Inbox Of Oddities #055

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Comedy, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Live Fall Tour Information! Inbox of Oddities: Hands, Spirits, and Shoes Full of Baileys This week, your favorite weird mailbag is overflowing. From mysterious body parts masquerading as “1920s décor” to ghosts who fold your jeans into swans, our listeners bring the oddities straight to our inbox—and we read them all. Hear the heartwarming tales of pets, plants, and fellow freaks connecting across the globe, like a listener in Berlin who calls JG her safety voice and a Texan discovering that Baileys and flip-flops are not a perfect mix. We dive into dreams of tropical disappearances, 4H champions with freaky talents, and the strange yet delicious snacks of yesteryear. Plus, we get a peek at haunted laundry habits, haunted hearts, and the obsessive kindness of four-legged friends saved from terrible odds. By the end, you’ll laugh, gasp, and maybe even wonder if your own house—or shoes—are hiding secrets you’ve yet to discover. Tune in for another wild, heartwarming, and totally unpredictable trip through the weirdness our listeners live—and dream—through every day. 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 Lobbin.
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.
0:30.6	Yeah, Film Vault.
0:32.1	We are one of the original film podcasts.
0:34.3	That can't be true.
0:35.4	There was like two other film podcasts when we began, Brian. How long are we doing this show? You and I first sat down and did a version of the show over 20 years ago. My God. Two episodes each week. One. We are reviewed movies and the first episode, the second one. Different top five every week. Movies that made you cry. Worst movie accents. Most disturbing movies. All right.
0:54.2	The film vault, check it out.
0:55.6	Wherever you find a fine podcast.
0:58.0	That's right.
0:58.5	The film vaults going on 20 plus years.
1:03.2	It is quieter here than it was in our apartment in Kuenka.
1:08.8	But you still have to deal with the occasional loud vehicle that goes by.
1:13.3	Yeah, we're on a rather busy thoroughfare near Disney right now in Orlando.
1:19.9	And traffic is pretty intense.
1:22.9	And I know that it's not likely that it's the same car going by over and over again, but I always
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