Podcasts about oddities

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 Roman soldiers marching silently through a stone wall. For decades, skeptics dismissed one bizarre detail of his story... until archaeologists uncovered evidence that made the impossible seem a little more plausible. Was Harry Martindale the victim of a vivid hallucination, or did he glimpse something history can't quite explain? Then, meet one of the most influential innovators you've probably never heard of. Sarah Little Turnbull transformed industrial design by simply paying closer attention to how people actually live. Her observations helped inspire everything from ergonomic products to the cup-shaped respirator that evolved into today's N95 mask. Long before "design thinking" became a buzzword, Turnbull proved that curiosity and compassion could change the world. Along the way, Kat and Jethro celebrate the launch of Super Chomp Summer, explore strange summer phenomena, explain why the Eiffel Tower grows taller in the heat, why goats climb trees in Morocco, and uncover a few surprising facts about the Dog Days of Summer. If you love ghost stories, Roman history, forgotten inventors, fascinating science, archaeology, design, and the wonderfully weird, this episode of The Box of Oddities has something waiting for you. #GhostStories #RomanSoldiers #YorkEngland #Paranormal #AncientRome #SarahLittleTurnbull #N95 #IndustrialDesign #DesignThinking #HistoryPodcast #WeirdHistory #Archaeology #BoxOfOddities #Mystery #Curiosity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For many decades, UFO researchers have obtained unusual samples alleged to be UAP materials recovered from crash events or other instances where physical traces of these anomalous aerial objects were present. In nearly every case where scientific analysis was undertaken, these unusual samples also revealed signatures that suggest Earthly origins. But should this necessarily mean they aren't worthy of further interest by UAP researchers?  This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we examine a "cautionary tale" of alleged alien wreckage that turned out to have a down-to-Earth explanation, as well as the controversy surrounding materials allegedly recovered from the New Mexico desert in 1947, and what analysis by the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office and Oak Ridge National Lab revealed about them. We also examine why an analysis that reveals an Earthly provenance for some alleged UAP wreckage shouldn't preclude their possible relationship to understanding the broader mystery.  Want to advertise/sponsor The Micah Hanks Program? We have partnered with the AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. If you would like to advertise with The Micah Hanks Program, all you have to do is click the link below to get started: AdvertiseCast: Advertise with The Micah Hanks Program Show Notes Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode: DISCLOSURE FORUM: UAP Disclosure Forum in DC: Key takeaways  SCU EVENT: UFO conference lands in Canada as Trump administration continues to release documents  ALIEN HONEYCOMB: John Pinkney – UFOs, "Alien Honeycomb" & the Australian Lord "Flying Saucerer"  AARO: "Supplement to Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Analysis of a Metallic Specimen" OAK RIDGE: "Synopsis: Analysis of a Metallic Specimen" - ORNL FLASHBACK: "Operation Paperclip of the East" and the Roswell Controversy (MHP 08.06.24.) SZYDAGIS: Matthew Szydagis | University at Albany BECOME AN X SUBSCRIBER AND GET EVEN MORE GREAT PODCASTS AND MONTHLY SPECIALS FROM MICAH HANKS. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of The Micah Hanks Program, as well as "classic" episodes, weekly "additional editions" of the subscriber-only X Podcast, the monthly Enigmas specials, and much more. Like us on Facebook Follow @MicahHanks on X. Keep up with Micah and his work at micahhanks.com.

