Inbox Of Oddities #72

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Comedy, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Inbox of Oddities returns with a collection of listener stories that live in the unsettling space between coincidence and something more. A clock that refuses to keep proper time after changing hands. An apartment with footsteps, furniture sounds, and faint classical music—despite being officially unoccupied. A sleep paralysis experience involving a towering shadow figure with blinding white eyes. A lone dress shoe appearing in a hospital elevator with no explanation. From strange childhood remarks about “dead people” in the yard to soft, familiar knocks heard years after a loved one’s passing, these stories aren’t about monsters or jump scares—they’re about the quiet moments that linger, the things people notice and then carry with them. This episode weaves listener emails, reflections on memory, grief, lucid dreaming, and the odd comfort found in unexplained experiences that don’t demand belief—only attention. Perfect listening for anyone who’s ever paused mid-dishwashing and wondered if the world is just a little stranger than we admit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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