BOX004: Extreme Body Mods & The Sleeping Plague

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Comedy, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On this episode of The Box Of Oddities, Kat and Jethro discuss extreme body modifications. So extreme that Jethro gets woozy. And what was it like to fall asleep in 1927 and not wake up until 1969? Could the “Sleeping Plague” ever return? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, the host of Wondry's Podcast American Scandal.
0:03.6	Our newest series looks at the story of OxyContin,
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0:15.3	Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:20.4	Wondry's new podcast, Disantel,
0:23.2	wades into the glorious mess of celebrity beef.
0:26.0	Each episode explores a different iconic celebrity feud,
0:29.6	and asks, what does our obsession with these feuds say about us?
0:33.3	Follow Disantel, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.4	You can listen to AdFree on the Amazon Music or Wondry app.
0:40.2	What follows may not be suitable for all audiences.
0:42.9	Listen to discretion is advised.
0:46.1	The world is full of stories, stories of mysteries, of curiosities,
0:54.6	of oddities, join Pat and Jethro Gilligan Toth for the Strange,
1:03.6	the bizarre, the unexpected, as they lift the lid and cautiously peer inside the box of oddities.
1:15.4	One, two, three, four, five, one, two, three.
1:17.8	Hold on, we're not over my headphones again.
1:21.7	Are you ready?
1:23.2	Yes, one, two, three, four, five.
1:24.8	Okay, welcome back to the box of oddities.
1:29.1	I'm Jethro Gilligan Toth, and that lady running over her headphone cord is Kat.
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