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 of Oddities, Kat and Jethro uncover the strange and surprisingly common history of America's "silent passengers"—human remains transported across the country by rail. Discover the newspaper stories of lost coffins, bodies sent to the wrong families, funeral trains delayed by storms, and the unsettling realities of moving the dead before modern embalming. It's a forgotten chapter of railroad history that's equal parts fascinating, unsettling, and absurd. Then Kat takes a detour into one of history's lighter mysteries: Why is Connecticut called the Nutmeg State? Did crafty merchants really sell fake wooden nutmegs? Along the way, you'll discover the surprising origins of state nicknames like the Tar Heel State, the Sooner State, the Badger State, and more—revealing how folklore, history, commerce, and a little creative marketing shaped the identities of the United States. If you love forgotten history, strange true stories, bizarre Americana, railroad oddities, unusual facts, and conversations that wander gloriously off the rails, you've found your people. Because sometimes the weirdest journey... begins after the passengers stop breathing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of eerie coincidences, hilarious family traditions, bizarre ghostly encounters, and wonderfully odd personal experiences submitted by the Freak Family. You'll hear about an iPhone Live Caption glitch that turned Thomas Edison's infamous phonograph doll into nightmare fuel, a mysterious photograph taken inside Cleveland's legendary Death Car, a listener's encounter with the America's Cup emerging from dense fog, and a heartfelt recommendation to explore the groundbreaking legacy of psychologist Dr. Evelyn Hooker, whose research helped change modern history. Along the way, there's talk of Stephen King's infamous "boob gate," cryptozoology in Bangor, suspicious activity journals, blind cats with exercise wheels, unforgettable sandwich combinations, misheard song lyrics, family inside jokes, and the wonderfully strange way everyday life seems to intersect with the weird after listening to The Box of Oddities. Whether you're a longtime member of the Order of Freaks or discovering the show for the first time, this listener mailbag is packed with paranormal curiosities, true oddities, laugh-out-loud moments, and the wonderfully unexpected conversations that make the Freak Family unlike any other community in podcasting. If you've got a strange story, unexplained experience, bizarre family history, or curious observation, send it our way—you might just hear it on a future Inbox of Oddities. Keep flying that freak flag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 two historical mysteries that challenge what we think we know about the past. First, a strange dark object discovered beneath Arctic ice turns out to be something no one expected: a piano. That discovery leads to the remarkable story of the Klondike Gold Rush and the astonishing number of pianos hauled by hand across treacherous mountain passes into one of the most remote regions on Earth. Why would prospectors drag thousands of pounds of musical instruments through snow, ice, and wilderness in pursuit of gold? Then, the pair dive into one of archaeology's most controversial claims. In the waters of Brazil's Guanabara Bay, ancient Roman-style amphorae were discovered on the seafloor, sparking speculation that Roman sailors may have reached South America more than a thousand years before Columbus. Was it evidence of a lost chapter of world history—or an elaborate deception involving a businessman, reproduction pottery, and a very unusual aging process? Along the way: frontier optimism, buried artifacts, impossible journeys, accidental archaeology, questionable treasure hunters, and the surprisingly emotional reasons humans carry pieces of home into the unknown. If you love forgotten history, unexplained discoveries, archaeological mysteries, strange true stories, the Klondike Gold Rush, Roman artifacts, and the wonderfully bizarre corners of the human experience, this episode belongs in your queue. #BoxOfOddities #KlondikeGoldRush #Archaeology #RomanEmpire #AncientMysteries #GoldRushHistory #HistoryPodcast #WeirdHistory #Unexplained #LostCivilizations #StrangeHistory #OdditiesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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 revelations, and even the feelings of the people they affected along the way. This week, The Box of Oddities explores the science behind "life flashing before your eyes," including a remarkable brain study that captured activity in a dying human brain and raised new questions about consciousness, memory, and what may happen in the seconds after the heart stops beating. Then, Kat dives into the chilling true story of John George Haigh, better known as the Acid Bath Murderer. Charming, intelligent, and utterly ruthless, Haigh believed he had discovered the perfect crime by dissolving his victims in barrels of sulfuric acid. What followed was a shocking spree of fraud, deception, murder, and one of Britain's most notorious criminal investigations. From near-death mysteries to acid-filled barrels, life reviews to serial killers, this episode wanders into some very strange territory—and we wouldn't have it any other way. #BoxOfOddities #NearDeathExperience #LifeFlashingBeforeYourEyes #Consciousness #BrainScience #JohnGeorgeHaigh #AcidBathMurderer #TrueCrimePodcast #WeirdHistory #DarkHistory #MysteriesOfDeath #StrangeButTrue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ADVENT BLUE Will Fortner is very good at his job. As a data manager for the Choice Institute — a global technology conglomerate that transforms raw information into certainty for the world's most powerful clients — he has learned to read patterns that others cannot see. He has also learned that not everything he sees is necessarily to his clients' advantage. This knowledge has made him wealthy. It has also made him deeply, permanently cynical. When Will is recruited for a particularly delicate and far more lucrative contracted query, the Institute insists he take on a companion to ensure his stability. Mirai Redwater is clever, forthright, and entirely impossible to read. As Will moves deeper into the entanglements of the Choice Institute's darker architecture, the question that follows him at every step is the same one that defines the novel: is he being supported — or is he being used? A near-future psychological thriller for readers of Kazuo Ishiguro's "Klara and the Sun", Dave Eggers' "The Circle", and Philip K. Dick. Literary science fiction that does not feel like science fiction — because the world it depicts feels like tomorrow morning. TOPICS OF CONVERSATION The data-driven future behind Advent Blue, where the Choice Institute collects and maps human behavior to predict and influence what people will do, taking today's data tracking many steps further. Will Fortner, the "navigator" who reads people through the map, and how that ability breeds cynicism and isolation, mirrored in the fortress home he builds for himself called the Keep. The key relationships that shape Will: his supervisor Stockton the moral chameleon, his ex Hannah, and his assigned companion Mira, whose foundation of candor and "sacred veil" drive much of the emotional core. The moral machinery of the Institute, including "bomber's morality," the AI handler Emma, and how manipulation gets reframed as serving a greater good. The book's layered symbolism and dualities, from the Phantom Reach painting to Mars as the ordered world and Earth as the mess, and how things can be one thing and its opposite at once. Roland's approach to writing the strange and surreal, grounding the uncanny in recognizable reality so readers connect with the characters on a human level. ABOUT THE AUTHOR After working more than thirty-five years in health care, including three decades of midnight shifts, Roland Allnach has seen life from a different angle. He has worked to develop his writing career, drawing creatively from life experience, literary classics, history, and mythology. His publishing arc began with short stories, one of which was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and his stories have appeared in numerous publications. From there he branched into book publishing and has since followed with a string of titles ( Remnant, Oddities & Entities, Prism, Oddities & Entities 2: Vessels, The Digital Now, The Writer's Primer, Angela's Arm, and his most recent, Advent Blue ). Although his stories often bridge several genres, his writing dwells most often on the strange and surreal, with strong characterization and cathartic elements, utilizing aspects of science fiction, the supernatural, paranormal, and psychological/Gothic horror. His books have received unanimous critical praise and have been honored with more than a dozen national book awards. He has also served as an active member of his local literary community on Long Island, New York. During his tenure as president of Long Island Authors Group he doubled membership to one hundred authors, implemented the group's unique Traveling Bookstore and later transformed this to a permanent bookstore in conjunction with Islip Arts Council. He also made the group's authors a regular presence at many local town fairs, made appearances at the Brooklyn Book Festival, and represented the group before the New York Library Trustees Association. Roland has also appeared on national and local television, terrestrial and internet radio, and has conducted presentations on publishing at local libraries and art venues. After a break from publishing during and after the COVID pandemic, he has now returned to his writing pursuits. When not immersed in his imagination, he can be found at his website, rolandallnach.com, along with a wealth of information about his stories and experiences as an author. He is also a scale model hobbyist, and his creations can be found on his Youtube channel, Practical Plastic. Creative pursuits aside, his joy in life is the time he spends with his family.   Learn more about the author and his work at: www.rolandallnach.com CONNECT WITH ROLAND ALLNACH WEBSITE: www.rolandallnach.com GOOREADS:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5181360.Roland_Allnach AMAZON PAGE: https://amzn.to/3Qtjz7f   FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/roland.allnach YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDi6-XVqErGMIoXv027j3tw

