Inbox of Oddities #82

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Step into the Inbox of Oddities, where reality bends just enough to make you question everything you thought was… normal. In this chilling and oddly comforting collection of listener stories, Kat and Jethro sift through emails that blur the line between coincidence, imagination, and something far stranger. A baby monitor picks up whisper-like sounds when no one is there. A streetlight mysteriously shuts off—but only for one specific person. And a seemingly harmless dream evolves night after night… until something on the other side finally speaks. But it doesn’t stop there. Listeners share eerie “boo effects” and synchronicities that feel less like chance and more like glitches in the system. Is it just interference? A trick of the mind? Or are these tiny moments evidence that something deeper is happening beneath the surface of everyday life? You’ll also hear the kind of quietly unsettling stories that stick with you—the ones that don’t scream “paranormal,” but instead whisper it. Like a child casually waving at someone who isn’t there… and insisting you used to see him too. Along the way, there’s humor, humanity, and the strange comfort of knowing you’re not alone in experiencing the unexplained. From odd collections falling from the sky (literally) to the oddly soothing nature of rainy days, this episode is a reminder that the world is far weirder—and more connected—than it seems. So the question becomes: Are these just stories… Or are they clues? Perfect for fans of:paranormal podcasts, true weird stories, unexplained phenomena, glitch in the matrix, creepy listener stories, streetlight interference, strange coincidences, and real-life eerie encounters. The Box of Oddities – Inbox EditionKeep flying that freak flag… and maybe keep an eye on your baby monitor tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:15.8	I was just out on the patio and I have to say you did an amazing job cleaning up that area and putting plants in and making it a very comfortable spot.
1:23.0	Thank you. Obviously we've been working on it the whole time we've been here, but while I was on my trip, we had like this huge rainstorm and wind, and so everything was kind of janky. So I did a plant and patio reset, which also involved adding a lot of things to our collection.
1:42.3	Oh, yeah. Hold on. I'll get it. Yeah.
1:44.7	The upstairs neighbor has small children and the balcony directly above our patio.
1:52.1	It's like a deck and it has slats, spaces between the boards.
1:56.6	And the kids keep dropping things down through it and cats just collecting them in a jar. Let's do some inventory. What do you have so far? Okay, so far we have. You didn't put the chewed gum in there, did you? I did not. I threw that away. Okay. So whatever this is. All right. Looks like a, I don't know what that is, a little toy of some sort. Yeah, a little blue puff.
2:18.0	Looks like a Pixar character.
2:20.4	Something.
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