DUNG, DEATH & THE DEAD RETURNED

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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LIVE SHOW TICKETS HERE! New dates being added! EPISODE REWIND: Step into the creaky time machine as we dig up some gloriously odd gems from the archive: The Great Horse Manure Crisis of the 1800s — When cities were drowning in poop, and people feared equine waste would bring about the downfall of civilization. Spoiler: It didn't. But it was a real pile of trouble. The Bretzius House of Horrors — During what was supposed to be a charming home renovation, the Bretzius family unearthed mummified cats, twisted occult artifacts, and one big reason to just rent. Was it witchcraft, folk magic, or just an extreme case of DIY gone wrong? Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery — One of the most haunted graveyards in America, where phantom farmers plow ghostly fields, glowing orbs float like confused fireflies, and spectral cars drive absolutely nowhere. These stories are so strange, you'll think we made them up. We didn’t. History just has a weird sense of humor. Listen now to this Box of Oddities rewind — vintage weirdness, zero manure smell. #BoxOfOddities #HauntedHistory #WeirdFacts #HorseManureCrisis #GhostStories #CursedRenovations #PodcastRewind #TrueWeird #OccultHistory #HauntedCemetery #OddlyFascinating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Cassidy. And I'm April, and together we are fashion historians, friends, and co-hosts of
0:06.5	Dressed the History of Fashion, a podcast about why the clothes we wear matter throughout history and around the world.
0:12.5	From the cultural and societal to the personal and often political with each episode, we explore the
0:18.2	multitude of meanings quite literally sewn into the clothes we
0:21.6	wear.
0:22.1	Please join us in unraveling the hidden histories resides within your closet over the course
0:26.5	of our newly launched eighth season.
0:28.6	New episodes are available on Wednesdays and Fridays on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever
0:33.3	else you listen to your favorite shows.
0:35.8	The creators of the popular science show with millions of YouTube subscribers
0:39.0	comes the Minute Earth podcast.
0:41.4	Every episode of the show dives deep into a science question you might not even know
0:44.7	you had, but once you hear the answer, you'll want to share it with everyone you know.
0:48.7	Why do rivers curve?
0:50.3	Why did the T-Rex have such tiny arms?
0:52.9	And why do so many more kids need glasses now than they used to?
0:56.6	Spoiler alert, it isn't screen time.
0:59.1	Our team of scientists digs into the research and breaks it down into a short, entertaining
1:03.1	explanation jam-packed with science facts and terrible puns.
1:06.8	Subscribe to Minute Earth wherever you like to listen.
1:10.2	Hey, everybody, it's your old pal, Jeffro.
1:12.8	And perhaps you've seen on social media that Kat had to go to the emergency room
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