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 of Kentucky. Deep in the isolated hills of Appalachia, generations of the Fugate family lived with a rare genetic condition that turned their skin shades of blue ranging from pale sky to deep indigo. The story sounds like folklore, but it's completely true. Discover how a chance genetic inheritance, geographic isolation, and a remarkable medical breakthrough created one of the strangest family histories ever documented. Then, the duo travels to the blistering Atacama Desert of Chile to investigate one of the most controversial archaeological discoveries of the 21st century. A tiny six-inch humanoid skeleton with an elongated skull, unusual rib structure, and unsettlingly human features sparked worldwide claims of extraterrestrial life. Was it proof of aliens? A medical anomaly? Or something even stranger? Follow the twists, scientific investigations, DNA testing, and ethical controversies surrounding the mysterious "Atacama Skeleton" and the shocking truth researchers eventually uncovered. From blue-skinned mountain families to alien-looking desert mummies, this episode explores how reality often proves far stranger than fiction. If you love bizarre history, unexplained mysteries, strange science, medical oddities, archaeology, genetics, UFO controversies, and true stories that sound impossible, this is an episode you won't want to miss. #BoxOfOddities #BluePeopleOfKentucky #AtacamaSkeleton #MedicalMysteries #GeneticDisorders #WeirdHistory #StrangeScience #Archaeology #UFOMysteries #Appalachia #TrueOddities #FreakFamilyFavorites Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Oddities the podcast where no topic is too *~*StRaNgE*~* This week we are heading down under to hear of the Kelly Cahill abduction...or was it? As we finish up down under we will head over to Beijing....and see what is doing on down under there....Support the showFollow along on social media:FacebookInstagramWebsiteEmail: Oddities.talk@gmail.comHuge shout out to Kyle Head for our awesome new intro! Check out his amazing Music! Thank you Mana Peach for our adorable prattling cows! Check out her designs!Check out Lindsey Bidwell's designs (merch and new logo!)Check out the Moose Cottage! Check out our merch!

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 found themselves trapped inside a railcar filled with superheated steam. The horrifying tragedy claimed dozens of lives and left behind a passenger coach that still exists today. Visitors, volunteers, and paranormal investigators claim the coach is haunted by footsteps, voices, screams, and shadowy apparitions connected to one of the most disturbing railroad disasters in American history. Then the journey takes a very different turn with the mysterious medieval carvings known as Sheela na Gigs. Found on churches, castles, and ancient structures throughout Ireland and the British Isles, these strange stone figures have puzzled historians for centuries. Were they warnings against lust? Protective symbols meant to ward off evil? Survivals of ancient fertility traditions? Or something else entirely? The answer remains one of history's most enduring mysteries. From ghostly railroad legends and historical tragedies to medieval symbolism, forgotten folklore, and the strange ways humans assign meaning to the past, this episode explores the places where history, mystery, and the unexplained collide. This Box contains: The Death Coach, haunted trains, railroad disasters, Wayland train wreck, paranormal history, ghost stories, Sheela na Gig, medieval mysteries, Irish folklore, ancient symbols, haunted locations, strange history, and unexplained phenomena. Because the world is stranger than fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first-ever episode of Hope You Know It is officially underway, and Brad is kicking things off with a dream years in the making: a trivia showdown featuring some seriously impressive contestants. Joined by co-host and The Floor Season 5 champion Lauren Samet, Brad welcomes a lineup that includes a Jeopardy contestant, a game show veteran who's appeared on everything from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to The Floor, and one brave underdog willing to take on the trivia giants.What starts as a trivia competition quickly turns into a hilarious game night filled with stories from Jeopardy, behind-the-scenes game show secrets, embarrassing personal confessions, birthday party disasters, quiz bowl memories, poop discussions, and enough random tangents to make Ken Jennings nervous.Along the way, contestants battle through categories like Oddities, Play the Record, And the Winner Is..., Common Bonds, Potpourri, and The HopeCast Network, while Brad attempts to prove he can hang with the trivia experts in a special bad movie showdown.It's part trivia show, part comedy podcast, and part game night with friends—complete with wrong answers, unexpected victories, questionable clue writing, and plenty of laughs.

We talk about the national animal of Scotland, and other unique things . Kilts Haggis and having a good time.

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 behind them may be even stranger. Floods regularly washed away riverside cemeteries, steamboat disasters scattered victims for miles, and entire communities were forced to recover the dead from the riverbanks. In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Jethro explores the real history behind the legend of the Floating Coffins of the Mississippi and the deadly world of nineteenth-century steamboat travel. Then, Kat investigates some of the longest prison sentences ever handed down in modern history. From inmates who spent more than seventy years behind bars to criminals sentenced to thousands—or even hundreds of thousands—of years in prison, you'll learn why courts impose punishments that no human being could ever fully serve. The Mississippi River's floating coffins, steamboat disasters, prison sentences measured in centuries, bizarre nineteenth-century slang, and more weirdness from history await in this episode of The Box of Oddities. #BoxOfOddities #MississippiRiver #FloatingCoffins #SteamboatDisasters #RiverGhostStories #PrisonHistory #TrueCrimeHistory #WeirdHistory #AmericanFolklore #LongestPrisonSentences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 beneath a bathroom floor declaring that Toby is not the Scranton Strangler, a dog-grooming boo effect involving unfortunate timing and an even more unfortunate canine gas attack, and a listener who uses a real human skull named Esther to motivate children to do their chores. The Freak Family also shares strange sandwich creations, debates the wisdom of squeeze jelly versus homemade preserves, discusses eerie stories from hospice care and apparent returns from the dead, and explores the odd psychological phenomenon of imagining what podcast hosts look like before seeing them in real life. Along the way, there are stories about haunted houses, Dorothea Puente's infamous Sacramento boarding house, hidden messages left for future generations, anglerfish romance, ghost writers becoming actual ghosts, and a surprisingly successful rhyme for "gaping flesh wound." As always, Inbox of Oddities delivers a strange mix of humor, weird history, listener oddities, accidental paranormal moments, and the wonderfully peculiar stories that make the Freak Family unlike any audience on Earth. If you enjoy unusual true stories, weird listener experiences, dark humor, paranormal curiosities, folklore, strange history, and delightfully odd human behavior, this episode is for you. The Box of Oddities is hosted by Kat and JG, celebrating the weird, the wonderful, and the unexplained one odd story at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Oddities the podcast where no topic is too *~*StRaNgE*~*! This week we are heading out of the US...a small world tour some might say. First stop Canada to visit the RESO...have you been there? Up next we will head to Italy for the newest abduction...or was it ? Support the showFollow along on social media:FacebookInstagramWebsiteEmail: Oddities.talk@gmail.comHuge shout out to Kyle Head for our awesome new intro! Check out his amazing Music! Thank you Mana Peach for our adorable prattling cows! Check out her designs!Check out Lindsey Bidwell's designs (merch and new logo!)Check out the Moose Cottage! Check out our merch!

