Weekly Curio

013: Global Night-Vision Warming Concrete Vikings of the Stars   Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell and The WIP Theater Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity In this episode, Jeff and Thom discuss the real monster behind the chupacabra, a telescope that finds itself, five charts of what spring […]

012: Legless propelling lizard horses cheese clubhouse of thumb   Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity In this episode, Jeff and Thom discuss cars with propellers, the ark inside Texarkana, legless lizards, horse ferries, and the origin of cheese. REFERENCES Cars with Propellers Douglas […]

011: The Muscular Bisexual Time Traveling Toilet Fools   Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity In this episode, Jeff and Thom discuss who April Fooled First? self-healing muscles in a lab, the first military drone, seeing the beginning of time, and the science of […]

Episode 010: The Name is Bond, Flat-state-eating-dead-chicken-malort, Bond   Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity In this episode, Jeff and Thom discuss Birds, Bond Birds, Carry On the Flattest State, Creative uses for Spare Mummies, a chicken from Hell, a weapon from Hell, and […]

009: The 6 Foot Haunted Drop-Bear Chef in a Bottle   Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity In this episode, Jeff and Thom discuss how Jeff totally screwed up the facts about Julia Child, how koalas might be a bit different than you’ve assumed, sleeping […]

008: The Giant Dyslexic Nutmeg Zeppelin   Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity In this episode, Jeff and Thom discuss the Nutmeg State’s strange pride, other state nicknames and mottos, the return of the airship, dyslexia’s end, giant viruses, and using your phone as […]

007: The Turkey Dog Chefs Box of Mystery   Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity In this episode, Jeff and Thom talk about Julia Child and sharks, canine evolution, dominant females, robotic aquatic trash collectors, 19th century ships with identity crises, and a […]

006 Alligators are Stealing Poison from Redditors to Get 1000 Times More Cat Crazy   Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity This week, Thom and Jeff discuss ice age parasites, poison stealing, a revolution in cell phone service, and an app that can […]

005 The Lying Communist Pizza Serving Witch Hanging 24 Hour Monkey Drummers   Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity This week, we return to Titanic AGAIN, decipher the mysterious markings of the US dime, find a use for dorm pizza, discuss the bonobo […]

004 The Flying Xmas Vomitorium of Dark Ant Peanuts.mp3   Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity This week, flying snakes (really), keeping the X in XMas, Crazy ant wars, how peanut allergies might be coming to an end, did blue exist? and what actually […]

003 You are wrong about pot smoking frozen babies that detect cancer    Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity This week, we discuss the longest running sideshow at Coney Island: babies! Also, frozen leeches, common misconceptions, glowing GMOs and what happens if you’re […]

002 The Seven Foot Tall St. Witches Hair Growth Tonic    Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity REFERENCES A VERY Interesting Man Peter Freuchen St. Expedite Wikipedia: St. Expedite Legends of St. Expedite The Milford Mystery Wikipedia: Milford, PA Wikipedia: Missing Time Gallows Hill […]

001 Dummy Kills Man In Dead Titanic Sea    Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity REFERENCES Titanic Stories Titanic Amusement Park Wikipedia: Titanic 2 to Set Sail Titanic Anastasia Solved The Dead Sea Wikipedia: The Dead Sea The Man Behind Robert Ripley’s Believe it or […]

Episode 0: Headless Half Glowing Man-Eating Chicken People    Thom Britton is the creator of FreakShow & Tell Jeff Wagg is the Curator of College of Curiosity REFERENCES Glowing Soldiers of the Civil War Mental Floss: Why Some Civil War Soldiers Glowed in the Dark Mike the Headless Chicken miketheheadlesschicken.org YouTube:  Mike the Headless Chicken […]