your DNA—entire lost populations whose names, languages, and worlds vanished, yet whose genetic fingerprints are still moving through people alive today.…
Sep 14, 2026 · 42:22
A forgotten 1952 Pan Am crash helped shape the safety briefing you hear on every flight—and now, 74 years later, the Clipper Endeavor has been found 2,000 feet beneath the…
Sep 11, 2026 · 26:39
On this Inbox of Oddities, Kat and Jethro open the mailbag for a wonderfully strange collection of listener stories: gargoyle-like creatures watching from a grandmother’s curtain…
Sep 9, 2026 · 33:30
A young woman boards an elevated train in 1907, reaches her stop…and simply cannot make herself leave. Her strange case of “nervousness” becomes a newspaper curiosity, but more…
Sep 7, 2026 · 44:17
In this classic episode, we celebrate Labor Day by looking at the most unusual jobs. Some people get paid to break into buildings, test mattresses, cuddle strangers, or bring…
Sep 4, 2026 · 26:33
This week’s Inbox of Oddities is full of the kinds of stories that make you wonder whether the universe is gently trying to get your attention. From a beloved dog who may have…
Sep 2, 2026 · 39:30
A sideshow performer known as Koo-Koo the Bird Girl becomes one of the most unforgettable faces in Tod Browning’s 1932 film Freaks—yet the real Minnie Woolsey remains almost a…
Aug 31, 2026 · 27:14
What can ten dimes do? For Osceola McCarty, they represented a lifetime spent washing other people’s clothes—and a quiet act of generosity that would eventually change the lives…
Aug 28, 2026 · 24:39
Can you feel time passing—or taste pizza using only your imagination? This week, the Freak Family opens our eyes to the wildly different ways our brains experience the world,…
Aug 26, 2026 · 35:05
Are We Living Inside a Black Hole? And Why You Should Never Trust a Nazi With a Plate Of Cookies. What if our entire universe is hiding inside a black hole? The James Webb Space…
Aug 24, 2026 · 32:45
What happens when six teenage boys are stranded on a deserted island for more than a year? Forget Lord of the Flies. The true story of the boys of Ata reveals something far more…
Aug 21, 2026 · 22:40
A listener dreams that Mothman shows up at her patio door—and refuses to let him inside because of his dust. Aerial arts may have accidentally cured another Freak’s lifelong…
Aug 19, 2026 · 34:37
He Vanished at 14. DNA Found Him 246 Years Later—and Why So Many Towns End in “Kill” A teenage soldier vanished during one of the American Revolution’s most devastating defeats.…
Aug 17, 2026 · 37:17
A glowing faceless figure stalks the lonely roads of western Pennsylvania—or so the legend goes. But behind the terrifying tale of Charlie No-Face was Ray Robinson, a real man…
Aug 14, 2026 · 35:24
HORSE MANURE CRISIS! And Victorians Crawl Inside Dead Whales for a Bizarre Cure! A Freak Family Favorite returns! First, the Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894—and the very real…
Aug 12, 2026 · 32:23
What if the world didn’t move smoothly—but jumped from moment to moment like a broken film reel? Meet LM, the woman who could see colors, faces, and objects clearly but couldn’t…
Aug 10, 2026 · 37:47
Your brain was listening before you ever took your first breath. Newborns can recognize their mother’s voice—and even stories heard in the womb—but could any of those experiences…
Aug 7, 2026 · 22:27
The Freak Family has been busy. This week on Inbox of Oddities, Kat and JG crack open the listener mailbag and discover a funeral urn that can preserve the voice of the person…
Aug 5, 2026 · 35:10
What if your brain suddenly decided that words had colors? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro dive into one of neuroscience's strangest documented phenomena:…
Aug 3, 2026 · 29:52
What were someone's last words really supposed to reveal? During the Victorian era, people believed a person's final moments exposed the truth about their soul. Families gathered…
Jul 31, 2026 · 39:40
Freak Family Favorites: Bat People, Moon Hoaxes, and Museums That Shouldn't Exist This Freak Family Favorites episode comes straight from the recommendations of the Freak Family,…
Jul 29, 2026 · 39:36
Long before smartphones and satellites filled the sky with signals, early radio experimenters were hearing something they couldn't explain. Giant antennas stretched across fields…
Jul 27, 2026 · 32:51
Could an ordinary clay pot be the oldest recording device in human history? On this episode of The Box of Oddities, JG explores one of archaeology's most captivating ideas: the…
Jul 24, 2026 · 24:13
Inbox of Oddities: Lettuce Lotion, Florida Organ Recitals & Envelopes Full of Crap It's time to open the Inbox of Oddities, where the Freak Family always delivers the unexpected.…
Jul 22, 2026 · 27:52
When Benjamin Franklin's Ghost Designed a Machine and the strange story of The Underwater Orchestra. What happens when people become convinced they can build a messiah out of…