Power Man & Iron Fist #107 (1984)Let's wrap up this trip into freelance superhero services as we follow Power Man and Iron Fist as they serve as bodyguards to an eccentric rock star. There's also a BARBARIAN meets SMALL WONDER deal going on with the rock star's father so it is guaranteed to get wild.Highlights include:Luke Cage earns 25 centsAre the Heroes for Hire insured??Resentful grandmothersWhere'd that giant cake come from?Iron Fist literally kicks a criminal's assFeyd Harkonnen celebrates his 21st birthdayAlso, Jen and Shawn visit Vision Comics & Oddities here in town and share some thoughts on the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE move. Slight spoilers contained within.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:25:29 ***Promo: CAMPUS COMICS CAST (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/campus-comics-cast/id1326952368)Continue the conversation with Shawn (@AngryHeroShawn) and Jen (@JenStansfield) on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at worstcollectionever@gmail.com Also, get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

"This isn't just another market, it's a full celebration of the strange, the rare, the beautiful, and the macabre." If this interests you, then you should check out the Oddities Flea Market, and to talk about it, we welcomed Ryan Matthew Cohn to the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa In The Morning Diner Tour.For More Information: https://theodditiesfleamarket.com/events/ofm-ct2026

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. The work was brutal, dangerous, and often deadly. Men drowned beneath the ice, vanished into freezing waters, and were crushed by shifting blocks weighing hundreds of pounds. Over time, those tragedies gave rise to haunting legends of ghostly figures beneath frozen rivers, phantom footsteps in abandoned ice houses, and eerie encounters that still linger in local folklore. Then, discover one of the strangest and most heartwarming stories of World War I. Amid the mud, artillery fire, poison gas, and unimaginable hardship of trench warfare, hundreds of thousands of cats found themselves serving alongside soldiers. Some hunted rats, some reportedly provided early warning of gas attacks, and many became cherished companions who brought comfort to men living through one of history's darkest conflicts. From haunted ice harvests in Maine to feline heroes on the battlefields of Europe, this episode explores two remarkable stories where history, hardship, folklore, and unexpected companionship collide. The Box of Oddities is a podcast for those who know that the strangest stories are often the true ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You have a chance to voice your opinion to PDX City Council on funding the renovations for Moda Center...and update on the Cargo Shorts Classic and how unlikely has the start to this year's NBA Finals been..

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 creature unlike anything they had seen before. Some compared it to a giant serpent. Others insisted it resembled a turtle, a snake, or even a horse. More than two centuries later, the mystery of the Gloucester Sea Serpent remains one of America's most fascinating unexplained sightings. Then, journey to the tiny Nebraska village of Monowi, where one woman keeps an entire town alive. Meet Elsie Eiler—the mayor, clerk, librarian, tax collector, tavern owner, and sole resident of America's smallest incorporated community. While most ghost towns fade into history, Monowi survives through the determination of one remarkable woman who literally votes for herself in every election. From legendary sea monsters and historical mysteries to disappearing towns and extraordinary human perseverance, this episode explores two stories that prove reality is often stranger than fiction. The Box of Oddities is a podcast for the curious, the weird, and those who know that the world's most fascinating stories are often the hardest to explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock kick off the 7 a.m. hour with The Cars, a debate over how to pronounce Ric Ocasek, and a full investigation into Val Verde's most confusing regional candy, Candy-O's. Some bites are chocolate. Some are gummy. Some might be Vegemite. None of them are labeled, and that is exactly how Candy Time Candies wants it. Whisp introduces a game called Real, Real, Real Classic Rock Rock Rock Lyric, Lyric, Lyric Or Something Kegstand Said and Geoff's weekly radio paycheck is once again on the line in a game he plays against himself.This week's broadcast also brings Val Verde News about Shetland Creamery's pony getting lodged in a tractor tire, the Oddities and Curiosities Expo at the Val Verde Civic Center, 77 dogs removed from one RV behind Crafty Jack's, Bruce Springsteen's Land of Hope and Dreams tour, Bono's 25 unfinished U2 songs, and Food Gulch's eternal promise: all of the food that fell in the gulch.Also on this week's broadcast:Geoff reveals a Good Rock Fact about The Cars' Candy-O and the unknowable contents of Candy-O's candy.Dave Navarro runs the “Don't Ask About The Jaw” booth at the Val Verde Oddities and Curiosities Expo.Big Truck heads to Mike and the Mechanics while Greg Lemonsour broadcasts from the terrifyingly organized new record store, The Record Dump.Listen and watch 108.9 The Hawk on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more. Support Val Verde's second favorite classic rock radio station at Patreon.com/1089thehawk. Keep your hands away from the jaw, your pants out of politics, and never stand under a vertical stack of Herb Alpert records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The guys are back and there's hell toupee on the highway to hell that is WWF's SummerSlam 1998!In the main event, the Undertaker challenges Stone Cold Steve Austin for the world title, we have a ladder match between HHH and The Rock, and Mick Foley will attempt to defeat the New Age Outlaws all by his lonesome, and in turn gain a spot in the Madison Square Garden Hall of Fame. Elsewhere, we have a hair vs. hair match, the Big Valbowski challenges D Lo for the European title, and we have the PPV debut of the Oddities.Tune in for all the great takes and more as we near that halfway point of Season 10 of The Year of Duke and Rogue!

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 known as Mall World—those oddly familiar dream landscapes filled with changing hallways, amusement parks, empty schools, and impossible destinations. Listeners share recurring dreams, eerie coincidences, and personal theories about what these strange places might mean. Along the way, you'll hear about a thrift store discovery that triggered a childhood memory, a dream that unexpectedly quoted Shakespeare, a raccoon that returned years after being released into the wild, and a sealed box left behind by a mother who managed to deliver one final practical joke after her passing. Plus: the Great Anglerfish Debate continues, Freaks choose sides in the ongoing Team Kat vs. Team Jethro battle, and a listener describes the unsettling moment they saw a deceased neighbor standing in his usual window weeks after his funeral. Dream worlds, synchronicities, strange memories, pasture puppies, and stories that blur the line between coincidence and something more—it's another wonderfully weird collection of listener mail from the Inbox of Oddities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Oddities the podcast where no topic is too *~*StRaNgE*~*! This week we have not one...not two...BUT FOUR abductions! Where they actually abducted or was this a clear sign not to do drugs kids? Up next a ghost town below a lake! Would you visit this place of history? Let us know! Support the showFollow along on social media:FacebookInstagramWebsiteEmail: Oddities.talk@gmail.comHuge shout out to Kyle Head for our awesome new intro! Check out his amazing Music! Thank you Mana Peach for our adorable prattling cows! Check out her designs!Check out Lindsey Bidwell's designs (merch and new logo!)Check out the Moose Cottage! Check out our merch!

