March of the Crabs, Descent of the Angels

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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See The Box Of Oddities Live! In this delightfully peculiar episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro explore two phenomena that are equal parts baffling and brilliant. First, the "Angels of Mons"—were they divine warriors, hallucinations, or just an epic case of wartime wishful thinking? Either way, something peculiar happened over those World War I trenches. Then: behold the annual crustacean apocalypse of Christmas Island, where millions of bright red crabs migrate en masse, overrunning roads, homes, and possibly your nightmares. It’s nature’s strangest traffic jam—and no one knows why they’re doing it. Expect ghosts, crustaceans, and confusion in equal measure. Prepare to question everything. Even your seafood preferences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The creators of the popular science show with millions of YouTube subscribers comes the
0:03.9	Minute Earth podcast. Every episode of the show dives deep into a science question you might not even
0:08.7	know you had, but once you hear the answer, you'll want to share it with everyone you know.
0:12.9	Why do rivers curve? Why did the T-Rex have such tiny arms? And why do so many more kids need
0:18.6	glasses now than they used to? Spoiler alert, it isn't screen time.
0:23.2	Our team of scientists digs into the research and breaks it down into a short, entertaining
0:27.2	explanation, jam-packed with science facts and terrible puns.
0:31.0	Subscribe to Minute Earth wherever you like to listen.
0:33.5	I'm Sapphire Sindalo, creator and host of the award-winning paranormal podcast Stories with Sapphire,
0:39.1	a podcast I started as a kid when I recorded my grandpa spin his fantastical tales from the Philippines.
0:44.9	On Stories with Sapphire, I share my personal experiences as a paranormal investigator and magic
0:53.5	practitioner. I narrate true stories
0:55.5	from listeners, and I speak with people who have unique supernatural perspectives. If you want to
1:00.7	explore these realms with me, you can listen to Stories with Sapphire every other Wednesday
1:04.9	on Spectrevision Radio and wherever you listen to podcasts. Salamette and good night.
1:10.6	What follows may not be suitable for all audiences.
1:13.4	Listener discretion is advised.
1:15.9	The world is full of stories.
1:20.4	Stories of mysteries.
1:23.1	Of curiosities.
1:25.9	Of oddities.
1:28.3	Join Cat and Jethro Gilligan Toth for the strange,
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