DNA Says What Now?!

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Matt and McKinley from History Dispatches.
0:07.7	We are the father-son duo bringing you the weird, the wild, the wacky, and the craziest tales from across time.
0:13.2	From the Ice Bowl to the Great Heathen Army.
0:15.8	And the head of Oliver Cromwell.
0:17.6	The same head they kept on a pike for three years?
0:20.1	Yep, all here on History Dispatches.
0:22.7	New episodes every weekday. Find out more at History Dispatches.com or wherever you get your
0:28.2	podcast app. What follows may not be suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.
0:36.0	The world is full of stories.
0:40.3	Stories of mysteries, of curiosities, of oddities.
0:49.0	Join Cat and Jethro Gilligan Toth for the strange, the bizarre, the unexpected, as they lift the lid
0:59.1	and cautiously peer inside the box of oddities.
1:05.2	Well, here we are, fresh back from New York City.
1:08.0	I wouldn't say fresh.
1:09.2	Well, no, it's fresh is probably.
1:11.5	Well, recently we've returned smelling like airplane.
1:15.6	Yep.
1:16.1	Oh, my gosh.
1:16.8	We had such a great time.
1:19.1	And we thank you so much for having us and for being so welcoming and for your delicious,
1:24.8	delicious, delicious bagels.
1:25.9	And cats are a rat, which is...
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