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 bizarre true story of the Wardsend Cemetery Riot of 1862, when thousands of terrified Victorians stormed a cemetery in Sheffield, England, fearing grave robbers were selling corpses to medical schools. The truth behind the scandal revealed a disturbing burial scheme, public outrage, and one of the strangest riots in British history. Then, travel from a Victorian graveyard to the freeways of Los Angeles, where a frustrated artist secretly installed his own highway sign to fix a dangerous traffic problem. For months, nobody noticed—and the unauthorized sign may have helped save lives. Was it vandalism, public service, or a brilliant act of guerrilla urban design? From resurrection men and cemetery conspiracies to stealth infrastructure and accidental civic heroism, this episode explores the strange intersection of fear, ingenuity, and the unexpected ways ordinary people can change history. The Box of Oddities is a podcast dedicated to the weird, the wonderful, and the wildly true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day Break | Tulsi Out, Election Results In, and the Fight for America's Health --- 00:00 - Monologue 19:10 – Joe Kent, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Green Beret, and CIA officer. Kent discusses his resignation from the National Counterterrorism Center, responding to reports surrounding his departure and speculation about potential investigations. He also weighs in on U.S. policy toward Iran, Israel, and the broader Middle East, explains why he views border security as a national security issue, and shares his perspective on what he believes is the greatest threat facing America today. 38:08 - Monologue Featuring Ivey Gruber 47:05 – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, Epidemiologist and Administrator of The McCullough Foundation. Hulscher discusses the recent publication of an observational study examining ivermectin and mebendazole in cancer treatment. He explains the significance of peer-reviewed publication, what observational studies can and cannot demonstrate, how the research may inform future investigations, and where interested individuals can learn more about the topic. 57:19 – Josh Seiter, political satirist and commentator. Seiter discusses the use of satire and comedy to challenge cultural and political narratives, the public backlash against what critics describe as “woke” ideology, and how humor can be used to spark conversation about social and political issues. 1:16:25 - Monologue 1:25:24 – Ron Rademacher, travel writer, author, storyteller, and Michigan backroads expert. Rademacher highlights events taking place across Michigan, including the Mackinac Island Lilac Festival, the Michigan Lavender Festival in Imlay City, the Blue Water Sturgeon Festival in Port Huron, National Donut Day celebrations in Charlevoix, the Lyon Township International Kite Festival, Gizzard Fest in Potterville, and numerous other community events happening throughout the state. He also gives a special mention to his upcoming presentation, Oddities & Rarities, at the Chelsea District Library. 1:35:24 – Perry Johnson, businessman, author, and political candidate from Michigan. Johnson discusses concerns surrounding emerging vehicle technology, including so-called “kill switch” capabilities in modern automobiles, government regulations, privacy issues, and what these technologies could mean for drivers in the future. 1:44:08 – Ivey Gruber, President of the Michigan Talk Network. Gruber discusses a controversial political candidate whose background and associations have drawn scrutiny, along with developments in California's primary elections and what the results may signal about voter attitudes and the state's political future. --- Check out our brand new podcast, 'Forgotten America'... Episode 17 is live NOW at Steve Gruber on YouTube! Link below: https://youtu.be/ULMlE_xv87Q

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 Jethro dive into the haunting legacy of the Andrea Doria, the glamorous Italian ocean liner that collided with another ship in dense Atlantic fog and slipped beneath the waves off Nantucket in 1956. What should have been the end of the story became the beginning of a deadly obsession. Decades later, the wreck remains one of the most dangerous dive sites on Earth, earning a chilling reputation as the "Everest of Wreck Diving" and claiming the lives of experienced divers drawn to its dark corridors and ghostly remains. Then, Kat explores the surprisingly bizarre world of festival queens. From ancient fertility traditions and May Queens to modern-day Sausage Queens, Herring Queens, and Wild Turkey Queens, discover how centuries-old rituals evolved into some of the strangest community celebrations in history. Luxury shipwrecks, underwater mysteries, pagan traditions, hot dog royalty, and the weird ways humans celebrate themselves—it's all waiting inside The Box of Oddities. #AndreaDoria #ShipwreckMystery #Nantucket #OceanLiner #WreckDiving #FestivalQueens #SausageQueen #WeirdHistory #StrangeTraditions #BoxOfOddities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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 stories about recurring “Mall World” dreams that feel disturbingly shared, bizarre final wishes involving pencils, hourglasses, and stuffed teddy bears, and the chilling true story behind one grandfather's terrifying basement rule. Along the way: pork brain sandwiches, nitrous oxide at the dentist, mysterious butterfly-winged beings seen during the devastating Joplin tornado, and a woman secretly practicing grocery shopping after losing her husband of fifty years. Also in this episode:• Why anglerfish are apparently “beautiful”• The bowler hat man you should absolutely avoid• Tiny May Day baskets and accidental “boo effects”• Omaha pillow lore• Hoarding plug-innies you'll never use again• Crosswalk voices that became local legends• Duck-related arrest scenarios• The proper way to make a PB&J with only ONE knife Funny, strange, heartfelt, unsettling, and wonderfully human — it's another beautifully chaotic trip through the Inbox of Oddities. Listen now and keep flying that freak flag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Oddities the podcast where no topic is too *~*StRaNgE*~*! This week we are going underground to the one and only Chicago! Who knew such interesting things were happening blow the city where people are often looking up instead of looking down! Up next...Abduction or sleep paralysis? We feel that we are somewhat experts in the sleep paralysis...but tell us...What do you think? Support the showFollow along on social media:FacebookInstagramWebsiteEmail: Oddities.talk@gmail.comHuge shout out to Kyle Head for our awesome new intro! Check out his amazing Music! Thank you Mana Peach for our adorable prattling cows! Check out her designs!Check out Lindsey Bidwell's designs (merch and new logo!)Check out the Moose Cottage! Check out our merch!

