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The Box of Oddities

Misguided Medical Enthusiasm

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.92.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Live Show Tickets! Learn More Here! How do you survive a 47-story fall? Ask Alcides Moreno—a window washer who defied gravity, logic, and most of the bones in his body. In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro unravel the mind-bending tale of Moreno’s miraculous survival that left doctors speechless and physicists slightly twitchy. Then, ever heard of laudable pus? No, it’s not a new indie band—it’s the horrifyingly real medical theory that once celebrated... gooey infection. (Warning: the 18th century was not okay.) Join us as we plunge into a world where falling from skyscrapers isn’t fatal, and medieval doctors high-fived each other over suppurating wounds. Because weird is wonderful—and occasionally pus-filled.#BoxOfOddities #StrangeButTrue #WeirdHistory #MedicalMysteries #SurvivalMiracle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:23.6

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0:30.0

Welcome to From Beneath the Hollywood Sign. If you love old movies, Hollywood history or the golden

0:34.9

age of filmmaking, you've come to the right place. This is the podcast that talks about amazing stories of Tinseltown from another era

0:41.2

and fascinating conversations with writer-producer Steve Kubine and actress writer Nan McNamara.

0:46.6

So Steve, did Ava Gardner and Howard Hughes have a good relationship?

0:51.1

Well, they did until he dislocated her jaw.

0:53.7

What?

0:54.2

Well, don't worry. She hit hitting back with an ashtray.

0:56.4

From beneath the Hollywood sign is the chin joint for you.

1:01.3

What follows may not be suitable for all audiences.

1:04.1

Listener discretion is advised.

1:06.9

The world is full of stories.

1:11.2

Stories of mysteries.

1:13.9

Of curiosities.

1:16.7

Of oddities.

1:19.8

Join Cat and Jethro Gilligan Toth for the strange, the bizarre, the unexpected, as they lift the lid and cautiously peer inside the box

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