REM Sleep, Clock Curses, and Alien Heat Lightning

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In this listener-powered episode of The Box of Oddities, JG and Kat crack open the inbox and out pour... auditory hallucinations, ghost clocks, spontaneous astral projection, and the shocking truth about “heat lightning.” (Spoiler: it’s probably aliens.)

First, a listener shares how her dreams are so vivid and reality-bending due to Narcolepsy that she’s genuinely not sure which world is real—relatable, terrifying, and yes, somehow still funny. Then, a cursed wall clock starts ticking every time someone dies. No batteries. No mercy. Just 12 minutes of tick-tock you're next.

Meanwhile, someone else swears that a strange sky phenomenon isn’t just distant thunder—it’s the government covering up UFO joyrides. (Can’t argue with that logic.) You’ll also hear about a haunted hallway birth involving Richard Simmons, dolphin-whale linguistics, astral projection lessons, and what happens when massage therapists listen to BoO during bodywork sessions (spoiler: they cry, and so do you).

Whether it’s clock-based death omens or the weirdly uplifting side of functional neurological disorders, this Inbox delivers what your brain craves: weird, real, and unreal tales from the wonderfully odd corners of the BoO family.

Listen now... or risk becoming the sixth tick of the clock.

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What do a 100-million-year-old hammer and the equator’s midlife crisis all have in common? This episode, obviously.

JG takes a swing at the London Hammer—a tool encased in ancient rock that either proves time travel, or that geology just likes messing with us. Then, Kat walks us through the wild world of misplaced landmarks, where entire places are technically in the wrong spot thanks to 18th-century surveyors eyeballing things like “latitude” and “reason.”

We also visit the equator... and then shift 179 feet to the left because, oops, science did it again.

It’s an episode full of mislocated facts, ancient anomalies, and the sobering realization that the Earth is bad at geometry.

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Imagine remembering every single day of your life in crystal-clear detail — sounds like a superpower, right? Well, in this episode of The Box of Oddities, we dive headfirst into the rare and unsettling condition known as hyperthymesia, where the human brain refuses to forget anything. (Spoiler: it’s not as fun as it sounds — birthdays, bad haircuts, and all). Then, buckle up for a trip into the wild world of the Bush dog — a pint-sized predator that looks like an otter, smells like vinegar, and leaves biologists scratching their heads. Why does nature keep inventing creatures that seem like inside jokes? Tune in for laughter, weird science, and the kind of trivia that will make you both the life of the party and a little unsettling to sit next to.

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INBOX OF ODDITIES: The Cat, the Cursed Doll & the Powerline Phallus
Now streaming: A listener episode so delightfully bizarre it made our cat salute an old war photo.

🕵️‍♂️ Is your cat channeling classified WWII intel?

🫣 Did your porcelain doll bury forks in your yard?

🔵 Has your aunt started glowing blue near deep fryers?

📮 And is it weird that a mailman on Cape Cod delivered mail to a McCraken the exact moment we said McCraken? (Spoiler: Yes.)

📸 Plus: raining dildos, haunted tattoos, spontaneous human luminescence, and a deeply emotional story involving three margaritas, a live show, and someone being cradled like a baby by Kat.

🚨 This Inbox of Oddities is a hall of fame mash-up of the freaky, the funny, and the forehead-slappingly bizarre. Listener tales that defy explanation, reason, or basic OSHA guidelines.

📬 No topic is off-limits—from interdimensional feline agents to maple vodka root beer floats and the international hunt for Mr. Pibb. You need this in your brain.

📲 Listen now. Let the odd wash over you.

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Imagine taking a wrong turn and winding up in a version of your hometown that doesn’t—and maybe never did—exist. That’s exactly what happened to Carol Chase McElheney when she stumbled into a bizarre time slip in Riverside, California—a place both familiar and terrifyingly wrong. Was it a glitch in the matrix, a parallel universe, or just an exceptionally creepy case of bad directions? Meanwhile, in Anchorage, Alaska, a completely different kind of magic was at work: Linny Pacillo and the Anchorage Parking Fairies. Armed with wings, tutus, and a sense of rebellion, these whimsical enforcers fought parking meters with glitter and sass. From cosmic slip-ups to tutu-clad protest, this episode of The Box of Oddities Podcast dives into the weird, wonderful, and wildly unexpected. Buckle up—it’s a ride through the absurd that only Box of Oddities can deliver.

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Step into the bizarre with this episode of The Box of Oddities—where medical mysteries, immortal mannequins, and murderous sausage kings collide. First, we unravel one of the strangest medical cases in modern history: Patient AB, who discovered the voices in her head weren’t a symptom, but a life-saving alarm system. Then we pucker up for the story of Resusci Anne, whose face has been kissed over 300 million times since her mysterious death more than a century ago. Finally, we sink our teeth into the chilling tale of Adolph Louis Luetgert, the infamous “Sausage King of Chicago,” whose legacy is as greasy as it is gruesome. Weird history, true crime oddities, and unbelievable science—this episode has it all.

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DEAD GUY TALKS

Against all odds (and several known laws of biology), Thomas Morelli, who died in a car crash in the late 1970s, joins us in the Box to chat about the minor inconvenience of being deceased. Yes, he died. But he got better.

Tune in for a jaw-droppingly bizarre tale of life after death and why being pronounced dead isn’t always the end of your public speaking career.

The Box of Oddities. Where dying is just a plot twist.

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Step right up, oddity enthusiasts! In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro unpack a carnival curiosity, an uncontacted tribe, and maybe—just maybe—aliens. First, meet Schlitzie the Pinhead, the sideshow legend whose life was stranger and more poignant than the posters ever revealed. Then, we sail (metaphorically, of course) to the forbidden shores of North Sentinel Island, home to the Sentinelese people—an isolated tribe whose fierce independence has baffled explorers for centuries. And finally, we peer into the cosmos to ask: are those weird signals really signs of extraterrestrial life, or just our toaster acting up again? Equal parts bizarre, fascinating, and hilarious, this episode will have you marveling at humanity, mystery, and the universe itself.

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#WeirdHistory #TrueCrimeAdjacent #PodcastLife #AlienLife #CarnivalHistory #UnexplainedMysteries #BoxOfOddities

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We're on our way to opening night for our live fall tour. It all kicks off in Seattle on Wednesday Night at Emerald City Comedy Club. Tickets and all location info available here!

Step into the strange corridors of history, science, and the downright unsettling in this episode of The Box of Oddities. We begin with chilling first-hand accounts of modern-day psych wards—stories so bizarre you’ll wonder if they belong in a horror film rather than medical records. Then, travel to Japan, where researchers once tried to create a mouse-human hybrid (spoiler: nature was not impressed). Finally, dig into the dirt—literally—as we uncover the weird and unsettling artifacts unearthed beside the old London Hospital, where history refuses to stay buried.

Equal parts creepy, hilarious, and fascinating, this episode is a perfect storm of the macabre, the curious, and the completely inexplicable. Buckle up—because reality is much stranger than fiction, and we’re handing you the shovel.

#WeirdHistory #StrangeScience #OdditiesPodcast #MouseHumanHybrid #CreepyDiscoveries #PsychWardHorrors #TheBoxOfOddities

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In this gloriously chaotic edition of The Inbox of Oddities, Kat and Jethro dive face-first into the mailbag, where listeners spill the weirdest tea — from traumatic boardwalk entrapments to unsettling yardwork sexism. You'll hear tales of:

💔 Newly-minted relationship arguments (20 years single and diving in headfirst? What could go wrong?)
🦷 A near-death experience inside the mouth of a giant shark… on purpose
📿 The glow-up of the "booger green" birthstone Peridot
🔥 An alcoholic beverage so chaotic it involves fire, suction, and danger (a drink or a curse?)
🎢 Baseball mascots, birthday BOO effects, emotionally complicated yard tools, and a former hot dog dog named Jack

Also featured: thunder envy, Johnny Eck feels, and listener arguments about listening to BOO while falling asleep. (Is it a comforting lullaby or auditory chaos gremlins in your dreams?)

This is what happens when your audience is as delightfully weird as your podcast. And we wouldn't have it any other way.

🧠 Oddities, empathy, and emotional damage — all in a tidy digital package.

🎧 Listen now and fly your freak flag high!

#BoxOfOddities #InboxOfOddities #FreakFlagFlying #BOOEffect #WeirdPodcast #SharkMouthTrauma #PeridotPower #StrangeButTrue #CouplesTherapyWithLaughTracks #OddlyComforting #PodcastRecommendations #TrueWeirdness

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