Seg 1 – The DNC Autopsy Fails to Revive HopeSeg 2 – Abandoning the Center Ground?Seg 3 – AOC's Presidential BaggageSeg 4 – The Odds and the Oddities of the Democrat Presidential Primary 2028

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 secretly communicating with them. From a man attempting to “free” a digital god from corporate servers to researchers warning about emotionally reinforcing chatbots, this strange new frontier of technology may be far darker than anyone expected. Then, the conversation drifts into the eerie phenomenon known as “Mallworld” — a recurring dreamscape shared by thousands of people online. Endless abandoned shopping malls, dim escalators, empty food courts, strange nostalgia, and the unsettling feeling that you've somehow been there before. Is it simply psychology and liminal space… or evidence of something deeper hiding in the collective unconscious? Also in this episode: bizarre historical sandwiches, Victorian toast cuisine, Elvis Presley's legendary Fool's Gold Loaf, creepy empty schools, abandoned malls, AI echo chambers, recurring dream theories, and the weird emotional power of places designed for crowds that no longer exist. If you've ever wondered whether AI is becoming too human… or why your dreams sometimes feel more real than reality itself… step inside The Box of Oddities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 24 years locked away in total darkness? In this haunting episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro uncover the disturbing true story of Blanche Monnier, a young French woman secretly imprisoned in a filthy attic room by her own family for nearly a quarter of a century. Then, the mystery deepens as they explore the bizarre Civil War phenomenon known as “Angel Glow,” where wounded soldiers reportedly emitted an eerie blue light from their injuries—and those same soldiers seemed far more likely to survive. From shocking true crime and psychological horror to unexplained medical mysteries and strange historical events, this episode dives deep into some of history's darkest and most unbelievable stories. Perfect for fans of bizarre history, unsolved mysteries, weird science, and the macabre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 listener swears the numbers followed her so relentlessly that even her 9-year-old daughter started noticing them too. Coincidence? Confirmation bias? A cosmic notification system with terrible timing? Also inside the Inbox of Oddities: a listener spends the night alone in the famously haunted Lemp Mansion, another recovers from a near-fatal case of “superflu” after asking the universe for self-improvement, and someone accidentally discovers that Box of Oddities listeners may be alarmingly enthusiastic about gallbladder tacos. Plus: necropants bathroom logistics, ceramic rooster collectors, cryptid museums, haunted mushroom hallucinations, truck drivers, barefoot shoe conspiracies, and the deeply unsettling reality that “My Ding-a-Ling” was Chuck Berry's only number one hit. It's ghosts, weird psychology, bizarre synchronicities, comedy, cryptids, body horror, and humanity at its absolute strangest. Warning: May cause compulsive clock-checking at 11:11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Oddities the podcast where no topic is too *~*StRaNgE*~*! This week we have a double abduction...or was it a double hallucination?? Up next we hit the Helsinki underground! Now this is truly a hidden gem you don't want to miss hearing about! Support the showFollow along on social media:FacebookInstagramWebsiteEmail: Oddities.talk@gmail.comHuge shout out to Kyle Head for our awesome new intro! Check out his amazing Music! Thank you Mana Peach for our adorable prattling cows! Check out her designs!Check out Lindsey Bidwell's designs (merch and new logo!)Check out the Moose Cottage! Check out our merch!

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 “kill” them all over again, and magical trousers made from human skin were believed to generate endless wealth. First, we travel to 17th-century Poland, where archaeologists uncovered the grave of a young woman buried with a sickle across her throat and a padlock attached to her toe — anti-vampire precautions meant to stop her from rising from the grave. The discovery of “Zosia” reveals the horrifying reality behind Europe's vampire panics, where disease, superstition, and fear transformed ordinary people into suspected monsters. But when forensic artists reconstructed her face centuries later, the world came face-to-face not with a vampire… but with a tragic young woman caught in one of history's darkest mass delusions. Then, Kat takes us to remote Iceland and the legendary necropants — magical trousers made from the skin of a dead man. According to Icelandic folklore, these corpse britches could fill their wearer's scrotum with endless coins… provided you followed an unbelievably complicated and horrifying ritual involving grave robbing, magic staves, and cursed inheritance. Welcome to the bizarre world of Icelandic witchcraft, where men — not women — were most often accused of sorcery. Also in this episode: The terrifying origins of vampire folklore Why tuberculosis helped fuel undead hysteria The grisly ways suspected vampires were “executed” after death Iceland's infamous Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft Corpse pants, cursed rituals, and dead-man denim A special crossover “Thing in the Middle” featuring Lindsay Schnebly and reasons you should absolutely listen to The Shallow End If you love dark history, bizarre folklore, weird archaeology, cursed objects, and comedy hiding inside humanity's strangest beliefs, this episode is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5.20.26 Hour 3, Kevin Sheehan goes over some of the oddities in the 2026 NFL schedule that stood out to him, looks at some recent news about Commanders Owner Josh Harris, and reacts to James Wood hitting an inside the park grand slam vs. the Mets. Kevin also gives his thoughts on the NCAA's attempt to expand the College Football playoffs to 24 teams and if it would be a good or bad idea for the sport.

