The Body Beneath The Gas Station

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes history hides its secrets in the strangest places… like the bottom of a forgotten well. In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro uncover the chilling real-life mystery of the Woman in the Well—a century-old murder discovered when construction workers in Saskatoon accidentally unearthed human remains buried in a barrel deep beneath the earth. Using modern DNA technology and genetic genealogy, investigators finally revealed the victim's identity after more than 100 years, connecting a name to a long-lost story. Then the conversation turns to one of the strangest forms of human spectacle: the bizarre history of people being buried alive as endurance stunts, from carnival-era “human moles” to modern performers testing the limits of the human body. It’s a journey through bizarre history, unsolved mysteries, and the unsettling lengths people go for fame, faith, or curiosity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to True Spies.
0:02.0	The podcast that takes you deep inside the greatest secret missions of all time.
0:08.0	Suddenly out of the dark that's appeared in Laubman.
0:10.0	You'll meet the people who live life undercover.
0:13.0	What do they know? What are their skills?
0:16.0	And what would you do in their position?
0:18.0	Vengeance felt good.
0:20.0	Seeing these people pay for what they'd done felt righteous.
0:24.6	True spies from Spyscape Studios, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.5	400 years ago, a trio of tiny kingdoms were perched on some damp islands off the coast of Europe.
0:45.3	Within three short centuries, these islands would become the center of an empire which ruled a quarter of the globe and on which the sun never set. I'm Dr Samuel Hume, a historian of the British Empire, and my podcast, Pax Britannica, follows the people and events that built those islands into a global superpower.
0:55.9	Learn the history of the British Empire by listening to Pax Britannica everywhere you find your
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1:06.3	The Box of Oddities. So you must be getting very excited by now.
1:12.5	Yes, one week away.
1:14.1	This is your annual girls cruise, you and your friend Erica.
1:18.0	Going on a boat.
1:19.1	Going on a boat.
1:20.5	Going on a cruise.
1:21.2	And you're getting prepared for it.
1:22.8	And I've been picking up packages from the mailbox for you.
1:26.5	And I've noticed, well, you know, when people go on a cruise, they do order things. Of course. Sunscreen. Yeah. Maybe a little fanny pack. None of this is surprising. A ball cap to keep the sun off your head, that sort of thing. But I'm confused about, I wrote a list of a few things that I've noticed that you've ordered you
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