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  1. The Acid Bath Killer & The Science of Dying

    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 replay of their lives—complete with forgotten memories, emotional

  2. Strange Genetics, Stranger Discoveries, and One Tiny Skeleton

    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 medical mysteries in American history: the legendary Blue People o

  3. Ghosts of the Death Coach & The Woman In Stone

    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 collision near Wayland, New York, passengers who survived the impact

  4. The Mississippi's Most Chilling Legend Was Real

    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. The stories became part of Mississippi folklore, but the truth b

  5. Inbox Of Oddities #90

    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 listener stories. You'll hear about a hidden message painted benea

  6. The Ice House Deaths

    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 destined for ice houses, homes, and businesses across America.

  7. The Sea Monster & The Last Citizen

    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 fishermen, ship captains, and merchants all described a massive cre

  8. Inbox Of Oddities #89

    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 flood of listener stories inspired by the mysterious phenomenon

  9. The Graveyard Panic of 1862

    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 this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro uncover the b

  10. The Haunted Shipwreck and the Sausage Queen

    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 wild turkeys? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jet

  11. Inbox Of Oddities #88

    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 to the unexpectedly emotional. Kat and JG dive into listener st

  12. AI Psychosis & the Mystery of Mallworld

    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 artificial intelligence had become conscious, trapped, or secret

  13. The Girl in the Dark & The Glow of the Dying

    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 as Angel Glow. What happens to the human mind and body after

  14. Inbox Of Oddities #87

    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 everywhere… and whether the universe is just trolling all of us. One

  15. The Girl They Tried to Kill Twice

    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 belief systems — where terrified villagers dug up the dead to

  16. Why Humans Are So Weird

    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 strange, hidden reasons humans behave the way we do. Why do we hoard

  17. Inbox Of Oddities #86

    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 truly alarming email titled “Wombat Geometry.” Yes. Really. Kat

  18. The Radioactive Boy Scout

    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 that spirals into one of history’s oldest fears: being buried a

  19. Victorian Drug Party

    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 uncovers the bizarre true story of how modern anesthesia was born

  20. Inbox Of Oddities #85

    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 gloriously unhinged. JG and Kat share listener stories about str

  21. Bones In The Wall & a 1776 Resurrection

    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 plaster and beams: a human skull. What followed was decades o

  22. Digital Minds and Endless Miles

    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 episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro dive into one of

  23. Inbox Of Oddities #84

    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 real-life stories that blur the line between coincidence and somethi

  24. Ghost in the Machine and Milk in the Veins

    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 Jethro explore the eerie origins of Electronic Voice Phenomena

  25. Trapped in a Phrase. Trapped in a Room

    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 unsettling episode of *The Box of Oddities*, Kat and JG explore

  26. Inbox Of Oddities #83

    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 chilling edition of Inbox of Oddities, we dive into real listene

  27. The Ugandan Death Cult And Spray-On Skin

    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 two deeply human stories that sit on opposite ends of the spe

  28. From the Morgue to the Melting Earth

    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 strongwoman who shattered expectations, defied societal norms, an

  29. Inbox of Oddities #82

    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 listener stories, Kat and Jethro sift through emails that blur the

  30. Invisible Minds and Missing Years

    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 observations—a man we’ll call “Daniel,” who became convinced h

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