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 jars and tangled phone chargers? Why does gossip feel irresistible? Why are we constantly checking our phones like nervous cave dwellers scanning for predators? Kat and Jethro dive into the fascinating science of inherited survival behaviors that may still be controlling modern life in ways we don't even realize. Then, things get delightfully weird as they uncover accidental inventions and bizarre cultural pivots that changed history forever — including the French cardinal whose hatred of toothpicking helped invent the butter knife, the wealthy socialite who accidentally created the modern bra, and how Persian cavalry soldiers inspired today's high heels. Plus: Olympic cigarettes, Titanic board games, Kiss coffins, Ratatouille wine, and one very traumatic Target yogurt incident during a blackout in Orlando. If you love odd history, strange psychology, human behavior, weird inventions, and darkly funny conversations about the hidden absurdities of civilization, this episode is for you. #TheBoxOfOddities #HumanBehavior #WeirdHistory #EvolutionaryPsychology #StrangeHistory #Oddities #AncientInstincts #BizarreOrigins #FunnyPodcast #Psychology #HistoryPodcast #ButterKnife #HighHeels #SurvivalInstincts #WeirdFacts #BoxOfOddities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 and Jethro dive into listener stories that range from hilariously bizarre to deeply unsettling — including children hearing crying inside walls, mysterious cigarette smoke lingering in a 200-year-old farmhouse, and the psychological differences between fearing heights, edges, and falling. Along the way, they discuss Niʻihau, Hawaii's mysterious “Forbidden Island,” Leonard Nimoy's classic In Search Of, escalator phobias, Viking digestive disasters, and whether ghost geese should properly be called “poltergeese” or “poultrygeists.” Plus: The world's largest fossilized human turd A box full of detached Roman statue dicks Spam emails about cube-shaped wombat poop Strange things kids say that absolutely should not be repeated after dark Cat's mission to rescue dogs from Ecuador The Freak Family once again proving they're the greatest community on earth If you like creepy listener stories, weird history, paranormal oddities, dark humor, and the kind of conversations that spiral from Viking bowel movements to haunted walls in under three minutes, this episode is your happy place. #BoxOfOddities #InboxOfOddities #ParanormalPodcast #WeirdHistory #GhostStories #LeonardNimoy #Niihau #ForbiddenIsland #WombatGeometry #VikingHistory #TrueWeird #FreakFamily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 alive. Jethro dives into the chilling true story of Walter Williams, the Ohio hospice patient who was declared dead… only to begin breathing again inside a funeral home body bag hours later. Along the way, the duo explores the terrifying history of premature burial, the strange medical phenomenon known as Lazarus Syndrome, Victorian “safety coffins,” and the unsettling gray area between life and death. Then, things get radioactive. Kat tells the unbelievable true story of David Hahn, better known as “The Radioactive Boy Scout,” the Michigan teenager who became obsessed with nuclear science and secretly attempted to build a homemade breeder reactor in his backyard shed using materials scavenged from smoke detectors, lantern mantles, and old clock dials. His dangerous experiments eventually triggered a federal hazmat response and turned his suburban property into a Superfund cleanup site. It's a story of genius, obsession, government intervention, and the terrifying reality of what can happen when curiosity goes unchecked. Also in this episode: * The creepy origins of “dead ringers” * Why some corpses make noises after death * Spider facts you absolutely did not ask for * The horrifying side effects of Brazilian wandering spider venom * Why there are spiders living on Mount Everest If you love strange history, bizarre science, dark humor, medical mysteries, paranormal-adjacent stories, and unbelievable true events, this episode of The Box of Oddities is exactly the kind of nightmare fuel your brain ordered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 from public nitrous oxide demonstrations where people inhaled mystery gases for entertainment, smashed into furniture, and laughed through injuries that should have been agonizing. It's the strange, accidental chain of events that transformed surgery from a nightmare into modern medicine. Then Kat takes us back 233 million years to the Carnian Pluvial Episode — a catastrophic climate event where it may have rained almost nonstop for up to two million years. Massive volcanic eruptions, collapsing ecosystems, extinction events, and the unexpected rise of dinosaurs all collide in a story that feels disturbingly relevant today. Could humanity itself owe its existence to Earth's worst rainstorm? Also inside the Box: • The horrifying reality of surgery before anesthesia • Humphry Davy and the recreational origins of nitrous oxide • Horace Wells' tragic dental breakthrough • Ancient volcanic eruptions that reshaped life on Earth • Why adaptability may matter more than dominance • The strange origins of phrases like “toe the line,” “basket case,” and “pipe down” If you love bizarre history, weird science, overlooked medical breakthroughs, ancient disasters, and the wonderfully strange intersections where chaos accidentally changes civilization forever, this episode is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 strange “Boo Effects,” deep-fried toga nights, ghostly office buildings, haunted coffee routines, geese laws in Illinois, and why there should absolutely be separate knives for peanut butter and jelly. Plus: vintage soup cans worth “$250,000,” Camino del Santiago pilgrimages, cremation tattoos, and the ongoing debate over whether crumbs belong in butter. Also in this episode: A listener discovers a mysterious “$0.00” item on a receipt from a lonely Pennsylvania grocery store A warm cup of coffee vanishes… then reappears hours later Kat and JG discuss electric chair photo booth ideas for oddities festivals Retro shout-outs to CBS Radio Mystery Theater, RuPaul's Drag Race, and The Banana Splits Adventure Hour theme song Dog photos, Boo Effects, and the Freak Family at its absolute finest It's weird. It's warm. It's wonderfully ridiculous.

