#538: A Most Deadly Picnic

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we delve into the tragic story of Reverend Archie Mitchell, his wife Elsie, and their five children. The Mitchell family stumbled upon a Japanese Balloon while out on a picnic, and as they were examining it, a bomb inside detonated. Join us as we explore the circumstances surrounding this tragic event and why it happened. Then, we shift gears to discuss the fascinating world of animals that can both lay eggs and give live birth. These creatures, known as "oviparous viviparous" or "ovoviviparous," have a unique reproductive system that allows them to give birth to live young that develop inside eggs. We'll take a closer look at some examples of oviparous viviparous animals, including certain types of lizards, and explore the evolutionary advantages of this unusual reproductive strategy. So, join us for an episode that covers the tragic and the fascinating, the strange and the unusual - this is Box of Oddities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Wondery, Flipping the Bird, Elon vs. Twitter is a new podcast that unravels the fascinating story of Elon Musk's unexpected bid to buy Twitter, and all of the drama that has happened since.
0:09.7	Elon's influence is not only ushering in a new era of Twitter, but shaping the future of free speech on the internet as we know it.
0:16.2	You can listen to Flipping the Bird on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:20.2	In a four-part series, The Generation Y Podcast unravels the story of Khalif Browder, a young boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack,
0:28.3	and held at Reikers Island for three years without trial.
0:32.1	This is a story about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system.
0:36.1	Listen to Generation Y on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:40.3	What follows may not be suitable for all audiences, listen to discretion is advised.
0:46.3	The world is full of stories.
0:50.0	Stories of mysteries.
0:53.4	Of curiosities.
0:56.1	Of oddities.
0:58.7	Join Pat and Jeff Rueb Gilligan-Toth for a Strange.
1:03.7	The bizarre, the unexpected.
1:07.4	As they lift the lid and cautiously peer inside, the box of oddities.
1:14.6	Just getting over a cold, so please bear with me.
1:18.3	I am so happy, though, even though I'm not feeling 100% cat is home.
1:24.9	I missed you so much.
1:27.1	We ended up, for some reason, this trip there was an ongoing theme of me saying that you were sick of my bullshit.
1:34.7	So every time you'd be like, oh, I miss you.
1:39.1	I'm like, really? Do you miss all my bullshit?
1:41.7	And then I came home and I was asking you about something and you just walked away from me.
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