meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Box of Oddities

BOX088: Beware The Giant Ghost Eel

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

OMG! An 18 foot crab! And later, murdered by an enraged mob of hat haters. Deep Sea Gigantism and a bizarre tour of history's strangest fashion trends. *Due to the gov. shutdown, Box088 has not undergone federal inspection. Listen at your own risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Many involved in crypto saw Sandbankman Freed as a breath of fresh air from the usual Wall Street buffs.

0:05.1

But in just one month, his crypto exchange would collapse. From Bloomberg and Wondery comes

0:10.0

Spellcaster, a new six-part docuseries about the wild rise and fall of FTX and its founder,

0:15.2

Sandbankman Freed. Listen to Spellcaster on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:20.0

I love my kid, but is a new comedy parenting podcast from Wondery that shares a refreshingly

0:25.3

honest and insightful take on parenting. Each week, the host will share a parenting story that

0:30.0

will have you laughing and thinking, yes, I have absolutely been there. Listen to, I love my kid,

0:36.3

but on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. What follows may not be suitable for

0:42.0

all audiences. Listen to discretion is advised. The world is full of stories, stories of mysteries,

0:51.9

of curiosities, of oddities. Join Pat and Jethro Gilligan-Toth for the Strange, the Bizarre,

1:05.2

the Unexpected, as they lift the lid and cautiously peer inside the box of oddities.

1:14.0

Big fancy night out last night, you and I went to a winter gala and we got to, I got to wear my

1:20.4

tux for the third time in the 10 years that I've owned it. The thing was, I don't have a formal

1:30.0

jacket outdoor coat to wear and so I just wore my tux and it was four degrees. Well, there's a

1:37.4

jacket built into a tux. Well, but it's not warm though. If anything, it traps the cold.

1:43.8

So yeah, it's after a glorious evening, we're getting ready to leave. It's four degrees. I've got a

1:49.6

giant slit up beside of my skirt. You're wearing not a coat. Not a coat. And we almost died.

1:57.6

Almost died. On the way home, we stopped and picked up a jar of salsa and left it in your car.

2:05.3

Now it's a salsa burg. I just went out to check the mail and yeah. There's a big block of frozen

2:14.3

Mexican condiment in your car just so you know. No, no. It didn't burst open. Yeah. Well, it'll be

2:21.9

easy to clean up because it's frozen. I guess that makes me sad though. What a waste of delicious salsa.

2:28.4

That is true. Our favorite salsa, by the way, Todd's, Todd's salsa made here in Maine. It's fabulous.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Elliott and Kat Walls, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of John Elliott and Kat Walls and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.