Inbox Of Oddities #78

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Strange coincidences, mysterious encounters, and the oddly comforting idea that your dog might be greeting someone from beyond the hallway—this episode of The Inbox of Oddities dives deep into the wonderfully weird moments listeners can’t quite explain. Kat and Jethro share eerie listener stories, including a bus stop encounter that left someone puzzled for 15 years, a house photo that may contain a ghostly relative, and a loyal dog who appears to greet a late-night visitor after its owner’s father passed away. Along the way, they explore uncanny coincidences, bizarre dreams featuring shadowy figures, abandoned animals that inspire unforgettable names, and the strange reality that humans have explored only about 5% of Earth’s oceans—leaving most of our own planet an unsolved mystery. If you love weird facts, strange stories, and the unexplained corners of everyday life, this episode is packed with delightful oddities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:07.5	They think they're better than us.
0:08.5	Who do you think you are?
0:09.8	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:11.5	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.3	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
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0:53.0	Don't get me wrong, I am annoyed when we get those scam slash spam calls, but occasionally one gets through that's kind of amusing.
1:03.5	Oh, you liked that, did you?
1:04.8	I laughed my butt off.
1:06.8	I actually had a really hard time with interacting with other humans yesterday.
1:13.1	It was just one thing after another.
1:15.5	This person that you're talking about reached out because apparently I had signed up to win a vacation.
1:23.5	And I had not.
1:24.8	So it was like, do you remember signing up for this? And, you know, it's always that leading conversation. Like, I'm just going to get some information from you. And then you can, you know, and I don't, I don't care for that. I don't care for being led in a conversation where I can tell it's a tactic. You know, it makes me feel real itchy. Manipulated. So it was like, you signed up for this thing. Do you remember signing up for it? And I said, yeah, no, I don't think I did. And he continued. I tried to interrupt and say, listen, I don't need this. I'm all set. And he said, no, no, I just want to tell you about this vacation
2:02.8	that you've won. And I was like, yeah, no, I'm hearing you. I'm all set. And he just stopped and
2:08.2	went, what is this behavior? And then hung up on me. And normally, I wouldn't answer a call
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