E804 - The Radioactive Boy Scout

What happens when a funeral home discovers the “dead” man in the body bag is breathing? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat’s bizarre colon tattoo sparks a conversation that spirals into one of history’s oldest fears: being buried alive. Jethro dives into the chilling true story of Walter Williams, the Ohio hospice patient who was declared dead… only to begin breathing again inside a funeral home body bag hours later. Along the way, the duo explores the terrifying history of premature burial, the strange medical phenomenon known as Lazarus Syndrome, Victorian “safety coffins,” and the unsettling...