Spectral Snacks & Rogue Orgasms

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Vote Box of Oddities For People's Choice Award Here! Live Show Info And Tickets Here! What do ancient Egyptians, Romanian grandmas, and angry Pac-Man ghosts have in common? They all want a bite to eat—from beyond the grave. This episode of The Box of Oddities serves up a global smorgasbord of traditions where feeding the dead isn’t just a metaphor—it’s a full-course afterlife buffet. From wine funnels into Roman tombs to a perfectly seasoned rotisserie chicken in New Orleans, we explore the bizarre and touching ways humanity has kept its ghostly loved ones well-fed. Then things get... heated. We dive deep into the strange world of arousal non-concordance—when your body throws a party your brain didn’t RSVP to. You’ll meet people who climax during ab workouts, from brushing their teeth, or from reading a particularly spicy footnote. It’s not consent. It’s just neurology being weird again. Two tales. One episode. Ancient snacks, ghost etiquette, and involuntary fireworks. You’ll laugh, cringe, and maybe never look at funeral biscuits or fitness routines the same way again. 🕯️👻🥖💀🧠💦The Box of Oddities: Curiously bizarre. Weirdly informative. Always hungry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Matt from the Explorers podcast. I want to invite you to join me on the voyages and journeys of the most famous explorers in the history of the world. These are the thrilling and captivating stories of Vigelin, Shackleton, Lewis, and Clark, and so many other famous and not so famous adventures from throughout
0:21.8	history. Go to Explorespodcast.com or just look us up on your podcast app. That's the Explorers
0:28.0	podcast. Welcome to From Beneath the Hollywood Sign. If you love old movies, Hollywood history,
0:34.5	or the Golden Age of filmmaking, you've come to the right place.
0:42.1	This is the podcast that talks about amazing stories of Tinsletown from another era and fascinating conversations with writer-producer Steve Kubine and actress writer Nan McNamara.
0:46.8	So Steve, did Ava Gardner and Howard Hughes have a good relationship?
0:51.2	Well, they did until he dislocated her jaw.
0:53.9	What? Well, don't worry he dislocated her jaw. What?
0:54.4	Well, don't worry. She hitting back with an ashtray.
0:56.5	From beneath the Hollywood sign is the gin joint for you.
1:01.5	What follows may not be suitable for all audiences.
1:04.3	Listener discretion is advised.
1:07.0	The world is full of stories.
1:11.3	Stories of mysteries.
1:14.1	Of curiosities.
1:16.9	Of oddities.
1:19.9	Join Cat and Jethro Gilligan Toth for the strange, the bizarre, the unexpected, as they lift the lid and cautiously peer inside the box
1:33.8	of oddities.
1:35.8	So as we've mentioned briefly, I guess we live here now.
1:40.1	And I think I've already confused the neighbors.
1:44.5	That didn't take long. I think that's already confused the neighbors. That didn't take long.
1:46.2	I think that's a new indoor record.
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