Inbox Of Oddities #65

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Inbox of Oddities: When Pigeons Gossip, Alexa Gets Emotional, and Black Ice Attacks In this Inbox of Oddities, the Freak Fam delivers one of the strangest collections of BOO Effects and real-life weirdness yet. A Milwaukee listener befriends a strangely insightful pigeon who may—or may not—be delivering messages from Mom. An Orlando vacationer steps into an Uber only to be ambushed by two Black Ice air fresheners after hearing Kat and Jethro rant about their toxic power... proving the BOO Effect stops for no one, not even on family trips to the Mouse. Then: an Alexa suddenly confesses, “I miss your grandmother,” unprompted. A Rockville festival fanatic discovers she accidentally witnessed the infamous “Brass Against incident” long before hearing it on the show. A listener bingeing hundreds of episodes finds herself unintentionally neighbors with Kat and Jethro. And from corporate dropouts to Dutch cyclists, you’ll hear confessions, synchronicities, strange tech glitches, and enthusiastic fact-checks on Santa, hot coffee lawsuits, Hermetic philosophy, and why TikTok may be the new occult library. Plus—EVPs with Jack the Ripper vibes, mysterious bottle caps, mummified funhouse props, suspicious air fresheners, The Kybalion, and a pair of loyal listeners whose “aureolas are exploding” for reasons we probably shouldn’t ask about. This episode is full of eerie coincidences, hilarious freak-outs, paranormal glitches, and heartfelt Freak Family moments that make the Inbox one of our favorite corners of the BOO universe. This Box Contains The Following Ingredients: Box of Oddities, BOO Effect, paranormal stories, listener submissions, synchronicity, creepy tech moments, Alexa weird response, Black Ice air freshener, pigeon synchronicity, Rockville festival story, EVPs, Hermetic philosophy, The Kybalion, Santa Claus Coca-Cola history, McDonald’s hot coffee case facts, true weird stories, comedy podcasts, Freak Fam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've always been a very fashionable sort, and I love it when we're out in public and people compliment you on your apparel.
0:06.4	We were at Disney and somebody said, I love that t-shirt you're wearing.
0:10.4	And it just so happened. It was my new shirt from Soon to Be Mythical.
0:14.9	Describe it.
0:15.7	It's a shoe bill playing the drums and on the drum set it says death metal.
0:20.4	That's the thing about Soon to Be Mythical.
0:22.9	It's conservation-driven apparel.
0:25.1	So the Shoebell Stork is in need of our help as a species,
0:29.3	and that's why it's featured on Soon-to-Be Mythical's wear.
0:32.6	It's also conversation-driven apparel as well,
0:35.8	based on people's response that I've seen. It's a great
0:38.5	gift idea this holiday season. Up to 25% of proceeds will be donated to non-profit organizations
0:44.7	that assist with the conservation of endangered species. What could be better for people like you and me
0:50.5	that want to make a difference but also want to wear cool t-shirts? They also take advantage of a print-on-demand model to reduce waste and also decrease our carbon
0:59.6	footprint. We love these guys. The business goal is to become irrelevant by helping these
1:04.9	animals become so common that they're thriving and a t-shirt calling them soon to be mythical
1:10.3	makes absolutely no sense.
1:12.3	So join us in helping postpone the myth.
1:15.4	Visit postpone the myth.com. Use code oddities 10 and get 10% off your order. That's
1:22.6	postpone the myth.com code oddities 10 for 10% off.
1:28.8	We could be shirt buddies.
1:30.1	Who doesn't want to be shirt buddies with Kat?
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