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 the most unsettling scientific breakthroughs in recent memory: researchers have successfully mapped and simulated the entire brain of a fruit fly—every neuron, every connection—and brought it to life inside a computer. Is it thinking? Is it aware? Or is it something stranger—something in between? From digital consciousness and the eerie implications of “connectomes” to the philosophical nightmare of uploading the human mind, this story blurs the line between science and science fiction in a way that's hard to unsee. But that's just the beginning. We also crack open the ancient world to explore chilling Egyptian tomb curses—warnings etched in stone that promise everything from fiery deaths to supernatural retribution. Were they symbolic… or something more? And why do so many of them involve birds with a serious attitude problem? Then, in a completely different flavor of human endurance (or madness), we explore the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race—an almost incomprehensible ultramarathon where competitors run the same city block in Queens… for up to 52 days straight. No scenery. No escape. Just miles, repetition, and whatever starts to surface in your mind when there's nowhere left to hide. Is it spiritual enlightenment… or psychological unraveling? This episode asks big questions: * Can consciousness exist outside the body? * Are we inching toward digital immortality? * What happens when the brain becomes data? * And why would anyone willingly run 3,100 miles in circles? If you like your science unsettling, your history cursed, and your human behavior just a little unhinged… you're in the right place. Inside this Box: * The first fully simulated fruit fly brain (and why it matters) * The disturbing implications of digital consciousness * Ancient Egyptian tomb curses that still haunt modern imaginations * The world's longest certified footrace—and the minds that survive it Subscribe, follow, and join the Freak Family. You won't regret it. Probably. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 something… else. A simple phrase—“that's just the way the ladder leans”—echoes across generations in a way that feels like more than chance. A child mysteriously knows lyrics to a decades-old folk song he's never heard. And one listener shares a deeply moving story of loss, love, and what might be a loyal dog refusing to say goodbye. Are these just quirks of memory and timing… or something we don't fully understand yet? Along the way, the Inbox delivers its usual mix of chaos and charm: neurodivergent minds and perseveration, possible paranormal “boo effects,” skeptical takes on viral UFO footage, and a shelter dog named Igor who may—or may not—be a cursed Victorian entity in fur form. (We're leaning yes.) Plus: organ donation stories that are equal parts fascinating and unsettling, bizarre lawn décor traditions, and the kind of listener creativity that reminds us why this community is the absolute best. If you love true strange stories, unexplained moments, and dark humor wrapped in humanity, this episode of The Box of Oddities is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 (EVP)—decades before microphones, tape recorders, or digital audio ever entered the picture. During the height of 19th-century Spiritualism, inventors and experimenters used crude devices—vibrating wires, acoustic horns, and chemically treated plates—in an attempt to capture something impossible: the voices of the dead. And according to their journals… they may have succeeded. Across multiple accounts spanning countries and decades, early researchers reported hearing faint but structured responses—names repeated, urgent pleas, and chilling phrases like “Help me,” “I am lost,” and “Don't leave.” These weren't dramatic or theatrical. They were flat, mechanical… and disturbingly consistent. Even more unsettling? Some messages suggested confusion—voices that didn't seem to realize they were dead at all. So what does it mean that modern EVP recordings—captured with advanced technology—report the same exact types of messages? Is this proof of something trying to reach us across time? Or has the human brain been playing the same trick on us for over 150 years? Then, in a sharp turn from paranormal to profoundly bizarre, the episode dives into one of medicine's strangest real experiments: milk transfusions. In the mid-1800s, desperate doctors battling deadly diseases like cholera attempted to replace lost blood… with milk injected directly into the veins. Yes. Milk. At first, some patients appeared to improve—just enough to give doctors hope. But what followed was often catastrophic: chills, labored breathing, shock, and death. Without understanding blood types or human biology, physicians clung to the idea far longer than they should have—until science finally caught up and revealed just how wrong they were. This episode blends eerie historical accounts with jaw-dropping medical missteps, reminding us that the line between science and the unknown has always been thinner than we think. And sometimes… dangerously so.

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 the eerie neurological phenomenon known as **perseveration**—a condition where the brain locks onto a word, phrase, or action and repeats it endlessly, like a record skipping in a groove. But this isn't just a medical curiosity. It's something caregivers witness in real life… and sometimes, the phrases being repeated aren't random—they're urgent, emotional, even terrifying. From patients who can only say “Tuesday” to those who fill entire pages with “I don't know,” the brain's inability to move forward becomes something far more haunting when the words carry weight. What does it mean when someone looks you in the eye and calmly repeats, “I'm not here”… or worse… “help me”? Drawing on real neurological cases and insights from works like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this episode dives into how brain injury, dementia, and trauma can trap a person inside a loop of their own last coherent thought. It's not conversation—it's echo. And somewhere beneath that repetition, there may still be awareness trying to break through. But that's only half the story. In a chilling true crime segment, we shift from the mysteries of the mind to a real-life nightmare. In 1995, a young woman named Jennifer Mori returned home to what should have been a safe, secure apartment. What happened next was a brutal, life-threatening attack that tested the limits of human survival. With extraordinary presence of mind, she fought back, stemmed her own bleeding, and made a desperate 911 call that would ultimately save her life. But the most disturbing twist? Her attacker wasn't a stranger. This gripping survival story highlights not only the resilience of the human spirit but also the terrifying reality that sometimes the people we trust most can become the greatest threat. From neurological loops that trap the mind… to a real-life escape from unimaginable violence… this episode will stay with you long after it ends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 listener-submitted experiences that blur the line between coincidence and the unexplained. From eerie household encounters to deeply emotional moments that feel like messages from beyond, these stories stay with you long after they're told. A listener hears his wife's unmistakable laugh echo through the house—only to discover she never made a sound. Is it a trick of the mind… or something far more unsettling lurking in the quiet corners of home? Another story raises a different kind of fear: a simple grocery list with handwriting that doesn't belong to anyone in the house. Just two words—blue candles—and no explanation. Harmless… or something trying to be noticed? And then, a moment that hits a little deeper. A note left behind by a grandmother—written before a sudden trip to the hospital—becomes something more than just ink on paper after her passing. A message that arrives at exactly the right time, when it's needed most. Along the way, Kat and Jethro bring their signature blend of humor and curiosity, exploring everything from “mimics” that imitate loved ones to the oddly specific quirks that make us human (yes, even the horror of crumbs in butter). These aren't just ghost stories. They're moments—quiet, strange, sometimes beautiful—that make you wonder if there's more happening around us than we can explain. If you love true paranormal stories, unexplained phenomena, and real-life encounters that sit somewhere between eerie and meaningful… this episode is for you. Welcome to the Inbox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 spectrum: one where trust spirals into tragedy, and another where innovation gives people a second chance at life. First, we take you inside a lesser-known but devastating cult: the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God in Uganda. What began as a seemingly devout spiritual movement slowly tightened its grip on followers—isolating them from loved ones, demanding total obedience, and promising salvation on a specific date. But when prophecy failed, the explanation shifted… and then shifted again. This isn't just a story about how it ended—it's about how it happened. The subtle warning signs. The doubts. The questions that didn't quite have answers. Why did the leaders live better than the followers? Why did the truth keep changing? And why did questioning anything suddenly feel dangerous? It's a chilling look at manipulation, belief, and the moment when something that once felt certain begins to crack. Then, we pivot to a story of survival and innovation in the aftermath of the 2002 Bali bombings—a coordinated terrorist attack that left hundreds dead and many more with catastrophic burns. Amid the chaos, one doctor refused to accept the limits of traditional medicine. Dr. Fiona Wood pioneered a groundbreaking treatment known as “spray-on skin,” using a patient's own cells to accelerate healing and improve survival rates for severe burn victims. It sounds like science fiction—but it's very real. And it changed everything. From cult psychology and the dangers of absolute authority to one woman's relentless pursuit of better outcomes in medicine, this episode dives into the extremes of human experience—control and curiosity, destruction and healing. Because sometimes the most haunting stories aren't about what we believe… They're about when we finally start to question it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices