The Box of Oddities
Episodes
BOX111: Fresh Foot Fiesta
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What can you do with a severed limb? And then "The Most Remarkable man Alive!". An amputees very strange story and the amazing life of Johnny Eck. It...
BOX110: Day Of The Stupid Children
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some people are easily fooled and others just end up dead on an antiquated fishing vessel. The history of April Fools Day and the Ghost Ships of The S...
BOX109: Born In A Pumpkin
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How to look 45 when you're over 300 years old. Then, it seemed like a good idea to confine them to bed and force feed them milk products for months. T...
BOX108: This One's A Bummer
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Warning. This episode is dark. We take a dive into the Brazilian Soccer murder and then the dark history of Electroshock therapy. Sorry. Learn more ab...
BOX107: Dead Person Tote Board
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A scene of mass death untouched and undisturbed for 70 years. And then, "My lemonade tastes like rat poison!" The Lost Ghost Battlefield of WWII and s...
BOX106: Birch Bark, Potatoes and MTV
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I took his queen with my knight and then punched him in the throat. And then, they had heard of bread but had never seen any. The bizarre sport of Che...
BOX105: My Underpants Smell Like Tacos
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Giving gifts to people of the future. Then...you thought they were dead but they got better! Amazing (and a bit strange) Time capsule discoveries and ...
BOX104: Reincarnated Martian Pilot
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1940s five of their children died in a tragic house fire ... or did they? And then, born a genius, he came to save us from ourselves. And he ca...
BOX103: Feathery Fingers and Chicken Livers
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Decades of freak accidents and unexplained deaths in Georgia. And then, do they heal the sick with psychic powers? The curse of Lake Linear and psychi...
BOX102: The Canyon Of Garbage Thoughts
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I feel bad that I made you feel bad because I'm weird. Also, banging on the windshield of an airplane in flight. The odd condition known as TKE and o...
BOX101: Arrows and Dookie
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He was a beloved but misunderstood legend of the freak show circuit. Also, they have been cut of from society since the dawn of time. And they like it...
BOX100: The 100th Episode (not so) Special!
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He died wearing a badly soiled jock strap. Also, what does it really mean to "know one's onions"? The bizarre life and death of punk rocker GG Allin a...
BOX099: There's A Person In My Pie!
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
She stole thousands of children and over 500 of them died in their care. Then, strange messages from the past. Georgia Tann from The Tennessee Childr...
BOX098: Beardy Was From a Different Dimension
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Was he from an alternate timeline? And then, she built an empire against all odds. The mysterious airline passenger from a country that does not exist...
BOX097: Blessed Are The Felonious Cheese Makers
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Don't put foreign currency in your butt at an airport. And then, too many snakes. Smuggling attempts that went horribly wrong and the odd story behin...
BOX096: Bowling With God
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"It looked like a loaf of bread with teeth". And then, what looked like gelatin fell from the sky and gave people the flu. The fascinating Tibetan Bud...
BOX095: Throwing Grandpa From The Plane
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We left Grandma in the bushes by Splash Mt.! Also, stop giving your baby opium. Weird places people have spread the ashes of loved ones and bad medici...
BOX094: Try The Sheep Eyeball Juice
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I'll have your maggot cheese. I love it! And then, where was the secret service? The Disgusting Food Museum and strange circumstances surrounding the...
BOX093: Ol' Man Jones, Mr. Pibb & Nipple Rings
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly two decades of spitting out odd, discontinued soft drinks brands it just disappeared. And then, the first murder solved by DNA profiling....
BOX092: Shrunken Head Tailgate Party
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Body parts make great decor! And then, some things you just don't put in your mouth. The history of shrunken heads and the strange proposed use of a r...
BOX091: Interstellar Porn Videos
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Were the Pilgrims visited by aliens? And just so you know, we're all going to die. The earliest recorded UFO sightings in The U.S. and then an update...
