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The Box of Oddities

Inbox Of Oddities #84

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

It’s May Day, and the Inbox of Oddities is blooming with the strange, the heartfelt, and the hilariously unhinged. In this listener-driven episode, Kat and Jethro dig into real-life stories that blur the line between coincidence and something… else. A simple phrase—“that’s just the way the ladder leans”—echoes across generations in a way that feels like more than chance. A child mysteriously knows lyrics to a decades-old folk song he’s never heard. And one listener shares a deeply moving story of loss, love, and what might be a loyal dog refusing to say goodbye. Are these just quirks of memory and timing… or something we don’t fully understand yet? Along the way, the Inbox delivers its usual mix of chaos and charm: neurodivergent minds and perseveration, possible paranormal “boo effects,” skeptical takes on viral UFO footage, and a shelter dog named Igor who may—or may not—be a cursed Victorian entity in fur form. (We’re leaning yes.) Plus: organ donation stories that are equal parts fascinating and unsettling, bizarre lawn décor traditions, and the kind of listener creativity that reminds us why this community is the absolute best. If you love true strange stories, unexplained moments, and dark humor wrapped in humanity, this episode of The Box of Oddities is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to True Spies.

0:02.0

The podcast that takes you deep inside the greatest secret missions of all time.

0:08.0

Suddenly out of the dark that's appeared in Laubman.

0:10.0

You'll meet the people who live life undercover.

0:13.0

What do they know? What are their skills?

0:16.0

And what would you do in their position?

0:18.0

Vengeance felt good.

0:20.0

Seeing these people pay for what they'd done felt righteous.

0:24.6

True spies from Spyscape Studios, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:32.1

So this episode drops on what?

0:35.6

It's May Day.

0:43.4

May 1st. Yeah. May Day. May Day. What's the history of May Day? So I believe it was Celtic. That sounds right. Yeah, it's kind of a right. Rites of Spring kind of thing.

0:49.3

I think so, but do not quote me on that. Did you ever as a kid make May baskets?

0:57.0

No.

0:57.8

Did you ever hear about kids who made May baskets?

1:00.7

Not like people I knew.

1:03.2

I have heard of May baskets as a general thing, but no one I know has ever done it ever.

1:09.7

I have.

1:10.5

You have? Yeah. Tell me ever. I have. You have?

1:11.2

Yeah.

1:11.8

Tell me everything.

1:12.8

Oh, I would have been first grade.

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