{"podcast":{"title":"The Box of Oddities","slug":"the-box-of-oddities-512437","podcast_index_feed_id":512437,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML9966973519","website_url":"https://www.theboxofoddities.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/efe03e02-6869-11ee-bf09-cf71efb55eff/image/0ba2683aa6e575c1f421dd0c1f11eeb9.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"John Elliott and Kat Walls","episode_count":940,"summary":"The Webby Award-winning “Box of Oddities\" is a podcast that delves into the strange and mysterious aspects of our world, exploring topics ranging from bizarre medical conditions to unsolved mysteries, and from paranormal phenomena to strange cultural practices from around the world. With a focus on oddities, curiosities, and the macabre, each episode is a journey into the unknown, where hosts Kat and Jethro Gilligan Toth share their love for unusual stories and inject their humor and commentary. From the strange history of medical practices to chilling true crime stories, to natural (and unnatural) events, \"The Box of Oddities\" satisfies your thirst for the weird and the unusual, offering an informative and entertaining look into the dark and mysterious corners of our world. JIMMY KIMMEL, ABC-TV says, \"Should you be the type who has an interest in weird stuff, this is a fun thing to allow in your head!\" “Truth is stranger than fiction, and the Box of Oddities is the strangest of all!” -SLUGGO, SIRIUS XM LITHIUM “Kat & Jethro wring humor from bizarre, macabre and perplexing places.” -BOSTON MAGAZINE","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T14:18:43.319486+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-box-of-oddities-512437"},"episode":{"title":"Inbox Of Oddities #86","slug":"inbox-of-oddities-86","published_at":"2026-05-15T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-box-of-oddities-512437/inbox-of-oddities-86","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-box-of-oddities-512437","url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6848488239.mp3","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6848488239.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"This week’s Inbox of Oddities is packed with nightmare fuel, Viking poop lore, haunted farmhouse crawlspaces, ghost geese, forbidden islands, creepy imagi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1589,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-box-of-oddities-512437/episodes/inbox-of-oddities-86/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-box-of-oddities-512437/inbox-of-oddities-86.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}