BOX090: The Mysterious Tale Of Ol' Pancake Head
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The camping trip that turned into a nightmare. And then a good "head in a jar" story. The gruesome Cowden Family Murders and the story of 19th century...
BOX089: Moon Alien Farmer's Market
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He was a 17th century astronaut wannabe. And then, the Pre-Colombian ballgame of death. The fascinating story of John Wilkins and the bizarre history ...
BOX088: Beware The Giant Ghost Eel
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
OMG! An 18 foot crab! And later, murdered by an enraged mob of hat haters. Deep Sea Gigantism and a bizarre tour of history's strangest fashion trends...
BOX087: Prancing Zombie Kittens
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Was Frankenstein Real? Well, sort of. And then a woman who died 1,800 years ago solves a murder in the summer of 1983. Dr. Giovanni Aldini, the inspir...
BOX086: Deer Carcass In The Well
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A dark family secret leads to a murder that's not solved for 25 years. And then, why are all these severed feet washing up on the beaches of the Pacif...
BOX085: Yeah... Were He High?
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He claimed space aliens hijacked his truck. And then, talk about next level co-dependency! A very Bizarre night for Harry Turner and the strange tale...
BOX084: It's Like Costco. But For Dead people.
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! Well...How did we get here? And whose body is this anyway? The bizarre history of the calendar and the horrific story of Memorial Mo...
BOX083: Yeti Hybrid / Gas Station Attendant
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He was a world renowned artist. And he believed we are enslaved by a Yeti-Human Hybrid. And then, getting a divorce is always difficult. Especially if...
BOX082: Stealing A Golf Cart At A Funeral
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From indentured servant to United States President. Then buying a house with a very creepy history. The strange story of how Andrew Johnson became the...
BOX081: Bonus Box #4 Near Death Edition
23 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Driving in an ice storm at the age of 19, he died in an horrific car accident. Against all odds, Thomas Morelli joins us in this box to tell us his am...
BOX080: Rainbow Trout Airplane Ghost
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
That airline pilot is transparent! And later, have some festive, cinnamon covered boiled horse feet. The Ghosts of flight 401 and strange holiday dish...
BOX079: Harold Ramis, With A Hammer, In The Bedroom
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A Bloody Hollywood death. Later, what was it like in those lifeboats? The unsolved murder of Peter Ivers and first hand accounts from Titanic survivor...
BOX078: Hiccups Are Caused By Elves!
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
My teddy bear tried to kill me! Also, I swallowed my gum and now I'm going to die! Toys that haunted their owners and Kat goes down a weird click hole...
BOX077: Don't Climb On Boxes Full Of Dead People
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wait. A mammal that weighed 22 tons and stood 17 feet at the shoulder? And then, it killed up to 100 million people in less then a year. The history o...
Box076: Don't Give Humans As A Gift
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The real life inspiration for Beauty And The Beast. And then, "Don't stop building that guest bath or the ghosts will get us!" The sad story of Petrus...
BOX075: Lemurs Love Satellites
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Has an Alien anomaly been in polar orbit around the earth for 13,000 years? Also, there was almost a state called Baja-Arizona? The Black Knight Satel...
BOX074: Garbage Left In The Sun For Days
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dec. 12, 1982 was a very bad day for Charles Scudder & Joseph Odom. Then, "What's that horrible smell?" The Corpsewood Murders and the Hoatzin Bird AK...
BOX073: 24 Year Room Service Available
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
She had unheard of wealth but lived for decades in a Hotel Room with her sisters. And then, he died of a head injury but 10,000 years later his direct...
BOX072: Surprise! Bonus Box #03
24 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He holds the Guinness Book world's record for lifting weights with his earlobes. Among other things. "The World's Strangest Strongman" and freak show ...
BOX071: Shiny Balls Of Bone, Hair & Teeth
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tumors with hair, bone and teeth. And then, A most disturbing weekend with a meat saw. Teratoma Tumors and The Patrick Herbert Mahon Murder from the 1...
