Inbox Of Oddities #80

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Listener stories that blur the line between coincidence, memory, and something far stranger… In this chilling installment of Inbox of Oddities, the Freak Family delivers a collection of real-life encounters that range from quietly unsettling to downright inexplicable. A dog refuses to enter a room where something may—or may not—be pacing at night. A childhood imaginary friend resurfaces through an eerie detail no one can quite explain. And one listener experiences what feels like a sudden, disorienting slip into another time… before snapping back to the present. Elsewhere, a mysterious book arrives unprompted—about a topic the recipient had only researched in private. A neighbor faithfully greets someone who doesn’t appear to exist. And a late-night “BOO Effect” coincidence leaves one listener questioning reality itself. Balancing the uncanny with the oddly human, this episode also includes a passionate (and hilarious) correction about the plural of LEGO, an unforgettable parenting moment involving a five-year-old and a very public anatomy lesson, and a heartfelt dispatch from Antarctica—complete with penguins, polar plunges, and whispers of ghost stories on the ice. These are the stories you don’t forget… even when you wish you could. Welcome to the Inbox of Oddities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	McGriddles, a new McDonald's breakfast.
0:02.5	So it's maple syrup infused.
0:04.6	It's sweet, then it's savoury, because the sausage, you know, and the cheese and the egg. Oh, it's got the golden archies stamped on it too. Make that make sense. It's hard to put into words, but... Until 11 a.m., subject to availability, fees apply to delivery orders while stocks last. I'm Chris Stewart, and I invite you to come and join us here at the History of China podcast.
0:25.3	We've got it all. Wars with millions on each side to help drive home exactly why you should
0:29.6	never get involved in a land war in Asia. Come along on the Silk Road to partake in its riches. Join
0:34.1	the great cons of the steps on campaign. ply the seas on treasure ships, or strike out
0:38.5	with pirate crews to take their riches for your own.
0:41.1	Experience the sumptuousness of the imperial court behind the guarded gates of the forbidden
0:45.1	city.
0:45.9	All this and so much more here at the History of China podcast.
0:53.4	So you've been binge watching, last one Laughing, the British edition, with Jimmy Carr as the host?
1:00.3	Yes, I like that show very much.
1:02.2	I do too.
1:03.5	But you were watching it in the other room by yourself the other day, and I could just hear you like scream laughing.
1:11.8	It was like one of those suppressed laughter.
1:16.5	Like you're trying to control yourself and you can't.
1:19.9	Yeah.
1:20.2	And it's just getting worse.
1:22.3	And then dead silence.
1:25.3	And I'm thinking, oh my God, she died laughing.
1:30.4	She's died.
1:31.2	Literally.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Elliott and Kat Walls, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of John Elliott and Kat Walls and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.