Jul 20, 2026 · 38:17
What do dinosaur fossils, Bubble Wrap, Super Soakers, Viagra, and Bob Ross have in common? More than you'd think. In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Jethro introduces the…
Jul 17, 2026 · 26:28
A stranger vanishes into a dead-end Savannah alley, leaving behind a lesson that will last a lifetime. A grieving listener receives possible signs from both her grandmother and…
Jul 15, 2026 · 30:58
The Mysterious Cave of Ancient Shoes & Georgia Tech's Imaginary Graduate This week on The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro uncover one of archaeology's most baffling discoveries:…
Jul 13, 2026 · 35:05
What if an advanced industrial civilization existed on Earth millions of years before humans... and every trace of it has been erased? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat…
Jul 10, 2026 · 29:18
The inbox of Oddities is overflowing with unforgettable listener stories this week. A terrifying real-life child abduction that ended in a miraculous rescue, eerie Boo Effects…
Jul 8, 2026 · 36:34
What happens when the most isolated lighthouse in the world becomes a floating prison with a corpse... and what if one of history's strangest duels was fought over flower…
Jul 6, 2026 · 31:58
The Village Where People Slept for Days and How a DNA Test Solved a 73-Year-Old Missing Child Case. What would you do if people in your town simply... fell asleep without…
Jul 3, 2026 · 39:17
What do Benjamin Franklin's naked "air baths," George Washington's near-zombie resurrection, and Lyndon B. Johnson's infamous pants phone call have in common? They're all…
Jul 1, 2026 · 34:29
Beneath an ancient house in York, England, an apprentice heating engineer wasn't searching for ghosts—he was installing a boiler. Instead, he claimed to witness a column of weary…
Jun 29, 2026 · 34:31
There was a time in America when shipping a dead body by railroad was as routine as sending a trunk of luggage... until somebody misplaced the coffin. In this episode of The Box…
Jun 26, 2026 · 24:12
Welcome back to the Inbox of Oddities, where the strangest stories often come from the most fascinating people—our listeners. In this episode, Kat and JG dive into a collection…
Jun 24, 2026 · 33:49
What do a piano frozen in the Yukon wilderness and a possible Roman shipwreck off the coast of Brazil have in common? In this episode of Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro uncover…
Jun 22, 2026 · 35:58
What happens in the final moments before death? For generations, people who survived near-death experiences have described the same astonishing phenomenon: a vivid, panoramic…
Jun 19, 2026 · 36:25
What happens when an entire family turns blue... literally? In this Freak Family Favorites episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro revisit one of the most fascinating…
Jun 17, 2026 · 33:17
In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro climb aboard one of America's most infamous haunted railroad relics: The Death Coach. After a devastating 1943 train…
Jun 15, 2026 · 34:03
The Mississippi River has always carried more than cargo. For generations, river workers reported a chilling sight emerging from the fog: coffins drifting silently downstream.…
Jun 12, 2026 · 23:09
Welcome back to Inbox of Oddities, where the Freak Family takes over the show. This week, Kat and JG dive into a collection of hilarious, bizarre, and unexpectedly heartfelt…
Jun 10, 2026 · 29:08
Before refrigeration changed the world, entire communities depended on winter itself. Every year, workers ventured onto frozen lakes and rivers to harvest massive blocks of ice…
Jun 8, 2026 · 26:53
For a few strange weeks in the summer of 1817, hundreds of New Englanders gathered along the Massachusetts coast to watch something moving through the Atlantic. Experienced…
Jun 5, 2026 · 20:02
The Freaks Take Over: Mall World Dreams, Ghostly Habits & One Last Joke from Mom This week on Inbox of Oddities, the Freak Family responds in force. Kat and Jethro dive into a…
Jun 3, 2026 · 33:06
What happens when an entire city becomes convinced the dead are being stolen from their graves? And what if the rumor turns out to be both wrong... and horrifyingly right? In…
Jun 1, 2026 · 33:54
What happens when a luxury ocean liner sinks... but refuses to stop claiming victims? And why do communities around the world crown queens of hot dogs, herring, pumpkins, and…
May 29, 2026 · 30:32
Dream malls. Butterfly people. Funeral teddy bears. Grocery store grief rehearsals. This episode of The Box of Oddities: Inbox of Oddities spirals gloriously from the hilarious…
May 27, 2026 · 37:56
In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro explore the disturbing rise of AI-fueled psychological spirals, including real documented cases of people convinced that…
May 25, 2026 · 37:03
This Memorial Day, we revisit a haunting classic episode of The Box of Oddities featuring the chilling true story of Blanche Monnier and the mysterious Civil War phenomenon known…