BOX070: Remember That Time We Died In A Car Accident?
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Manuscript for mystics or 13th century porn novel? And then, they died in a car accident and told us all about it. The Voynich Manuscript and The Poll...
BOX069: The Best Gifts Rarely Contain Cat Feces
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Did he eat 5 prospectors? And is Jurassic Park Real? Alferd Packer, The Colorado Cannibal and then dinosaur feathers preserved in amber. Inside BOX069...
BOX068: Frozen Goat Meat Stuffed With Cocaine
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A decomposing corpse in the catacombs. Then, bones exhumed from under an elevator shaft. Bodies in The Odessa Catacombs and the dark history of The Ci...
BOX067: Carnies Love Billy Idol
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a fun way to die! Also, what happened to those guys anyway? The Euthanasia-Coaster and the mysterious disappearance of the boys from Yuba City ...
BOX066: Lobster Boy Was A Dick Bag
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The 10 commandments of The Anti-Christ? Or maybe the American Stonehenge? And then, murderous circus folk. The Georgia Guideposts and the violent life...
BOX065: R.I.P At The K.F.C.
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There's a storm brewing on Uranus. And how to marry a dead guy. The bizarre weather on the other planets and the story behind corpse brides. All insid...
BOX064: Bonus Box #2 Halloween Special!
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Box Of Oddities very first Halloween Special! Featuring you, The Freaks and your true encounters with the beyond! Learn more about your ad choices...
BOX063: You're Cheap. And Now My Hands Smell Weird
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The fumes from her body put 23 people in the hospital. And then, this is what happens when you hook-up with a 300 year old werewolf. The tale of The T...
BOX062: Escape From Doll Island!
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Don't step on all the doll heads! And being fabulous when being fabulous could land you in jail. The odd history of The Island of Dismembered Dolls an...
BOX061: The Roosters In Your Head Are So Polite!
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Beware the man with a wooden mallet and zip ties. And sometimes a rooster is just not enough. True Halloween Horror Stories and the very bizarre metho...
BOX060: Stop Having Sex With People Who Try To Kill You
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
They replaced my mother with a doppelganger! And then, never eat stew from an angry murderer. Capgras Syndrome and the horrific, bloody story of murde...
BOX059: Aliens, Romans, The Kennedys & Delicious Bread
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The guy who wrote what would become the movie Blade Runner claims he got his ideas from an entity in the future. And then, what is possibly the strang...
BOX058: Centenarian Slasher
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The tragic yet fascinating story of Parasitic Twins. Also, is Halloween Slasher Michael Myers based on a real story? This Box is packed with oddness. ...
BOX057: Please Lick My Arm & Then Blow On It
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Is what we see all there is? Also, "Hey, there's a kangaroo in that tree!" The perception of reality and the rare and very odd Tree Kangaroo. All insi...
BOX056: Smoke From A Kidney Fire
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We pooped on the moon?! Also, let's dig her up and see if she's fresh! Trash we've left on the lunar surface and the 1890 New England Vampire Epidemic...
BOX055: WORST SON EVER EATS DAD'S HEART!
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He killed over 70 people including his dad... whose heart he ate! Also, who was the world's greatest impostor? You won't believe what he pulled off! S...
BOX054: HERO GAS MAN DISCOVERS HEAP OF CORPSES!
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are piles of corpses in the yard! And, why is my poop green? The horrific Tri-State Crematorium incident and everything you always wanted to kno...
BOX053: Manson Family Quilting Bee
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How many wives can I have? And then..."Look Timmy! It's the severed head of a french serial Killer!" The interesting history of Mormonism & polygamy.....
BOX052: Then You Have To Move And Burn The House Down
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A guy with no head makes his escape! And how did they pass their idol time 5,500 years ago? Paranormal experiences of first responders and the bizarre...
BOX051: Don't Sound So Happy. People Died.
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Being thrown from a carnival ride is never good. Also, it's depressing when the bodies pile up. Grisly roller coaster accidents and the horrible histo...
BOX050: Not Tonight Succubus
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Don't let a demon drag you into a mirror! Also, he had so many things named after him. Why? The nightmare of sleep paralysis and the amazing story of ...
BOX049: Batteries, Soup and Semen
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Don't eat babies. Also, was he a madman or a genius? Pills made of human fetus and the great Salvador Dali in the weeks very surreal BOX. Learn more a...
BOX048: Aliens And Mattresses
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What was it like to have a mastectomy in 1812? We have a first hand account. And can ships become cursed? The gory history of anesthesia and the tragi...
BOX047: A Suitcase Full OF Bits
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wait. They just discovered another continent? Also, he's a cannibal AND a restaurant Critic?! The lost continent of Zealandia and Issei Sagawa, the Ja...
BOX046: Eat A Banana
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How did a 5 foot man who weighed less than 100 lbs lift 14 ton stones by himself? And madness caused by art? The mystery of Coral Castle and the stran...
BOX045: Never Hurl A Toilet Bowl Into A Major Sporting Event
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
His ribs shoot out of his chest to fend off an attacker. And riding out the dangerous tide on raft made of inflated raincoats. Weird animal self-defen...
BOX044: Your Coffee Tastes Like Hot-dog Water
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There's buried treasure in them hills! And did you know there is history inside your refrigerator? The true story of Fen's Gold and the strange histor...
BOX043: Blood On The Fresh Baked Goods
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He loved jazz but he also loved to hack people up with an ax. Also, can a movie really be haunted? Like for real? The Ax Man of New Orleans and the bi...
BOX042: Bonus Box #01
18 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You've been very well behaved so here's a bonus episode! Jethro interviews James Taylor! No, not the faded denim wearing 70's balladeer. This JT is th...
BOX041: These Corpses Are Affecting Employee Morale
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Coughing up lung tissue is bad. And are 27 year old rock stars doomed? The horrifying, haunted history of Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Hospital and the ...
BOX040: Chance Of Widely Scattered Meat Showers
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
My windshield is smeared with meat! Also, he died doing what?! Strange things that have rained from the sky and The Darwin Awards. Cleverly packed ins...
BOX039: Human Remains In The Vegetable Crisper
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Funeral Directors Spill their guts. And viewing art that's all wet. Secrets from inside the funeral home and The Underwater Museum Of Art all neatly a...
BOX038: Sorry About Your Leg. Have Some Oatmeal.
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
She amassed a fortune by not washing her underwear. And he had a certain body part the size of a pig's hind leg. Hetty Green, The Witch of Wall Street...
BOX037: Hotdog Bun of Death
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
He was too fast to live, too young to die. Also, you want 7 lobsters just for you? The curse of The James Dean Death Car and last meals of the condemn...
BOX036: Mark Twain Skid Marks
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What would you say to Abe Lincoln's ghost? And how did one of the greatest inventors in history make Mark Twain sh*t his finely-tailored slacks? Liter...
BOX035: A Fistful Of Dildos
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Who is Mango, King of the Pickles? And, how to make a funeral more competitive. The crazy story of "Mad Jack" Mytton and How the Dutch are staging fun...
BOX034: Don't Hang Out With Baby Goats If You Have a Weak Sphincter
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Remember that time in 2013 when the earth was hit by a huge meteor that we didn't even see coming? And who's that 8 foot dead guy in the warehouse? Th...
BOX033: Mr. President, You're Peeing On My Leg
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hello? *knock, knock* Hello? In Box 33 Kat & Jethro discuss premature burials. And then, if you can't stop punching yourself in the face, you may have...
BOX032: The Accidental Pantsing Of Mr. Rogers
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The most prolific female serial killer of all time? Well, maybe. And OMG! I just pantsed Fred Rogers! The bloody history of Countess Elizabeth Báthor...
