#525: The Unfathomable Mystery

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Comedy, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Nikola Tesla had a lot of quarks. Uh, quirks. He did a lot, struggled a lot, and claimed a lot of wild things. Did the government steal his work? How did he get anything done with all the chatting with birds that he did? JG gets into it. Then, Kat goes all over the place to get to the bottom of the name of the St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Presidents, the Olympics, hot air balloons, it’s a good time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up in this episode of The Box of Otities, a guy who claims he accidentally time-traveled
0:04.2	in 1895 and then accurately predicted the smartphone in 1926.
0:09.8	Also, how did mouthwash lead to one of the busiest airports in the United States?
0:15.1	The Box of Otities, if it's weird, we talk about it.
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0:28.9	Bowman was last seen in November of 2021 at a 7-11 in Los Angeles.
0:34.4	His final text was to 911 for help, help that never came.
0:38.6	I'm Marissa Jones, host of The Vanished.
0:41.0	My latest episodes cover everything we know about Bowman's disappearance.
0:45.0	Listen to The Vanished on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:49.0	What follows may not be suitable for all audiences.
0:51.7	Listen to discretion is advised.
0:55.0	The world is full of stories.
0:58.5	Stories of mysteries.
1:02.0	Of curiosities.
1:04.6	Of oddities.
1:07.3	Join Pat and Jethro Gilligan-Toth for a Strange.
1:12.1	The bizarre, the unexpected.
1:15.6	As they lift the lid and cautiously peer inside,
1:20.4	The Box of oddities.
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