Voices Inside the Ice & America’s Strangest Relic

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

What if the Earth itself could sing—and early explorers thought they were hearing voices beneath the ice? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro unravel the eerie mystery of Antarctica’s “frozen choir,” a haunting phenomenon reported for over a century by polar expeditions who swore the ice was alive with sound. Then, a bizarre journey through history reveals an unexpected relic: actual strands of George Washington’s hair, preserved, traded, and even sold for thousands. Along the way, discover the strange truth about Washington’s iconic hairstyle—and why it wasn’t a wig at all. From singing ice shelves to collectible presidential hair, this episode dives into bizarre history, strange science, and the wonderfully weird details that make the world far more unusual than it seems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on the box of oddities.
0:02.0	At first, the sound was faint, but within seconds they could clearly hear eerie music, deep beneath the glacier.
0:09.4	It sounded like a choir trapped inside miles of ancient ice.
0:15.0	Bowser is back.
0:20.2	Everyone calm down.
0:21.6	The Super Mario Brothers can take care of the kingdom.
0:24.6	Let's go.
0:26.6	On April 1st,
0:28.6	Toad, pack our things.
0:29.6	Woohoo!
0:30.6	The galaxy is waiting.
0:33.6	Who is this?
0:35.6	No shit.
0:36.6	So some cool dinosaur just shows up and he's now part of the group.
0:39.3	Cool.
0:40.3	The Super Mario Galaxy movie only in cinema's April 1st.
0:44.3	Welcome to True Spies.
0:46.3	The podcast that takes you deep inside the greatest secret missions of all time.
0:52.3	It's something out of the dark that's appeared in Laubman.
0:57.5	You'll meet the people who live life undercover.
0:58.8	What do they know?
1:00.0	What are their skills?
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