Brains, Blood, and Bureaucrats

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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LIVE SHOW TICKETS HERE! The Brainiac Butcher & Presidential Plot Twists In this delightfully disturbing episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro dig up the brain of Edward H. Rulloff—literally. Once hailed as a linguistic genius, Rulloff also had a slight… homicidal streak. Turns out, being brilliant doesn’t mean you aren’t also a total sociopath. Come for the criminal mastermind, stay for the post-mortem brain measurements. Then, we ask the question no one seems to answer honestly: What exactly do U.S. presidents do after leaving office? The answer: anything from eradicating Guinea Worm infestation to distilling whiskey. Some post-presidential lives are more bizarre than their time in office—and that’s saying something. If you're into true crime, presidential weirdness, or unusually large brains in jars, you need this episode in your life. #TrueCrimePodcast #WeirdHistory #BoxOfOddities #PresidentialTrivia #StrangeButTrue #BrainInAJar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sapphire Sindalo, creator and host of the award-winning paranormal podcast Stories with Sapphire,
0:05.6	a podcast I started as a kid when I recorded my grandpa spin his fantastical tales from the Philippines.
0:11.3	How you hear this out?
0:12.6	Bequit!
0:13.8	On Stories with Sapphire, I share my personal experiences as a paranormal investigator and magic practitioner.
0:20.8	I narrate true stories
0:22.0	from listeners, and I speak with people who have unique supernatural perspectives.
0:26.7	If you want to explore these realms with me, you can listen to Stories with Sapphire
0:30.5	every other Wednesday on Spectre Vision Radio and wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:35.3	Salamette and good night.
0:38.7	Hello. and wherever you listen to podcasts. Salama and good night. Hello, this is Matt and McKinley from History Dispatches.
0:44.5	We are the father-son duo bringing you the weird, the wild, the wacky, and the craziest tales from across time.
0:50.1	From the Ice Bowl to the Great Heathen Army.
0:52.8	And the head of Oliver Cromwell,
0:54.5	the same head they kept on a pike for three years?
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1:01.5	Find out more at historydispatches.com or wherever you get your podcast app.
1:07.2	What follows may not be suitable for all audiences.
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1:13.2	The world is full of stories.
1:17.1	Stories of mysteries.
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