May 22, 2026 · 27:23
In this wildly weird installment of The Inbox of Oddities, Kat and Jethro spiral from marital bathroom boundaries into the strange psychological phenomenon of seeing 11:11…
May 20, 2026 · 32:38
What happens when centuries-old vampire panic collides with Icelandic corpse magic? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro descend into two of history’s strangest…
May 18, 2026 · 31:12
From ancient survival instincts and prehistoric brain wiring to butter knives, bras, and the bizarre origin of high heels, this episode of The Box of Oddities explores the…
May 15, 2026 · 26:29
This week’s Inbox of Oddities is packed with nightmare fuel, Viking poop lore, haunted farmhouse crawlspaces, ghost geese, forbidden islands, creepy imaginary friends, and one…
May 13, 2026 · 32:49
What happens when a funeral home discovers the “dead” man in the body bag is breathing? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat’s bizarre colon tattoo sparks a conversation…
May 11, 2026 · 31:38
This episode of The Box of Oddities careens from Victorian “laughing gas” parties to a prehistoric rainstorm that may have changed the course of life on Earth forever. Jethro…
May 8, 2026 · 27:06
From mysterious grocery store receipts and disappearing coffee mugs to retro TV references, creepy elevator buttons, and an opossum in a tutu… this week’s Inbox of Oddities is…
May 6, 2026 · 33:34
What would you do if a human skull fell out of your wall? During a routine renovation in 1978, homeowners in Batavia, Illinois, uncovered something no one expected to find behind…
May 4, 2026 · 37:19
Can a Brain Live Without a Body? | Digital Immortality, Ancient Curses & the World’s Most Brutal Race What if the first creature to outlive its own body… wasn’t human? In this…
May 1, 2026 · 26:26
It’s May Day, and the Inbox of Oddities is blooming with the strange, the heartfelt, and the hilariously unhinged. In this listener-driven episode, Kat and Jethro dig into…
Apr 29, 2026 · 34:24
What if the voices we hear in modern ghost hunts… were already being heard long before recording devices even existed? In this unsettling episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and…
Apr 27, 2026 · 33:01
What if the last thing your brain said… was the only thing it could ever say again? And what if the person sent to protect you… was the one you needed protection from? In this…
Apr 24, 2026 · 22:41
Real Listener Stories: Haunted Laughter, Phantom Lists & Signs From the Other Side What happens when the strange isn’t just a story… but something that happens to you? In this…
Apr 22, 2026 · 31:09
What happens when belief becomes so powerful it overrides doubt—and what happens when science pushes back against death itself? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, we explore…
Apr 20, 2026 · 31:14
What does it take to be declared dead… and then wake up in a morgue? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, we uncover the astonishing true story of Vulcana, a Victorian-era…
Apr 17, 2026 · 20:06
Step into the Inbox of Oddities, where reality bends just enough to make you question everything you thought was… normal. In this chilling and oddly comforting collection of…
Apr 15, 2026 · 31:26
What if you didn’t vanish… What if the world just stopped noticing you? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, we explore a chilling psychological case drawn from real clinical…
Apr 13, 2026 · 31:41
In this eerie episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro unravel the chilling mystery of the Ledbury Ghost Letters—messages that arrived through the mail long after their…
Apr 10, 2026 · 22:34
Rainy days, duplicate receipts, and messages from beyond the veil… this week’s Inbox of Oddities delivers a collection of listener stories that blur the line between coincidence…
Apr 8, 2026 · 40:10
What if reality isn’t what you think it is? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro peel back the limits of human perception—starting with a real scientific…
Apr 6, 2026 · 34:02
Are cemeteries really the end of the story… or just the beginning? In this unsettling episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro wander into places where the boundary between…
Apr 3, 2026 · 27:46
Listener stories that blur the line between coincidence, memory, and something far stranger… In this chilling installment of Inbox of Oddities, the Freak Family delivers a…
Apr 1, 2026 · 31:44
A mysterious metallic orb, impossible physics, and inventions that should never exist. A mysterious metallic sphere falls from the sky… and what happens next only deepens the…
Mar 30, 2026 · 35:38
What if the most terrifying creature in the water… isn’t hunting you—it’s just making a terrible mistake? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat returns from a sun-soaked…
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