BOX031: Peeing In The Yard With Bears
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
She was frozen solid for over 6 hours but was brought back to the land of the living. Also, what's fat, has wings but can't fly and there are only 148...
BOX030: How To Keep A Gigolo In Your Attic
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The strange tale of Dolly Oesterreich who kept her lover in the attic for years while she lived downstairs with her husband. Plus, the sometimes grues...
BOX029: Don't Be A Constipated Viking W/ Poor Dietary Habits
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ghosts on the Ferris wheel and solving crimes the old timey way. The bloody history of the abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement Park as well as the early ...
BOX028: Hitler Was A Big Farter
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Inside the 28th BOX, a bunch of ladies kick poacher ass. And then Grandpa tells you where he buried the body. The all women anti poaching unit in Zimb...
BOX027: #Crazy Duck Lady
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Selfies with a corpse and a fire that was started in 1962 and is still burning out of control today. Victorian Post-mortem photos and the decades long...
BOX026: Wrapping A Pig In A Nightgown
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
OMG! Grandpa just burst into flames! Also, why you have a fish face. Spontaneous human combustion and Evolutionary traits will still share with our mo...
BOX025: Glitter And Bits Of Fish
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the 25th Box, walking around all dead and stuff. Also, is it art if it explodes? Walking Corpse Syndrom and a really dangerous piece of a...
BOX024: A Hat Full Of Lasagna
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What can we do with all this left over corpse? And never open an umbrella inside? Why? Unconventional commercial uses of dead bodies and the origin of...
BOX023: Some Of You Will Not Like This. It's Awful.
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Precriptions and treatments from the days of yore. And enemies within. Disturbing early medical proceedures and the wonderful world of parasites. This...
BOX022: Mickey Mouse Has Weird Pants
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Has our timeline been altered? That would explain a lot. Also, bound together by flesh for life. The Mandella Effect and the tragic lives of The Hilto...
BOX021: Gangbanged By Fire Ants
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week inside the 21st Box: Training snails and digging up dead rock stars. Can they really swap the memories from one snail to another? And the ex...
BOX020: Never Blind Date A Clown
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In The 20th Box, Jethro tells the story of some of the weirdest coincidences in history and Kat talks about that scream we have all heard. Learn more ...
BOX019: Reading By The Light Of Your Open Wound
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens to a person when they're locked in a dark closet for 24 years? And why did the wounds of some Civil War soldiers glow blue as they lay on...
BOX018: Fat Shamed By A Robot
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. Also, what's with all the airport Nazi art? Inside the 18th Box you'll find details on th...
BOX017: So Jazzed About Hand Farts
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the smell of corpses is driving down my property value. Also, stop eating hobos. The Body Farm and The People Eater of Venezuela in the 17t...
BOX016: It's a Japanese Panties Scam!
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the 16th Box, Jethro talks about that time he was in a coma and explores what it's like for others who came out of a coma. Also, Kat has new info ...
BOX015: Nobody Expects A Pokey Stick In The Butt
07 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week in The 15th Box: If you're going to hold a public execution, at least clean up after yourself. Also, let's get stoned! Horrific historic tor...
BOX014: Wearing Only Underpants On The Tundra
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It started as a ski hike and ended in bizarre, unexplained multiple deaths. And, babies have been born in strange places, but coffins? The Dyotlov Pas...
BOX013 Hey! Don't Eat that Slaughterhouse Runoff!
23 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Box 13, Did he really eat THAT? And, Wednesday is blue and smells like lasagna. Tarrare, the French showman with unusual eating habits and the stra...
BOX012: A Horrifying Day at The Grocery Store
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Did Queen Victoria wear Price Albert out in the sack? And why did Joseph Stalin want to crossbreed chimps and humans? The naughty side of Queen Victor...