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The Box of Oddities

#572: The Induced Labor Day Special

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Prepare for a truly extraordinary Labor Day special on *The Box of Oddities*! In this episode, we take you through past episodes' fascinating world of labor-related oddities. Join Kat and Jethro as they revisit some of the most intriguing tales that blur the lines between labor and the extraordinary, from the tiny little man who built the sprawling coral castle by himself to Madam C. J. Walker, whose business changed the world. We'll also visit the labor room of one hospital that saw the birth of a baby made of stone!  Get ready to be amazed by the odd, the unusual, and the extraordinary on this Labor Day special of *The Box of Oddities*! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.4

or incredible against all odds, come back stories.

0:36.4

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0:55.0

The world is full of stories, stories of mysteries, of curiosities, of oddities.

1:07.6

Join Pat and Jethro Guiligantoth for a strange, the bizarre, the unexpected as they lift

1:17.1

the lid and cautiously peer inside the box of oddities.

1:23.9

Well it's Labor Day in the United States and we thought we would put together a Labor

1:27.4

Day special.

1:29.0

Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor and recognize the American

1:35.3

Labor Movement and the work sing contributions of laborers to the development and achievements

1:40.8

of the US.

1:41.8

So we're going to look at some of the stories from past episodes that celebrate people whose

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