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The Box of Oddities

Inbox Of Oddities #76

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The Inbox of Oddities returns with a collection of listener stories that blur the line between coincidence, comfort, and the quietly unexplained. In this episode, Kat and JG open the mailbag to explore moments that refuse to be neatly categorized—voices heard from empty hallways, familiar smells that return after death, voicemails that play when no tape exists, and encounters that arrive at exactly the moment they’re needed. Listeners share experiences with phantom sounds, uncanny timing, and the strange intimacy of grief—like a parent’s voice calling from another room, a mattress dipping under unseen weight, or a watch alarm sounding years later on the exact right day. These aren’t stories that demand belief or skepticism. They simply sit there, unresolved, asking to be remembered as they were felt. Along the way, the episode drifts into lighter oddities too: bizarre coincidences, accidental “boo effects,” strange dreams, unexpected connections sparked by the show itself, and a few moments of humor that keep the strange from tipping into the unbearable. From animal mischief and international pronunciation corrections to eerie synchronicities and deeply personal listener reflections, this Inbox episode captures what happens when strange things brush past ordinary lives. If you love listener stories, paranormal ambiguity, unexplained experiences, synchronicities, and moments that feel meaningful without ever explaining why, this episode of Inbox of Oddities is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.1

Like, we're supposed to be living in the future, right?

1:00.2

I mean, and why don't, why don't I know things?

1:05.8

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1:07.2

I want, like, I want to know what Lukie's life was like before we found him. How long was he on the streets for?

1:15.0

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