#627: For The Love Of Robots

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Comedy, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this wildly bizarre and fascinating episode of Box of Oddities, we take you on a thrilling ride through some of the most peculiar and chilling tales. First, meet the doctor who, in the name of science, went to the extreme lengths of licking his patient’s internal organs. Yes, you read that right! Discover the macabre and the curious in equal measure. Next, we dive into the mysteries of a newly emerging virus released from the thawing Siberian permafrost. Is it a dormant threat waiting to unleash havoc, or just a relic of ancient times? Our journey continues to a haunted amusement park with a sinister past. This park’s dark history is filled with eerie tales and spine-chilling occurrences that will leave you questioning reality. Finally, we explore the early days of forensic science. Learn about the pioneering methods and curious cases that shaped the foundation of this crucial field. Join us for an episode that promises to be as odd as it is captivating. Subscribe and listen now to uncover these extraordinary stories only on Box of Oddities! If you would like to advertise on The Box of Oddities, contact sales@advertisecast.com http://www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Greg Jackson. I'm a PhD holding historian, a professor, and the
0:04.9	creator of history that doesn't suck. A podcast that makes legit
0:08.1	seriously researched American history come to life through entertaining stories.
0:11.5	Join me for a chronological telling of the United States story.
0:15.0	From the Revolution to Fractious Civil War, tenacious inventors, brave reformers, and more.
0:20.0	With more than 100 episodes, you can already binge listen your way from 1776 to the early 20th century.
0:25.0	Listen to history that doesn't suck on Spotify. Do you love history but hate when it's stuffy and boring?
0:38.0	Well look no further and join me, Katie Charles Wood, your friend the neighborhood
0:41.4	social scientist and reader of books is I delve into
0:45.4	unsolved historical mysteries murders by gas light and of course women who have been misrepresented
0:52.4	through all time on who did what now the
0:55.0	history podcast that's not your history class? Listen wherever you get your
0:58.9	podcasts. What follows may not be suitable for all audiences, listener discretion is advised.
1:05.0	The world is full of stories, stories of mysteries, of curiosities of oddities.
1:15.0	Of oddities.
1:18.0	Join Cat and Jethro Gilligan Toth
1:22.0	for the strange, the bizarre, the unexpected, as they lift the lid
1:29.1	and cautiously peer inside the box of oddities.
1:35.0	You know I don't even know where to start with this.
1:36.9	I don't know I don't know how to start the show.
1:40.6	This is the first time in way, way over 600 episodes that Kat is unable to record with me.
1:50.0	The very first time this has happened in 600 plus shows.
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